Adobe Photoshop CC For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Chapter 17

Working with Video and Animation

IN THIS CHAPTER

Working with Photoshop’s video capabilities

Creating animated GIFs in Photoshop

Just about every new digital camera and smart phone has the capability to capture video (with or without audio). Photoshop has some rather impressive tools that enable you to handle most of the movie making tasks that a digital photographer or designer might need, and in an easy-to-use interface.

In this chapter, I’ll introduce you to the basics of working with imported video. You’ll also read about creating animations in Photoshop. But remember that Photoshop is an image-editing program and not a full-blown movie-making suite. If you find that your motion picture dreams and aspirations can’t be fulfilled by Photoshop, consider Adobe Premiere (or the quite-capable Premiere Elements for those on a budget) and perhaps Adobe After Effects.

Importing and Enhancing Video Clips

The heart of Photoshop’s video capabilities is the Timeline panel. You also have the 12 commands of the Layer ⇒ Video Layers menu, a special Motion workspace, and even a set of Actions named, appropriately, Video Actions, all designed to make your work with video both easier and more precise.

Getting video into Photoshop

Getting ready to work with video in Photoshop is as easy ...