Need Help: Photoshop CS4 Animation

[hsapiens]

I can't make animation work in the newer Photoshop -- how do I use an animated source file to make an animated icon?

I have a *.gif file that I want to open, mess around with, and then save as an animation. When I open it with PS CS4, though, it sees only one frame in the animation task bar. I'm sure I'm missing something really obvious.

I'm missing Image Ready. :(

Comments

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I'll still be over in the corner pouting over this -- and I suppose this will keep me from making excess animated icons (not that I am fond of using animation but every once in a while...) from now on. But at least I can do what I wanted.

Thank you! :D

[winterfish.livejournal.com]

No problem. :) Why Adobe didn't include this for 64bit is a great big mess of WTF! 64bit is the new shiny, it should at least have the functionality of the older version. So odd.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

...64bit is the new shiny, it should at least have the functionality of the older version.

One would think - which never manages to predict real world behaviors. That is quite odd but whatever. I'm playing with it and remembering why I don't "do" animation. We hates it, we do.

[winterfish.livejournal.com]

Hee! I generally fail at animated icons. Getting something within the 40kb size limit is a killer.