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This tutorial is going to show you how to make a photoshop name animation, like the one below.  This animation will help us learn to make frame-by-frame animations in photoshop. Step 1. First, you need to make a new photoshop file. Make it 600w x 300h or something similar.  You will make a text layer of your name in a large font. The font should also look like handwriting - it will make the animation look better. After making the font layer, 'duplicate' it in a new layer and make the original text layer not shown.  You will end up with a file that looks like this. Step 2. Now, duplicate the copy of the original text layer (you will need to make a lot of copies in this project). Once you've made the copy, erase a little bit of the last letter off. Like this. Continue to make copies and delete a little bit off of each letter until your file is blank. Remember to make the previous layer not visible each time you make a n

 This was another project we did in photoshop, using the timeline. The words around my name are supposed to be words that I would use to describe myself. The project was fun and I thought it was easier than normal frame animation. I liked how we were given the option to choose our own colors, fonts, backgrounds, etc. On this project.

This animation helped me improve at moving an object in an animation, and also used squash and stretch. I found it the most difficult to get the arcs to look how I wanted.