Can't convert timeline to frame animation

Whenever I try to upload a video clip, it only shows in timeline format and when I try to convert it to frame animation, it says "The video will not play back in frame animation." Help, please

I do not do video but have an idea if the video segments you want to make a frame animation is less then 500 frames. If larger split it into 500 frame segments and render the segments to video files. Then use menu File>Import>Video Frames to Layers.
That way you can get the frames. Converting video to frame animation seems to create a single frame for each video segment...

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hi everyone, i'm running photoshop cc on windows 7.
i was trying to make a gif today and went about it the way i usually do - import video frames to layers (1 layer/frame of video), cut out the frames i don't want, then convert from frame animation to video timeline in order to apply filters. in this particular project i had set all frames to a delay of .04s, but when i converted to video timeline the gif seemed to run faster than it had in frame animation. i converted back to frame animation, and for some reason the delay had been changed to .03s - which i'm assuming accounts for the increase in gif speed. i tried inputting different values for frame delay, but they seem to all round to either .03s, .07s, or one of the preset values that appear when you click the dropdown box.
this has never happened to me before. in fact i opened a gif i made recently that had a delay of .05s and once opened the delay had been changed to .07s - noticeably slower than the original gif (which i had opened in IE to compare). i have restarted pscc multiple times to no avail. in fact i just noticed that the "make frames from layers" tool is malfunctioning as well, instead of making one frame per layer, the frames are either blank or they all show the top layer.
is this something that has happened to anyone else? if so, how to fix it? it's very frustrating because i need to be able to convert to video timeline for filters and to add text, which i can't do in frame animation.

Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I'm having this exact issue. I notice that the frame delay only stays the same if I set it to .1, but all other delays are changed to .03 or .07. It's a pain because I have to open every saved gif & change it to the correct time delay. It's so time consuming.

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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:55:56 -0700
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This means probably that either you included Pretest slides or you checked Branch aware. In both cases, Skin is automatically disabled,
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Rotoscoping techniques: Frame Animation vs Video Timeline

Hi. I am using Photoshop CS6 and CC.
I am looking for an easy workflow for rotoscoping a video (for the purpose of drawing on it to create animated look)
and came across two different techniques for achieving the same purpose:
1. frame animation as explained here
2. Video Timeline as explained here
seems to me the first technique is much more error prone.
I am a bit confused on the proper use of those 2 features - when to use which
as I see it Frame animation is for:
1.making GIF'S from your current layer stack
2.scanning a drawing by hand element that is supposed to appear in a stop motion fashion.
and Video Timeline is for:
1.real editing with layers moving in different points in time (which really can't see why would you do that in photoshop instead of AE or Premiere)
2.cell animation with onion skin
2.making blank video layer over a real one and create a live drawing.
any Insights will be greatly appreciated

thanks for the reply JJ.
I think I have a better idea on what each tool is all about:
allow me to sum it up for anyone who will look at this and for me too.
this is a clarification of these different tools especially related to rotoscoping but not just.
contributions would be appreciated
Frame Animation
useful for controlling each specific frame in a sequence of animated frames.
in rotoscoping this is useful for instances where you want to work with many layers
thus preserving the capability to change your work with different layers containing different data.
for instance: hair, face, legs etc. like the following example here
also efficient in making GIF's like here
Advantages:
1. more layers - more control
2. easy to make GIFS by changing each layers transformations like here
or here and would be cumbersome to do in Video Timeline
Limitations:
1. layout requires a bit of getting used to for instance: seconds for each frame and not overall frame rate - you have to select all of them to change them globally (there is a panel option for that though)
and also each frame contains all of the layers with only the specific ones visible and position differently (like layer comps).
if you are not careful you could make a mess of things by changing visibility of the wrong layers or worse
so - order, color labeling and grouping is paramount. an example of a good workflow is here
2. you have to make your own shortcuts since next frame/previous frame/first frames don't have shortcuts.
3. there is no audio
Video Timeline
useful for "classic" video editing - you get a timeline with layers
that you can trim and make transitions.
great for drawing on video or classic drawn Cell animation.
you can also insert a blank video layer and draw on it.
as explained here
Advantages:
1. familiar timeline structure - easy to understand and not mess it up. you can change the framerate and work like a real video workflow.
2. great for rotoscoping on video - you could insert a blank video layer and draw frame by frame on the same layer making it easy.
3. great for cell animation because onion skin features are an option
4. keyboard shortcuts are a click way by changing the panel options to "enable timeline shortcut keys"
5. there is audio
Limitations:
1. not as efficient as Frame Animation for GIF animations or animation that requires a lot of layers or different kind of layers.

