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JoeStrike6660502
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May 8, 2018
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How do I revise an existing animated GIF?

  • May 8, 2018
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I'm using Photoshop CC 19.1.3 & having a lot of trouble on this one. When I look online for an answer to my specific problem I come up with a lot of "creating an animated gif" from scratch tutorials, which generally don't address my specific issue.

I made a series of new frames to add to an existing animated gif; For starters, when I insert them into the existing psd they appear oversized even though they're the same dimensions as the original. (300x90 at 72 pix/inch). As a matter of fact (I just checked) it works both ways: when I copy a frame from the existing psd into the one containing the new frames, it also shows up oversized!

That "minor" issue aside, I have no clue how to insert them into the original psd's timeline without screwing it up completely: (When I tried I kept accidentally duplicating frames in the timeline, I think replacing existing frames with the duplicates.)

In other words...help!

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davescm
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davescmCommunity Expert
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May 8, 2018

Hi

Add your new layers then :

Go to the first frame in the timeline and in the layers panel turn on the eye symbol for those layers you want to show at that frame. Then move to the next frame and repeat by setting the layer(s) visibility for that frame...etc.

If you are adding new frames on the end just use new frame (from the menu pop up at the top right of the timeline) and repeat as above.

Dave

Silkrooster
Silkrooster
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May 8, 2018

If there are a lot of frames, it would be faster to clear the frames and apply layer to frames. Just have to make sure all the layers are populated with the frame(ex. frame 1 matches layer 1, and so on), which it should be.

Silkrooster
Silkrooster
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May 12, 2018

Turns out the layers on the two psd's weren't different sizes - the original images were larger than the 300x90 frame, which was in effect a "window" only revealing that portion of them. Once I realized that, I copied the layers from the 2nd psd into the original, then nudged the images in the new layers into position until they aligned with the original ones.

Of course then the frame sequence was completely out of whack. Once I had my layers in the correct sequence I deleted the existing timeilne, coverted the layers to frames and timed them out. It took a bit of trial and error, and probably a lot more time than if I knew what I was doing, but my gif turned out ok, Your advice was over my head, but thanx just the same for your help and interest


Glad you have it figured out. The more you do this, the easier it will be.

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