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Paragonfl
Paragonfl
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June 28, 2020
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New 2020 - create a GIF

  • June 28, 2020
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Trying to create my fiast amimated GIF. Following the CC tutorial and get to the point to click the timeline menu and convert the layers.  I get to the Time Line buttons but the convert layers to frames button is greyed out (and so are other button but ono all).  Suggestions...

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didiermazier
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didiermazierCommunity Expert
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June 29, 2020

It works perfectly as long as your layers are selected.

Hereafter : 2 layers selected > 2 new frames

excuse my french UI…

 

W
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Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
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June 29, 2020

When you say "Convert Layers to Frames", do you mean File > Import > Video Frames to Layers?  If so, that justto lets you stack frames of video into a layered PSD file.  You usually finish with saving teh PSD and then using File > Export > Layers to Files.  It's not directly part of creating an aniamted GIF.

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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June 29, 2020

They wrote "I get to the Time Line buttons but the convert layers to frames button is greyed out ".     I do not know any button labeled convert layers to frames.   So I do not know what they write is gray exists.   The closest thing  I can think of is is the menu item in the frame animation panel fly-out menu "Make Frames from Layers" Which will be grayed out if they have a Frame animation Panel and a single  layer which is already a frame in the frame animation panel created with the Create Frame Animation button there are no other layers to make frame with.  I do not know which tutorial the were following or what they missed in the tutorial.

JJMack
JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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June 29, 2020

Did you click on create frame animation or create a video timeline in the timeline panel to actyally create a timeline frame or video.  You need one or the other to actually create an animated Gif.  One or the other need to be created

JJMack
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