Select animation frames
Before you can work with a frame, you must select it as the current frame. The contents of the current frame appear in the document window.
In the Animation palette, the current frame is indicated by a narrow border (inside the shaded selection highlight) around the frame thumbnail. Selected frames are indicated by a shaded highlight around the frame thumbnails.
Select one animation frame
- (Photoshop Extended) Make sure the Animation palette is in frame animation mode.
- Do one of the following:
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Click a frame in the Animation palette.
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In the Animation palette, click the Selects Next Frame button
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select the next frame in the series as the current frame. -
In the Animation palette, click the Selects Previous Frame button
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select the previous frame in the series as the current frame. -
In the Animation palette, click the Selects First Frame button
to
select the first frame in the series as the current frame.
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Select multiple animation frames
In
the Animation palette (in frame animation mode), do one of the following:-
To select contiguous multiple frames, Shift-click a second frame. The second frame and all frames between the first and second are added to the selection.
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To select discontiguous multiple frames, Ctrl‑click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) additional frames to add those frames to the selection.
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To select all frames, choose Select All Frames from the Animation palette menu.
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To deselect a frame in a multiframe selection, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) that frame.