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AlstonA
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January 1, 2013
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Onion Skin in Adobe Photoshop CS6 Assistance

  • January 1, 2013
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So, I found that photoshop has onion-skinning for animation in photoshop. The problem is, is that I don't know how to open it up it's greyed out when I open the timeline panel and when I switch to frame-by-frame animation its gone. I don't know how to enable it. Can someone assist?

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    Correct answer Diogo Pessoa

    Hi!
    You must go to the top menu Window > Timeline (Timeline appears).
    Then go to the top menu Layer > Video Layers > New Blank Video Layer > Go to the timeline's corner menu > Then Enable Onion Skins is ready to check

    Best Regards,

    Diogo Pessoa (PT)

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    wev243610408gd5
    Participant
    May 8, 2022

     MY photoshop has a problem,My Photoshop don't have new video layer. can someone help me?

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    wev243610408gd5
    Participant
    May 8, 2022

    So, I found that photoshop has onion-skinning for animation in photoshop. The problem is, 

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    Rashmi5FC9
    Participant
    January 30, 2021

    But I am animating on frames. So it just prompts me to add more frames when I click on the onion skin icon. 

    elitedudman
    elitedudman
    Participant
    March 30, 2016

    Has anyone tried onion skinning with CC 2015? I'm having some problems finding the option...

    Thanks!

    Trevor.Dennis
    Community Expert
    Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 30, 2016

    elitedudman wrote:

    Has anyone tried onion skinning with CC 2015? I'm having some problems finding the option...

    Thanks!

    It only works with a video timeline, and not a frame animation for some reason.  Which is bizarre! .

    elitedudman
    elitedudman
    Participant
    March 30, 2016

    Ahh I see. Yes, quite bizarre, as I think most animators prefer frame by frame method. Hopefully Adobe can see to this issue sometime.

    Thanks Trevor

      Mylenium
      Mylenium
      Legend
      January 1, 2013

      It works when you add a video layer.

      Mylenium

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      AlstonAAuthor
      Known Participant
      January 1, 2013

      Alright, I have it open but i still don't understand how to use it. I'm trying to create an animation but there is no onionskin

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      Hugzelpod
      Inspiring
      August 30, 2015

      Hi!
      You must go to the top menu Window > Timeline (Timeline appears).
      Then go to the top menu Layer > Video Layers > New Blank Video Layer > Go to the timeline's corner menu > Then Enable Onion Skins is ready to check

      Best Regards,

      Diogo Pessoa (PT)


      I'm trying to tell Adobe just how poor the onion skinning in the video layers is. The worst written onion skinning I've ever seen or tried to work with. In the end I understood how it was supposed to work and it's just terrible. How could they do such a bad job is beyond me. Please do something about this. Even better contact me Adobe and I'll tell you what it should do and how it should work.

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