Creating animations

Question

I need to create a few animations for a slideshow. I am working in the Photoshop Timeline.

I have figured out how to make a scrolling image by placing the image in a few areas of the background, then Tweening so that they flow along smoothly.

Now I want to create an animation that begins with my image in a very small size in the center, against a colorful background, then gradually expands until it fills the background. I have figured out that I can do this by creating many files with the image at increasing sizes against the background, then use Files > Scripts > Load Files into Stack. But WOW this is tedious! I will need a huge number of files to make the animation flow nicely. I tried Tweening and it created a mess.

So I am looking for a better way to do this...is there one?

Thanks...

davescm · Accepted Answer

HiUse the video timeline. Put your picture in a smart object and keyframe the transform property. A keyframe tells the image what position or scale the image should be at that point. So you want at least one at the beginning with the image scaled as you want it to start, and one at the end with the image scaled as you want it to finish. You can add others in between if you want specific movement. Dave

JJMack · Answer

Frame animation Tween only supports layers position and opacity. Does not support animating layer size and rotation via trabsforn. So the animation you want to make in a Frame animation time line would require many layer with you object at various sizes and rotation so you can make frames using those different layers.

A video animation on the other hand will support smart object layer being animated via layer transform. An object Object size and rotation should be able to be animated via layer transform. 3D layers layer rotation can also be animated by rotating 3D meshes. You may want to look at using a video time line rather then a Frame animation time line.

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