What is the best tutorial you've found explaining frame animation in CS6's timeline?

While I'd prefer it in book form, I'd be willing to fork over $ for a thorough video demo of frame animation in CS6's timeline. What's the best you've found?

My recomendation would be following something like the links below:
Suggestion 1
Suggestion 2
-Mandhir

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Some of my rotation animation is stepping at about one degree increments instead of tweening smoothly. I'm using classic tweening. I see that if I select the whole interval and use F6 to convert every tween frame to a key and then select the object at the different frames, that I see under transform that the skew values are changes from frame to frame aroung that same one degree range. Is there a solution to this?

Can armatures be made into nested animation (symbol/movies)?

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I made a dragon character and animated the body with the amature(bone tool) in flash cs5. I was having trouble trying get it to become a nested animation and make it into a symbol/movie. I heard you are suppose to select all the animated frames using EDIT> TIMELINE>COPY FRAMES, then pasting the animated frames into new symbol/movie. I have no luck with that, the menu becomes dimmed out from copying the frame...I'm not sure if nesting animations with amatures is possible? Any ideas? Thanks.
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It's very interesting -- there's some bug in the file -- even if some layers are not visible, when I double-click the text layer you are supposed to edit (the Symbol), other layers with text start to appear...
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https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
...explain the steps and attache the PNG.
And if you break the Symbol apart (select it > Modify > Symbol > Break apart) and then try to edit the text, all works normally as expected. Use this as a workaround -- I don't have a better suggestion for now...
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Motion tweening a frame-by-frame animation

Hello,
I am an experienced animator who is new to using Flash. I need to know how to add a motion tween to an animation that I already made frame-by-frame. The animation will be of a fish blinking as it swims across the stage. I already created the frame animation of the fish blinking, but now I want to motion tween the whole animation (not just one frame) across the stage. However, I cannot figure out how to do this. Is there a way to create a simple animation that uses frame-by-frame animation and motion tweens simultaneously?

Unfortunately, Adobe let (character) animators down by not developing any of Flash's animation tools since v8 - quite the contrary, the latest incarnation, CC, removed a lot of (quite essential) animation functionality. No more bones (yikes!) or motion curves control.
A shame, because once Flash was the industry standard app for tv show animation. Not so anymore, though: Adobe dropped the ball in that regard, and mostly focuses on web/mobile apps and games development currently.
There are two options:
1) use animator-oriented alternatives like Toonboom and/or Anime Studio Pro (both of which export to flash movies);
2) download a bunch of plugins, and extend Flash so that its workflow becomes more animator friendly.
If you are just starting out, I would probably advise you to have at least a cursory look at the alternatives. However, having said all that, Flash can still be an enjoyable environment to animate in, IF you extend it a bit. Unfortunately some workflow may not be CC friendly anymore at this point due to the missing (almost essential) functionality compared to CS6 - you may prefer to work in CS6, depending.
These will help you extend Flash to become a bit more animator friendly:
http://cloudkid.com/tools
http://flash-powertools.com/
For example, Keyframe Caddy would solve your problem animating an eye by keyframing it in a symbol.
The guys at flash-powertools created a character animation workflow you may like, which addresses the deficiences of Flash for professional level character animation. They have some nice templates and example character files for you to examine.
A word of warning: character animation in Flash can become somewhat technical and daunting - in that case a tool like Anime Studio with excellent and easy to use bone tools and proper real(!) animation curves can be truly helpful. These can then be imported into Flash, and edited. Also, both AS and TB have a "real" virtual 3d camera of the scene that makes it easy to create parallax scrolling backgrounds and zoom in/out panning effects.
Anyway, this is how you would do it in Flash:
1) install Keyframe Caddy
2) draw your fish in a cutout-fashion (seperate eye).
3) convert all the fish elements to a graphic symbol (F8)
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5) select the eye, and convert to a graphic symbol again
6) add different drawings for the eye blinking
7) return to the main stage
Now you can start animating the fish:
1) first animate the entire character moving
2) then after you finish the overall movement, move to the frame you wish to change the eye
3) double-click the fish character, and select the eye
4) in KeyFrame Caddy click "load thumbnails". This should load up all the different frames (drawings/states) for that graphic symbol and display them all in the KeyFrame Caddy window
5) now simply click on the required eye state, and KeyFrame Caddy will automatically create a keyframe for that state.
6) move the timeline scrubber to the next frame you wish to keyframe eye movement
7) click on the required eye state in the KeyFrame Caddy window.
...and so on! You may have to switch between the main scene and the fish symbol
Make certain the lengths of both timelines are identical, otherwise the eye animation will start to repeat if it is shorter than the main timeline. Inversely, if the main timeline is shorter than the eye animation, the eye animation will obviously not be able to run completely through.
One more thing: keep an eye out on the graphic symbol's looping in the properties - you may want to set it to either play once or looping (or even single frame).
For more info on graphic symbols, read this:
http://dev.tutsplus.com/articles/flashs-underrated-graphic-symbol--active-9964
Also check out those two sites' other tools. And check out the workflow on the electric Dreams website. Hope this helps a bit.

