Changing attributes of layers in animations
The unify buttons (Unify Layer Position, Unify Layer Visibility, and Unify Layer Style) in the Layers palette determine how the changes you make to attributes in the active animation frame apply to the other frames in the same layer. When a unify button is selected, that attribute is changed in all the frames in the active layer; when that button is deselected, changes apply to only the active frame.
The Propagate Frame 1 option in the Layers palette also determines how the changes you make to attributes in the first frame will apply to the other frames in the same layer. When it is selected, you can change an attribute in the first frame, and all subsequent frames in the active layer will change in relation to the first frame (and preserve the animation you have already created).
Unify layer properties
- In the Animation palette (in frame animation mode), change the attribute to one frame.
- In the Layers palette, click Unify Layer Position
, Unify
Layer Visibility 
, or Unify
Layer Style 
to
have the changed attribute apply to all other frames in the active
layer.
Propagate frame 1
You can also propagate frames by shift-selecting
any consecutive group of frames in the layer and changing an attribute
in any of the selected frames.Show or hide Unify Layers buttons
Choose Animation Options from the
Layers palette menu, and then choose one of the following: - Automatic
- Displays the unify layers buttons when the Animation palette is open. In Photoshop Extended, the Animation palette must be in frame animation mode.
- Always Show
- Displays the unify layers buttons whether the Animation palette is open or closed.
- Always Hide
- Hides the unify layers buttons whether the Animation palette is open or closed.