Photoshop terms help?

I have been using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for quite some time now. But I never understood clearly the basic difference between 'layers' and 'frames'.

I have read several online tutorials and discussed with my friends, but could never get the point.

Can you please explain in very simple terms what the basic difference between these two terms is?

Photoshop terms help?security

Basically a layer in photoshop (or any other program) is like a transparent glass sheet over the work, on which other images (or effects) can be placed. A frame is a moment in an animation.

The distinction is important, but you need to know that with Photoshop CS3, the program now runs animations, and it can convert layers to frames.

Photoshop terms help?trojan

When you open a Photoshop file that contains LAYERS in ImageReady, the layers that are then brought from the Photoshop file into the animation window become FRAMES.

Frames apply only when doing animation in ImageReady, and are like the individual pictures in a film strip.

There are no frames in Pshop.
I do not use frames in photoshop only in image ready. I think you only need frames when you are creating an animation...Layers are pretty easy, they allow you to select and add effects to different parts of your artwork/image and alows you to move items infront or behind other elements. Photoshop 7 is really old!
frames are in animations

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