I know what you mean, It's been a bane of many an animation of mine. However, I'm aware that when on the first frame of the animation to ensure it's unchecked.
And if duplicating any layer then rather than unchecking Propagate Frame:
I first create a new frame on the animation window.
Then I hide the visibility of the layer I'm going to duplicate.
Duplicate that layer.
Then switch on the visibility of the newly created duplicate layer.
That way the new layer only appears in the new frame and not copied throughout all the other frames. That always helps me a lot. But yes Propagate Frame is terrible torture.
(And if duplicating any layer then rather than unchecking Propagate Frame:
I first create a new frame on the animation window.
Then I hide the visibility of the layer I'm going to duplicate.
Duplicate that layer.
Then switch on the visibility of the newly created duplicate layer.
That way the new layer only appears in the new frame and not copied throughout all the other frames. That always helps me a lot. But yes Propagate Frame is terrible torture.
maiden is filmed before a live studio audience,
Sun 14 Oct 2012, 16:53,
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Hardly user-friendly though is it?Then again I suppose PS wasn't made for animation
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Sun 14 Oct 2012, 17:57,
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Not really intuitive but I've used it from Image Readyso I know my way around it and I don't know of a better GIF animator that gives you so much control over the optimisation. Flash is ok but the optimisation when converting to GIF is a massive pain.
( maiden is filmed before a live studio audience,
Sun 14 Oct 2012, 18:29,
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