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November 19, 2019
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Can you reverse a video layer in Photoshop?

  • November 19, 2019
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I need to create an animated gif that animates, reverses, then restarts as a loop. I have a set of pngs in a folder on my desktop that make up the animation. I went to Layer > Video Layers > New Video Layer From File. I selected the first png and that loaded all of them as one video layer on the timeline. If you scrub the playhead you can see it animate forward. I haven't found anything that works online to duplicate this video layer, move it to the end of the first one, and reverse the duplicate. There's no frames here, it's one single video layer now. Is it possible? I'm using Photoshop 21.0.1. Thanks for any help.

 

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Correct answer davescm

Load your pngs as layers (File >Scripts >Load Files into Stack). Then make a frame animation from there

 

Dave

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January 26, 2025

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davescm
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davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 20, 2019

Load your pngs as layers (File >Scripts >Load Files into Stack). Then make a frame animation from there

 

Dave

January 13, 2025

video layer, not files in a stack

Sahil.Chawla
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
November 19, 2019

Hi there,

As you want to reverse a vido layer in Photoshop, could you please have a look at this article and let us know if it helps? https://mygooglesearches.com/2016/06/24/reverse-video-photoshop-reverse-video-frames-create-better-looping-gif/

 

Regards,
Sahil

nrgzoneAuthor
Inspiring
November 20, 2019

Unfortunately no since I can't select all frames, it's a video layer not frames.