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Hello to all, I am trying to import a gif into a png or jpeg in Photoshop. I am trying to create a 'Harry Potter' style moving image on a newspaper front cover mock up. I open the gif file and the newspaper file. Create timelines in both. Select and copy all the gif frames and place them into my newspaper file. I can see that the gif has been copied into the first frame only and the rest just have the gif and nothing else showing. I then select frame 1 on the timeline. When I click 'match layer across frames' nothing happenes. Would anyone know why this is the case and what I can do?
Thank you in advance
nicholas0D4E
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In the timeline, select all the frames by clicking on the first and shift clicking on the last.
Go to the layers panel and click on the eye symbol to turn off the visibility of background layer and immediately click again to turn it back on. The background layer should now be visible in every frame.
Dave
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Hah! Do you think that's all the OP is trying to do? Overlay a GIFF onto another background?
A possible issue with that is GIFFs you copy from the web do not have transparency if you know what I mean, but you can find them if you use the word Transparent when searching.
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It sounds like your workflow/method is wrong. m One thing you can't do with photoshop is combine timelines. It has to be done manually, and takes some planning.
I can give you some tips if you like, but I need to know that this is what you are trying to do. One tip I 'will' give you right up front is to have all of your layers created BEFORE you start putting the frame animation together, or you'll find crazy stuff happening. If you absolutely need to make a new layer into the process, make sure that all of the frames are selected before doing so.