Animation in Photoshop CS4

Hey everyone,
I was wondering, does anyone know if it's possible to add music/audio to an animation in Photoshop CS4?
I was planning to create an animation to go along with a song, but I'm not sure if this is possible.
Any help would be greatly appriciated,
Thanks!

Take a look at this video: Sound Advice.
It's about halfway down the page under cs3 extended.
http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html
MTSTUNER

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Fact 1:
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Fact 2:
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Fact 3:
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Fact 4:
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I know this thread is getting on a bit now, but I do have the answers.
Quite simply, as far as I can tell, this cannot be done without Quicktime installed.
To open an animated gif in CS4 on a PC:
1. Go to File->Import->Video Frames to Layers
2. In the File Name box type “*” ( or you can type the name manually) The window will now show every type of file
3. Select your gif and you are done
To open animated gif in CS4 on a MAC:
1. Go to open, select your GIF, then in the bottom left corner of the open file dialogue box select Quicktime Movie as the format, then open your GIF.
2. You’ll need to open your animations window by going to window -> animation. This will bring up the time line.
3. If you want to have all of the frames broken up into layers, click the options in the animation window, and select “Flatten Frames into Layers”.
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I hope this helps to ease somebody's frustration.

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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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Hello my name is mel
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[email protected]

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I know Adobe Photoshop Extended can be used for 3d modeling
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