Bring back Frame Disposal when saving GIFs

Please restore of per-frame disposal (restore-to-background) option in Photoshop GIF export

Adobe Photoshop Product Team:

I write as a long-time user and (sometimes frustrated) creative professional. I want to express how deeply disappointed I am in the removal (or concealment) of the per-frame disposal / “restore to background” option from Photoshop’s GIF export logic. That feature was previously a one-click fix that prevented ghost trails and residual outlines when animating changing shapes.

Because the disposal option is no longer exposed, users doing change-over-time visualizations are forced into extremely cumbersome workarounds—masking, external converters, scripting, or losing transparency altogether. This is not acceptable for professional-level workflows.

Here’s why restoring that control is critical:

1. Precision workflows require clean frame swaps. When a feature expands or contracts across frames, you must prevent lingering artifacts from prior frames. Without disposal control, Photoshop’s “optimization” or automatic blending leaves ghost outlines or flicker.
2. Transparency support is essential. Many use cases demand that only the feature be visible over an underlying map or base image. That requires robust transparent GIF export with correct disposal behavior—not half-baked transparency that blends bad edges.
3. Efficiency & usability. Designers and analysts should not have to resort to external tools, command-line scripts, or multi-step pipelines just to get a “clean” animated GIF. This should be a core feature of Photoshop’s frame animation export.
4. Backward compatibility & user expectations. Users accustomed to earlier versions expect that level of control. Removing or hiding it degrades Photoshop’s value for many technical, scientific, and design use cases.

I respectfully request, in your next version(s) of Photoshop (including the Beta channel):

• Reintroduce a visible per-frame disposal / restore option in the Frame Animation Timeline (or in GIF export settings)
• Ensure it works reliably with transparent frames and changing-mask shapes
• Provide proper documentation & UI cues so users know how to enable it
• Consider offering a “legacy disposal mode / explicit frame replacement” toggle in the Save for Web / Export dialog

I believe many users would benefit from this restoration, especially those using Photoshop for visualization, mapping, environmental data, UI prototyping, or technical animation work.

Thank you for your time, and I hope you’ll seriously consider restoring that capability. I’m available for clarification or feedback if that helps.