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I need to animate a card, which moves under a scanner:

Start picture:
Start screen
left: the scanner. right: the card

End picture:
End Screen
the card moves under the scanner. the scanner won't move

Now I tried to animate this with the timeline animation.
Just insert both states and press on the tweening-button.
The problem is, that the card will be transformed from the beginning, and not while the card moves.

How do I achieve my objective?
I only have Illustrator & Photoshop, and at the end I need an animated .gif.

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    I would suggest using After Effects
    – user9447
    Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 13:38
  • @Darth_Vader: I never used it and I would need to download it and only use the 30 days free version...
    – Michael Schmidt
    Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 13:43
  • what version photoshop are you using?
    – user9447
    Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 13:44
  • 2014.0.0 20140508.r.58
    – Michael Schmidt
    Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 13:48
  • 2014 should be the creative cloud.. you pay a subscription so you wouldn't have a 30 day trial.
    – user9447
    Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 13:51

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Photoshop only allows you to keyframe the position, opacity, and style elements of a layer. If you're trying to animate the card from a standing position to a laying flat position (and you don't have access to any other software outside of Photoshop or Illustrator); you will need to create separate states of the image and then hide/show them in order to create a persistence of vision effect.

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  • So like a classic gif. Just create all the frames by hand and put them together?
    – Michael Schmidt
    Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 13:44
  • Correct. Is it critical to your project that you show the transition from standing to lying flat? I think having the card appear facing up the entire time would still get across the message to the user.
    – HandsomePhil
    Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 13:53
  • The final illustration will feature a scanner-graphic. So it would look strange. But thanks for your answer, I'll create a simple moving transition without transforming, and when there is still time left, I'll do the old fashioned way.
    – Michael Schmidt
    Commented Jul 21, 2015 at 8:13

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