Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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In the Animation panel, click the triangle to the left of the layer name to reveal the
properties.
What are properties?
When using the video timeline, every layer has a set of default properties for Position,
Opacity, and Style. In Adobe Photoshop, animation information is stored in keyframes, which
represent a change in at least one property over time. For example, if you want to have a circle
move from left to right, the first keyframe would have a position property for the circle on the
left and the second keyframe would have a position property for the circle on the right. Over a
certain period of time, Photoshop moves the circle from one position to the other.
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Click the stopwatch icon ( ) next to the Opacity parameter to enable animation. A
keyframe is created at the beginning of the Timeline.
Select the stopwatch to the left of Opacity to dei ne an opacity keyframe.
The stopwatch enables animation when it is clicked on. If clicked of , it disables animation.
A by-product of disabling the animation of a property is that all the keyframes for that property
are deleted.
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In the Layers panel, type
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in the Opacity text i eld and press the Enter or Return key.
Adjust the opacity so the layer is not visible.
