Moving Overlays

Bring your static image to life by adding moving overlays. Add animated overlays like snowflakes, sparkles, and more and create fun animated frames in just a click.

Moving Overlays

To add Moving Overlays to your image, follow these steps:

  1. Open a photo in Photoshop Elements.

  2. Click Enhance > Moving Overlays to add animated overlays to your image.

  3. From the right panel on your screen, choose one of the following:

    • Overlays - contains animated overlays that are applied to the entire image.
    • Graphics - contains animated elements that are added to a part of the image.
    • Frames - contains animated frames.
    Overlays in Moving Overlays
    Overlays panel

    Graphic-Moving Overlays
    Graphics panel

    Frames
    Frames panel

  4. Do the following to refine your image:

    • Protect Subject - Select this option if you want to remove the overlay from the primary subject.
    • Refine Overlay - Choose a Brush size and Opacity to fine-tune the composite/output by adding or subtracting overlays.
  5. When you're done, click Play to preview the output. Click Export to save your file in MP4 or GIF to save or share it.

    To know more about Export and Share, see Save images in Photoshop Elements.

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