Animation with Photoshop CC

Hello!
I've just downloaded the Photoshop CC trial version and I'd like to make an animation. To animate you need to create a new blank video layer (Layers>video layer>new blank video layer)
I can't do that, since there is no video layer menu (not even greyed out). It was in the PS CS6 extended version, did they remove it in CC? What should I do?
Regards, Alex

If it doesn't show up, your system may not have sufficient graphics hardware or simply be misconfigured. Check the status of OpenGL/ OpenCL in the prefs, update your graphics driver if possible...
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