Converting mov files to animated gifs

Basic question: how-to convert MOV files to animated GIF files. I have been searching for free/opensource/shareware to do this but so far no program I found could do this.
I'd love someone to answer, definitively, about free/opensource/shareware, but my hopes are down.
So, I ask what MAC program (even if I have to buy it) will let me convert MOV files to animated GIFs or MOV frames to seperate images (is that at all possible?).
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Quicktime Pro 7 can take video (ie mov files) and export them as image sequences.
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Motion Tweening in Frame Animation (photoshop cs6)?

Hello, adobe community. I am new to the program Photoshop cs6 and just started using it this week. I have an animation project due tomorrow and noticed something while I was working. Is it possible to tween your drawings between frames in frame animation? I have seen it demonstrated a few times in the video timeline, but not in the frame animation option. I am using a video layer to create my project, so it is not separated into individual frames. If there is an option to do so, can someone please tell me how it's done? Thank you.

Yes you can. Create two frames, select both then choose tweening icon at the bottom of the animation panel. Left of the new icon looks like several sphere's. The more frames created, the smoother the tweening and the longer the animation.

Frame-by-frame animation by adobe

I am trying to do the tutorial about learning flash by Jen
deHaan:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/flash/articles/flacs3it_firstflash_pt1.html)
I am not sure how to go further when I reach step 4 in
Creating a frame-by-frame animation since I cannot press F8 on my
Mac to convert it into another new movie clip symbol.
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/flash/articles/flacs3it_firstflash_pt2_04.html
What do I click to make the changes in steps 4 -14.

There's also the drop down menu.
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on PC's. You can
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on PCs) on your
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Need help on saving single frame animation as avi

i am new in flash. any one can help me on how to save single frame animation as avi movie?
the default export setting gives a movie with no length....
thanks

This is I got when google it:
you mean your trying to export a flash animation as an avi and your using movieclips???
if this is your case i have a very simple solution export it as a swf, now import that swf into a new file and export it as an avi all should be good.
The reason why flash doesnt export movie clips is because it has its own time and if your going to use a flash animation for video it should have only one timeline alone thats why movieclips dont work when you export it as an avi.
Now the reason why this works is because when you import the swf all teh animation are in the maintimeline so do it and post back your results good luck
Hope it helps

Using Mattes and Masks to add real mouths to stop frame animation.

Hi all, I'm new to Final Cut Pro, having only really used Avid on PC in the past. I'm currently studying animation in my third year at university and I seem to have hit a stumbling block.
Basically I have created a short stop frame animation featuring various characters, movements and shots etc. From here I would like to be able to add 'real' mouths to those characters (by means of filming the lips/mouths of my voice actors in video format and super imposing them). So here's where it gets complicated (for me at least!).. Whilst I have read that it is possible to overlay sections of video upon original video using Mattes and Masks I haven't been able to find any instructions as to how I would be able to accomplish this with images which are moving around the screen (I.E. I would need to add a mouth to a character who is walking along a road, from left to right, and so I would need to be able to manipulate the location of the mouth so that it was always located over my characters face). I hope that my question makes some sense , I wont get my hopes up for a resolution, but this seems to be quite a busy board and I've managed to pick up a few tips from here recently so hey, worth a shot .

Forgot to mention that you'll have to keyframe the mask to move as well.
If the speach shots are not moving then you have definately made things much simplier for yourself.
For a simple example of keyframing. (Don't blame me if I confuse you further)
Load a clip in the viewer. (make sure that you have the canvas set to IMAGE and WIREFRAME.
Click the MOTION TAB in the viewer. Each of the Basic Motion attributes can be controled individually over a period of time. This is done by placing keyframes on the timeline to the right of each attribute.
Place the playhead (in the canvas) at the start of your clip, then press the round button in the Centre attribute section. The black dot added to the timeline is your first keyframe.
Now move the playhead further down the timeline and press the round button in the Centre attribute section again. Now click the imag in the Canvas and drag it to the right.
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Selecting every component of a 320 frame animation

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layer and move it to another area of the stage? i try to select the
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A tip for future development would be to make all your
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really the best method and is more flexible to work with.

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