Photoshop won’t let me render video anymore

[liamgillin]

I create a lot of gif animations and never had an issue but now I can't export at all and it will just buffer. I have done everything. Updated my Mac computer to Sequoia, clear caches, uninstalled and reinstalled and it's the same issue.

Idk what else to do or what is going on. Even with my Photoshop I've had to reupload all my keyboard shortcuts too as well as when I export photos it won't show the original file name but the layer name (ex: the file will save as "background" rather than "IMG_63673"

[Myra Ferguson]

First, there have been a couple of Photoshop updates since you posted, so I'd recommend starting by updating to PS 26.2.0.

I'd also recommend working locally if you aren't already. Make sure that your Photoshop file is located on your local hard drive as well as any of your linked assets. On macOS, check the Finder to make sure that you're on you local hard drive as opposed to iCloud which also has a Desktop and a Documents folder.

If you've opened an image (as opposed to placing, File > Place Embedded... or File > Place Linked...), then Photoshop will open that image with a single layer. By default, that layer is a Background layer which is a special type of layer. That layer will be named Background and the file name (visible in the open document tab at the top of the document) will be the name of your image.

If you place an image, then the layer name will be the same as that image's file name.