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austinmdiamond
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September 4, 2022
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Animating on Photoshop

  • September 4, 2022
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Hi! I just started trying to create an animation on Photoshop. The problem is I can't figure out how to export the video and keep it looking the same way it does when I play it in Photoshop. First of all, the white lines move either slower or faster. I tried keeping it at the Document Frame Rate of 30 and the exported video has the white lines moving WAY faster than when it's in Photoshop. I tried estimating the number of frames per second within Photoshop and it seems like it's only 12! But then when I tried it at that setting, it moved way slower than what was in Photoshop. Perhaps related to this, is the videos are only exporting for a total of one second for some reason.

 

See attached screengrab for how it's supposed to look!

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Conrad_C
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Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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September 4, 2022

What settings (including file format) are you using when you export the video?

How are you playing back the exported video, where you notice the problem?

 

It looks like a frame animation, so that would typically be exported as an animated GIF file. But how an animated GIF file plays back can vary greatly depending on what program is playing it back. For example, in which web browser does the problem happen? Or are you previewing it using the QuickLook feature in the macOS Finder desktop?

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    austinmdiamondAuthor
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    September 5, 2022

    I'm trying to export it as an .mp4. The document frame rate says it is at 30 fps. Right now I have 24 frames in my document all with no delays. As I noted it is exporting the video as only one second long, and I think the problem is that it's just trying to squeeze everything into that one second. (When I play the mp4 the video is only one second long and it is SUPER fast, whereas in Photoshop it takes 2 seconds and it plays back at the correct, slower speed.)

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    austinmdiamondAuthor
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    September 5, 2022

    And so, I just tried exporting through Save as Web as a GIF, and the video does not get squeezed into one second as it does as a .mp4, but it is definitely slower than it is in Photoshop. See screengrab for side by side. 

     

    As far as which file type I prefer - .mp4 or GIF - I would love to have it working properly in both!

     

    Thank you 🙂

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