Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 317

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6.0 307 User Guide Keep in mind that some changes you make to layers affect only the active frame, while others affect all frames: Frame-specific changes Affect only the selected frames in the Animation palette. Changes you make to a layer using Layers palette commands and options-including a layer's opacity, blending mode, visibility, position, and layer effects- are frame-specific. Global changes Affect all frames in an animation. Changes you make to the layer's pixel values, using painting and editing tools, color and tone adjustment commands, filters, type, and other image-editing commands, affect every frame in which the layer is included. When you work with layer masks and layer clipping paths, changes in position, state (enabled or disabled), and link state are frame-specific, whereas changes in pixel or vector content affect all frames. Adding layers to frames When you create a new layer, it is visible in all frames of an animation. To hide a layer in a specific frame, select the frame in the Animation palette, and then hide the desired layer in the Layers palette. You can use the Add Layer to New Frames option to automatically add a new layer to the image every time you create a frame. The new layer is visible in the new frame but hidden in other frames. Using this options saves time when you are creating an animation that requires you to add a new visual element to each frame. To add a new layer every time you create a frame: Choose Add Layer to New Frames from the Animation palette menu. A check mark indicates that the option is turned on. Showing and hiding layers in frames When you show or hide a layer in a frame, the visibility of the layer changes for that frame only. For example, if you use a multilayer image to create a three-frame animation, and you hide the top layer in the second frame, that layer will still be visible in first and third frames. Matching layers across frames When you use Layers palette commands to edit a layer, the changes apply only to the selected frame. To apply layer changes to all frames in an animation, use the Match Layer Across Frames command. You can also use the Paste Frames command to apply layer changes to other frames. (See "Copying and pasting frames" on page 304.) To match layer changes across frames: 1 In the Layers palette, select the layer containing the element you want to match across frames. 2 In the Animation palette, choose Match Layer Across Frames from the palette menu. The layer attributes for the selected frame are applied to all frames in the animation.