Havent used photoshop in years, but found this site & its inspired me to get at it once again! I've notice alot of images are animated, can this be done with photoshop or is it a combination of programs?
thanks!
Damon

Welcome! I'm currently in the Dark Ages with PS7, so I have to use Adobe Image Ready to animate GIF's. I think anything from CS3 on allows you to create animations in PS. Good luck. Happy chopping!

Back when I went to Art School for a minute in (2003) using PS 7.0, we would export to Adobe after effects for animation. I dont know if the new versions of photoshop have an animation capability. I prefer to stay still myself, but Im someone is up on the new software capabilities though.

BTW I dnt see the difference from CS5 to 7.0 at all

Im sure there are are differences but Im just not that cool to know them

The big difference is Photoshop or photoshop extended. Extended allows animation. In versions after PS7 they did away with the image ready and incorporated it into the program.

Best way to check for it is to look under header Window and scroll down should be after adjustments and before brushes. If there you have animation. And 2 choices how to use it, either with cells or newer style similar to flash. Hope that helps

Here is more info and tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+make+animation+using+photoshop&oq=animation+using+photoshop&gs_l=youtube.1.3.0l2j0i5l3.2138.10276.0.15134.25.18.0.7.7.0.95.1360.18.18.0...0.0...1ac.1.aVQBRqyJ2Hk

Anyway it had been about 5 years of not messing with photshop when I joined a year ago. Best thing to do is "Shut the fuck up and chop" ---Sir Anfa Of Bollocks

May I present to you, favorite of her Majesty the Queen, Sir Anfa Of Bollocks!