# Keeping Layer Mode for animating

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keeping-layer-mode-for-animating/35536
**Category:** design
**Created:** [November 15, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keeping-layer-mode-for-animating/35536 "2003-11-15T00:08:11Z")
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### Author: ![omarnyc33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@omarnyc33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/omarnyc33)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keeping-layer-mode-for-animating/35536/1 "2003-11-15T00:08:11Z")

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Hi…  
I wanted to move a layer in animation (In Flash or Gif animation)that has an overlay layer mode effect from Photoshop. I want to preserve this mode but when I save the image as GIF or PNG or JPEG it looses it. HOw can i solve this problem.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keeping-layer-mode-for-animating/35536/2 "2003-11-15T01:03:18Z")

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make the animated gif in image ready to presearve the layer mode. other than that i guess you could make a copy merged in photoshop, to retain the current look, then just paste the new copy in a new layer.

Copy Merged = Edit/ Copy Merged (or Shift + Ctrl+ c)