Help for tweening with photoshop 6.0

[JoseC]

I have been doing some animated gif lately and am interested by the
tweening command that I cannot make work.
I want to do a tweening between two frames on the position parameter in order to get intermediate pictures.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jose

[maderito]

I've done this a few times and I'm always frustrated by the learning curve. :evil:

I assume you're using Image Ready with Photoshop. I'm sure you checked "tween" in the Photosho's help files. Confusing, yes?

I'm using PS-CS - may be very different for PS 6.0. Basically you have to copy your two images onto an animation palette in ImageReady. The images can come from different file sources, but obviously (I think) should be the same size. You then select "tween" in the palette menu or icon and enter your desired parameters. Add your timing/looping parameters selections in the animation palette for each frame. Then "optimize animations." Then "flatten frames into layers." Finally, save your file under the File menu option "save optimized." You want to end up with a GIF file.

Hope this helps. Your post has been up a few days. You've probably figured this out by now.

[JoseC]

I've done this a few times and I'm always frustrated by the learning curve. :evil:

I assume you're using Image Ready with Photoshop. I'm sure you checked "tween" in the Photosho's help files. Confusing, yes?

I'm using PS-CS - may be very different for PS 6.0. Basically you have to copy your two images onto an animation palette in ImageReady. The images can come from different file sources, but obviously (I think) should be the same size. You then select "tween" in the palette menu or icon and enter your desired parameters. Add your timing/looping parameters selections in the animation palette for each frame. Then "optimize animations." Then "flatten frames into layers." Finally, save your file under the File menu option "save optimized." You want to end up with a GIF file.

Hope this helps. Your post has been up a few days. You've probably figured this out by now.
Thanks for your help Maderito.
I basically do what you explain and I can get animated gif files but my problem is that the tween command generates empty frames when I select the parameter position instead of generating intermediate frames.
I'll try to make it work but so far , it does'nt.
Best Regards
Jose

[maderito]

Sorry - can't help. I've done this in PS 7.0 and PSCS and don't have this problem.

I pulled this from a review of Photoshop 6.0; maybe it will help....

The package also includes an updated version of the Web graphics optimization utility "ImageReady." Although this tool is still not fully integrated into Photoshop, it is an improvement over version 5.5 in a number of ways, notably, the ability to define "tweens" to produce GIF animations directly within the program. You can, for example, type some text, use the text warp control (conveniently located, along with other related controls in the text tool's options bar at the top of the screen) to bend the text, then make a new keyframe and further manipulate the text. Then, select this second keyframe and click upon the "tween" icon. The program automatically produces all the required "in between" frames, which you can then preview (thanks to the HTML and graphics code the program automatically creates) directly in your web browser before exporting, or, if desired, re-editing. This appears to be the biggest change in ImageReady, and it's a good one.

[JoseC]

Sorry - can't help. I've done this in PS 7.0 and PSCS and don't have this problem.

I pulled this from a review of Photoshop 6.0; maybe it will help....

The package also includes an updated version of the Web graphics optimization utility "ImageReady." Although this tool is still not fully integrated into Photoshop, it is an improvement over version 5.5 in a number of ways, notably, the ability to define "tweens" to produce GIF animations directly within the program. You can, for example, type some text, use the text warp control (conveniently located, along with other related controls in the text tool's options bar at the top of the screen) to bend the text, then make a new keyframe and further manipulate the text. Then, select this second keyframe and click upon the "tween" icon. The program automatically produces all the required "in between" frames, which you can then preview (thanks to the HTML and graphics code the program automatically creates) directly in your web browser before exporting, or, if desired, re-editing. This appears to be the biggest change in ImageReady, and it's a good one.
Thanks again Maderito.
Unfortunately, I spent more time and cannot make it work.
I tried different ways using two warped texts and trying to generate intermediate frames, but without success.
Regards
Jose