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# ImageReady
although making changes to independent frames is a bitch
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:44, archived)
# yeah it's a pita
from what I can tell it pretty much forces you to duplicate all the layers and manually show/hide them if you intend on rotating an object or it insists on rotating every damn frame.

Optimising - cut out frames, work out roughly how many colours you're going to be able to get away with, and then try fiddling with colour options. Depending on the gif, making it fairly lossy seems to be a good way of cutting the filesize while retaining visibility. If all else fails, scanlines! :)
(gtfomh, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:53, archived)
# Do you not just switch between IR and PS? It updates in each as you edit either.
(glammerocity state of the art Luddite, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:53, archived)
# and

sorry
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 17:54, archived)
# The method I use is to create a group from the original layers
and for each new frame I duplicate the group (switching off the visibility before I duplicate) and then enabling the visibility of the new copied group which means I can perform any transformations without affecting the previous frames.

I also make liberal usage of the "Flatten Frames into Layers" if I want to make transformations on merged layers.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 18:00, archived)
# Cheers all
The problems I have are not so much with transformation of layers and sets, more with toggling visibility of layers
on early frames then affecting all later frames. I think there's an option to override this but I can't seem to use it properly.

* goes off to read FAQ*
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 18:46, archived)
# there's an option
'propagate frame 1 changes' or something. But sometimes it seems to do it anyway.
(gtfomh, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 18:47, archived)
# That's the one
but I seem to be Doing It Wrong
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 18:56, archived)
# Even with Propagate Frames switched off on the first frame
whenever you create a new layer it will be visible throughout the frames. A little tip go to frame 1 of your animation - Create your new layer then switch off it's visibility and then go to the frame you need and you can switch the visibility back on without effecting other frames saving you time. If you are duplicating a layer, switch off it's visibility before you duplicate and then switch on the visibility of the newly copied layer - that way it won't affect other frames.
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 19:04, archived)
# Ah! Thank you muchly :)
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 27 Sep 2010, 20:30, archived)