How to Prepare & Animate Amazon Textures in Photoshop & After Effects

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Adobe After Effects + Photoshop CC 2025: How to Prepare & Animate Amazon Textures

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to scan, process & animate Amazon packaging textures in Adobe Photoshop & After Effects CC 2025.

Materials Needed:

Amazon Packaging Envelope

**Tools Used in Tutorial:

**Scanner
Adobe Photoshop CC 2025
Adobe After Effects CC 2025

Keyboard Shortcuts:
Duplicate Layer in Photoshop: Cmd/Ctrl + J
Before & After in Camera Raw: Back Slash (\
Reset Changes in Camera Raw: Option/Alt Key
Start & Stop Animation: Spacebar

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:19 Scanner + Settings
00:40 Add Scan Texture To Photoshop
00:53 Convert To Smart Filters
01:05 Camera Raw Filter
01:28 Effects: Camera Raw
01:42 Before & After + Reset
02:13 Return To Photoshop
02:24 Color Version (Copy Smart Object)
02:59 Save Photoshop Document
03:25 Duplicate Image
03:50 Change Canvas Size
04:30 Free Transform Layers
04:53 Open Timeline Panel
05:06 Make Frames From Layers
05:19 Frames Correspond To Layers
05:50 Change Speed of Frame Animation
06:33 Custom Delay (Other)
06:42 Render Video
07:13 Render Video
07:24 Create New Composition
07:49 Interpret Footage (Extend Duration)
08:22 Finishing Touches

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2025 (Click To Try or Buy)
Adobe After Photoshop CC 2025 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Scan Amazon Packages:

1. Take a piece of Amazon Packaging
2. Place face down on the scanner bed
3. Use a Scanner set to 300 DPI + Color + JPEG and save to Desktop

How To Prepare Scanned Texture in Photoshop:

1. Open Texture in Photoshop
2. Duplicate Background Layer (Cmd/Ctrl + J)
3. Select Duplicate layer and go to Filter Menu
4. Select ‘Convert for Smart Filters’
5. Go back to Filter Menu
6. Select ‘Camera Raw Filter’ to open in Camera Raw
7. Click ‘B&W’ to convert to Black & White
8. Increase Exposure
9. Go to ‘Effects’ section
10. Increase ‘Texture’ to 67
11. Increase Clarity to 5
12. Increase Dehaze to 8
13. Increase Grain to 35
14. Click ‘OK’ to return to Photoshop
15. Duplicate Smart Object by right-clicking and select ‘New Smart Object via Copy’
16. Double-click Camera Raw to return to Camera Raw Filter
17. Click on ‘B&W’ to restore original color
18. Click ‘OK’

How To Animate Amazon Texture in Photoshop:

1. Go to Image Menu at the top
2. Click on ‘Duplicate’
3. Enter New Document Name
4. Tick the box to ‘Merge Footage’
5. Click ‘OK’ to create new Document
6. Change Canvas Size by going to Image Menu…Canvas Size
7. Change to 1920 x 1080
8. Duplicate Layers 5 times for a total of 6 texture layers
9. Free Transform each layer changing Position, Rotation and/or Scale
10. Open Timeline by going to Window Menu…Timeline
11. Click Hamburger Menu (3 horizontal lines) at the top-right of the Timeline
12. Select ‘Make Frames from Layers’
13. Select All Frames
14. Change Delay to 0.15
15. Tap Spacebar to Preview Animation

How To Export Texture Animation As Video File in Photoshop:

1. Go to File Menu at the top
2. Click on ‘Export’
3. Select ‘Render Video’
4. Choose ‘Adobe Media Encoder’
5. H.264
6. Click on ‘Export’

How To Extend Duration of Animation in After Effects:

1. Right-Click on Texture Animation in Project Panel
2. Select ‘Interpret Footage’
3. Select ‘Main’
4. Go to ‘Other Options’
5. Enter (100) Loop Times
6. Click ‘OK’
7. Extend Texture Animation on Timeline for as long as needed