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Create an animation using Photoshop and After Effects

Step 01 Before launching into animating you need to setup your shortcuts. Press Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K . I've used the following settings for this tutorial, but feel free to use what’s comfortable for you: Duplicate Frame:  F1 Insert Blank Frame:  F2 Delete Frame:  F3 New Blank Video Layer:  F6 Next Frame:  Ctrl/Cmd+fullstop Previous Frame:  Ctrl/Cmd+comma Onion Skin Options:  F5 Enable Onion Skinning:  F4 Step 02 Now we have the keys set up the next step is to get to the animation mode. To show the animation timeline go to Window>Animation, and make sure there is a little tick next to it. Now a big timeline should appear at the bottom of your Photoshop window. Step 03 Now open a new PSD. From the drop-down menu select Film & Video and click one of the presets. Here I've used 1920x1080; TV is always 72 DPI. If you want to change the length or FPS click the menu icon upper right of the timeline window and click Document Set...