switch842: (Leverage: Eliot Applause)
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I want to make some animated icons from the latest Leverage ep. I now have Photoshop CS4 which is much easier for editing video files into icons. However, even at only a second long, the file size is so big that when I optimize it to 40K it looks like absolute shit. In Image Ready 7, there was a way that when you imported a video file you could skip some frames to help make the file size smaller. But I cannot figure out how to do that in CS4 and my Google-Fu is not giving me anything back. Can this be done? If so, help? :-)

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Date: 2010-12-21 04:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daniel-shadow.livejournal.com
Ok as I recall it is this:

File > Import > Video Frames to Layers

Find the file you want and hit Load

To extract just a piece of the video for the GIF, select Selected Range Only.

Select where your clip starts and ends

Also remember to check the little box beside the "Limit to every __ frames". that will cut down on the file size.

Let me know if this helps. "Who suddenly realised that I should get off my backside and do some animations" :D

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Date: 2010-12-21 04:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] switch842.livejournal.com
I tried that, but I don't have the "Video Frames to Layers" option under the Import menu.... :-(

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Date: 2010-12-21 04:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daniel-shadow.livejournal.com
Really? It should be under the File tab. Two thirds of the way down.

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Date: 2010-12-21 01:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] switch842.livejournal.com
Yeah. I have the Import option and then from there it's "Variable Data Sets", "Notes" or "WIA Support." :-(

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Date: 2010-12-21 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daniel-shadow.livejournal.com
Really? I wonderf why it is that?

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Date: 2010-12-21 10:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daniel-shadow.livejournal.com
Hun jsut a thought, is there any chance that you are running the the 64-bit version of CS? The Video Frames To Layers option isn’t available in the 64-bit version of CS4. Which kinda sucks.

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Date: 2010-12-21 11:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] switch842.livejournal.com
Yes, I am. Dammit.... :-P

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Date: 2010-12-22 02:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daniel-shadow.livejournal.com
In that case you might want to try the solution I posted below.

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Date: 2010-12-22 03:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] switch842.livejournal.com
I'm gonna give that a try tomorrow. *fingers crossed*

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