Photoshop

Open a multilayer animation

You can open animations that were saved in older versions of Photoshop as multilayer Photoshop (PSD) files. The layers are placed in the Animation palette in their stacking order, with the bottom layer becoming the first frame.

  1. Choose File > Open, and select the Photoshop file to open.
  2. In the Layers palette, select the layers you want for the animation, and choose Make Frames From Layers from the Animation palette menu.

    Keyframes are generated for the position, opacity, and style of each layer in the Animation palette so that the original animation is preserved. You can edit the animation, use the Save For Web & Devices command to save an animated GIF, or use the Render Video command to save the animation as a Quicktime movie.