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Inspiring
January 19, 2020
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TIMELINE UPGRADE FOR PHOTOSHOP?

  • January 19, 2020
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Hello PS community 

This post is about the timeline for animation in PS. This is a suggest of sorts and it's coming for someone who's used Animate since it was Flash and even before. I'm posting it here to get a feel for any animators who've been thinking what I have been about the timeline. It has come down to one main request:

Please improve the animation timeline in Photoshop. Adobe is sitting on a monumental game changer for animation if they were to beef up that timeline on there. PS could easily be the greatest animation program of all time if they could only model the timeline in Animate (with all the F-key shortcuts, etc.) Photoshop will blow every animation program out there out the water!  I've include a mock up. 


Adobe peeps,

Can you make this happen?

Just smack that animate cc timeline right where the ps timeline would be and badabing.

 

 

 

 

Now, if adding the Animate timeline in PS is too hard, I thought of something else: Add all the PS brushes into ANIMATE!

 

I know Animate is all vector-based, etc etc. but in true animation, you need some pencil quality/textured tools and some painting tools for backgrounds. 

 

I'm just throwing this hail mary idea out there and would love to hear commentary, both good or bad. 

Now I know that some guys out there are using the PS timeline already and they're doing good work. However, it's short stuff and a lot of it (that I've seen) is rotoscoping. I'm talking about having PS become a bitmap version of Animate, where you can rough out a scene, ink it, paint the BG, and test it out, polish it and export... the whole enchilada. 

 

Anyway, I hope I'm not alone in this.

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

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Ussnorway7605025
Legend
January 20, 2020

Yes uservoice is an Adobe system... It looks a wonky because it is so old

 

P.s yes animation is a Windows only workflow... That is the main reason Adobe doesn't have a lot of effort put into it

Inspiring
January 20, 2020

Well, I don't know any professional animators using 10 year old windows either. If you're doing heavy duty animation, your set up has to be, at the very oldest 5-7 years. Or, you have a some serious TB space somewhere. Pumping out a 15-minute episode on a 10 year old computer is tough. Kudos to those out there on that battlefield, yikes.

Ussnorway7605025
Legend
January 20, 2020

How well do you see this working on a 10 year old Mac?

Inspiring
January 20, 2020

I don't know any legitamate, professional animator working on 10-year-old macs. I can't answer that question.  I'd say it'd work fine. My thinking is if that 10 year old mac is running PS and animate without issues then I don't see a problem.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 20, 2020

Product engineers don't lurk in these user-to-user forums.  If you want to grab the Photoshop team's ear, submit your ideas below.

Photoshop Family Customer Community

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Inspiring
January 20, 2020

Is that site still within adobe? Looks kinda strange

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 20, 2020

Hi

Yes, it is the official site for feature requests and to report bugs and is monitored by the Photoshop team.

~ Jane