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dramrah
Inspiring
June 20, 2011
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500 frame limit

  • June 20, 2011
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When importing video frames to layers from a .mov image sequence it gives me a limit of only 500 frames. Is there any way to get around this? Really any way at all, even if it's not directly importing or somethign tricky with smart objects, I don't care. At most I can convince myself to cut down to 8fps in Quicktime and even then it's only a minute or so of footage at most. Any suggestions on how to make longer .gifs?

      Correct answer J453

      Roughly:

      1. File>Import Video Frames to Layers....

      2. Select frames 1-500 and import them

      3. Create a second, new document

      4. File>Import Video Frames to Layers....

      5. Select frames 501-1000

      6. select all the layers, Layer>Duplicate Layers... and duplicate the layers from from the second document into the first.

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      ashwinganvir
      Participant
      September 19, 2018

      But adobe Photoshop team extend frames more than 500 ....it is very essential part for save for web

      Trevor.Dennis
      Community Expert
      Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 19, 2018

      Wow!  A Marian Driscoll thread woken up from the dark and murky past.  She/he (I think Marian is a he) was like our Station 2, who went by a string of user names because he kept getting banned.  If Marian is the reason that Jeff Tranberry no longer posts here, then no loss.  There was a report/rumor that Marian had gone to troll him upstairs, or more likely, the one with the horns who lives in the other direction, but that was thought to be a joke in the worst possible taste.

      Missing Marian Driscoll

      ashwinganvir  wrote

      But adobe Photoshop team extend frames more than 500 ....it is very essential part for save for web

      You need to raise your request on the Feedback site (where Jeff Tranberry still posts)

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        J453
        Legend
        September 24, 2018

        Add your vote here: Increase GIF Save For Web frame limit beyond 500 frames without awkward workarounds

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          J453
          Legend
          June 20, 2011

          Do you have Photoshop Extended? You could create a video layer with more frames. If you don't, you can import a second batch of 500 frames in another document and combine them. Save for Web is going to be brutally slow at some point and not be able to handle that much data.

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            dramrahAuthor
            Inspiring
            June 21, 2011

            Jeff, I'm not working with PS Extended. How do you combine the two batches of frames/is there a tutorial somewhere? Thanks a heap!

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            J453Correct answer
            Legend
            June 21, 2011

            Roughly:

            1. File>Import Video Frames to Layers....

            2. Select frames 1-500 and import them

            3. Create a second, new document

            4. File>Import Video Frames to Layers....

            5. Select frames 501-1000

            6. select all the layers, Layer>Duplicate Layers... and duplicate the layers from from the second document into the first.

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              Anonymous
              June 20, 2011

              dramrah wrote:

              ...Any suggestions on how to make longer .gifs?

              Oy!

              GIF is not a video format and it is certainly not suited for 500 frames. (not even 100 frames)

              Insert token. Please play again.

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                dramrahAuthor
                Inspiring
                June 21, 2011

                no need to be rude now, it's not my fault this is what i've been told to do.

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                  dramrahAuthor
                  Inspiring
                  June 21, 2011

                  I'm just the artist. Understanding why they want such a bulky GIF, or the technicalities of file formats such as this is not my purview, especially as this is outside the norm of what I usually do and more of a favor anyway. I'm only trying to make what I've been asked to. If they don't understand what they've requested or it's impossible to do in photoshop that's their fault and out of my hands.

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