How do I paste animated GIF into an still image on Photoshop ?

[henryque festo brown]

Once you open your GIF animation in Photoshop, go to the Animation panel, select the frames you want to copy and then select Copy Frames from it's panel menu. Go to the destination PSD file and select Paste Frames from the Animation panel menu.

I do import two selected file animated GIF file + still Image on photoshop, then selecting all frames and copy all frames on animation panel menu, once I go to destination Still Image or PSD File of image to paste it on top of still image, I cant find the option of "Paste Frames" on the animation panel menu.

Where to find it?

[JJMack]

You would not.  You would Open the Animated Gif in Photoshop.    Increase the Canvas size so the Animation would be a small animation centered on a transparent background.  You would then add a new bottom layer that is an image the full canvas size that will be visible in all frames.  The animation will now be centered on that still  image.

[beritb78669230]

I am trying to add an animated layer - like for instance smoke or rain - on top of a still or under it. (forgive my English...s...) - it was easy in PS CS3...and i erased the parts of the stills i needed to - to make the animation show.it the PS CS 2017/18 I can not seem to do it. Is there a tutorial somewhere? Have looked so many places, not finding anything that fits for me.

Regards,

BB

[JJMack]

A frame animation is not usually made with a single layer. Perhaps in CS3 you created a video timeline if that was possible back then I have not used CS3 in many years.  If you had a video time you could have added a video layer into your document a smoke video layer.  To create a smoke animation as a frame animation from a single layer you would need to create many frames with that smoke layer's position moved.  I do not believe rotation is supported in the move It may be.  If not  moving the smoke left and right and up and down  may look like your blowing smoke rings.

[beritb78669230]

i know that....about a single layer - as I did use timeline. But if was effortless and easy to do in CS 3 - but in this new program, it seems to be an impossible task.  Thank You for replying, though - it is appreciated...

How i made it the old way - i could have rain - sparks flying etc..and it looked natural. i simply erased/masked out what i needed from the still top layer - so that the animation showed....

[JJMack]

beritb78669230  wrote

How i made it the old way - i could have rain - sparks flying etc..and it looked natural. i simply erased/masked out what i needed from the still top layer - so that the animation showed....

A you sure the you did not open the Animated Gif in Photoshop the simply add a new layer that acted like a background scene for all the frame animation frames. Perhaps increases the canvas size added a new top layer  that was visible in all frames that you masked so that the animation in the lower layers showed through and was blended  into the new background. That should also work in CC.

[beritb78669230]

i do not recall...half the time  I manage cool things I have no idea how I made happen...lol...haven't used PS CS3 in a few years....I do recall the timeline being open - maybe it was the video timeline...but I might have done it like you suggest, I just do not have the technical lingo to explain it. But how I once did - is not the point - but how to do it now in PS CS 2017....:-)

I did not make smoke - i had an animated gif with that - I wish I still had that old machine - I could have showed you the animation.

I will soldier on...*L*..