Moving GIF with layers to another canvas!
Hello! So this is a super simple animation technique of moving gifs with layers, instead of copying and pasting frames (because I have troubles with it and my photoshop crashes everytime i do that). But this would come in handy too when you're dealing with 50+ layers, etc.
First, open the gif you are going to use separately in your photoshop/other programs (if possible), and copy only the gif layers.
Start by Creating Frame Animation in the canvas you're working with, then go Window -> Arrange to set the windows you opened side by side and move those gif layers over to the canvas. It should look like this when you moved them......
Now for the animation part, place new frames (from the side option button of the timeline bar) until it matches the amount of gif layers there is (so there would be 21 of them like the example below). After that, you only need to change the layer visibility so that it matches its frame.
Have fun and enjoy your gif editing!
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