First Create your image that u will put in a FRAME..so the whole picture...Then highlite what u want to Animate. I made this in PAINT..u guessed it...lol..
See image Attached.
THen open up both images "BLOCKS1.BMP" and BLOCKS2.BMP with GIMP.
Now you have 2 images opened in GIMP
.---Go to the First one Blocks1...Go to menu>> "DIALOGUES">.>>hit>>> LAYERS ..a dialogue box opens
---Now you see the backround of the layer..which is the image alone. There is only 1.
Drag the image in the [layers dialogue box] onto the SECOND IMAGE--Blocks2
Now u have 2 layers...blocks1...and blocks2.--In the blocks2 image.
In Blocks2>>>Go to menu--FILTERS--and hit >>Animations>>>..PlayBack--So You now see your animation....---
Save AS...name it BLOCKS--SAVE it IN "AREAS" Folder...if you want right in AM...
It will then prompt u to save or flatten...hit SAVE AS ANIMATION...hit OK then OK again...
You can do this with as many images as u want...~ I only did it with 2. Just keep dragging all of them on the One.
This is really helpful to create a seamless animation that can play in AM without Transparency~
Simply put it in a Hotspot and hit [Play as animated gif] and it plays nicely right where u want it too..cause u copied it ...right our of your main picture Frame.--
In GIMP, you can choose while saving it [it prompts you] if u want to loop it forever or PLAY it just ONCE.
This you can't do in AM..so its wise if u want to PLAY it only ONCE..do so in GIMP--you can also choose the speed of it too.
I hope this helps someone..wasn't hard at all..I can't believe the fuss i had with animations..but i just tried this last night..and Voila~
No transparency required and it's exactly the image u want to animate.......~
Peace