Chapter 5. Animating Layers

Animating Layers

Animation is all about making changes over time—changes to an object or image’s position, opacity, scale, and other properties. In this lesson, you will get more practice animating the layers of a Photoshop file, including dynamically remapping time.

Lesson overview

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In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

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Animate a layered Photoshop file.

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Duplicate an animation using the pick whip.

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Apply a track matte to control the visibility of layers.

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Animate a layer using the Corner Pin effect.

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