Animated GIFs In CS3?

I need to edit some animated gifs. I can edit them in Elements 5, but have
not figured out how to do that in CS3. Is it possible, and if yes, how
please?
Thank you.
Mike

For cs4 you need to run the 32 bit version of photoshop cs4 to use
Import>Video frames to Layers.
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Zeno
curt y, sorry for the late reply, I tried that but I doesn't work. I have to choose at least two files in the Load Layers window in order for the OK button to be available and then some action script uses the different files to make layers and merges them but not from the frames of the gif file. I can undo through the script to see what it did but it never accessed the frames of the gif file, just the first frame. Choosing "make frames from layers" in the animation palette only puts the original files into layers - that is only the first frame of the gif file.
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