Animated Gif Editing Help

Im trying to add a face to every layer of the gif, so i can move the head, eyes, and mouth.. when i add the image of the face to layer 1 of the animated gif, its good, i hit play and the first frame is the head and it disapears on the second, but when i duplicate and edit the face and put it above the second frame of the animated gif the origional face gets edited aswell, making it unable to create the illusion of the eyes moving from one place to the other, how can i have different images of the face on every frame of the video?

Hi,
What version of Ps do you have and what platform are you using? Are you working with video content for the layer changes, or do you have a still that you're manupulating?
regards,
steve

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