Creating Animation > Extending still images

 

Extending still images

When you create a background for animation, it's often necessary that a still image remain the same for several frames. Adding a span of new frames (not keyframes) to a layer extends the contents of the last keyframe in all the new frames.

 
To extend a still image through multiple frames:

1

Create an image in the first keyframe of the sequence.

2

Select a frame to the right, marking the end of the span of frames that you want to add.

3

Choose Insert > Frame.

 
To use a shortcut to extend still images:

1

Create an image in the first keyframe.

2

Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the keyframe to the right. This creates a span of new frames, but without a new keyframe at the end point.