Creating Your Sprite Sheets

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Render Image Sequence

• File -> Export Movie
• Format = Image Sequence
• Export Settings -> Options
• Format = PNG
• Options
  • Millions of colors +

You now have a separate image for each frame of the movie

Isolate the frames you need for a particular object (put them in another folder or something)

Open Photoshop

• File -> Scripts -> Load Files Into Stack
• Crop to the largest frame
• Save this PSD file
• Close Photoshop

Install Sprite Sheet Script

• Locate the WM-Sprite-Sheet-Creator.jsx file in the _Handouts folder
• Copy that .jsx file to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop ...\Presets\Scripts\

Compile Sprite Sheet in Photoshop

• Re-open your stacked layer file (File -> Open Recent)
• File -> Scripts -> Create Sprite Sheet From Layers
• Make sure Rows = 1
• Check to see if your first frame is the top layer
• Click "OK"
• Save As a new PSD
  • example: if the stacked file was something like "leftPaddle", name this new one "leftPaddle_sheet"
• Export this sheet as a PNG file as well

To implement this animation, check out these instructions!