Cover Flow effect anyone?

I want to use 10 or so stills in a piece and I got the idea that they'd look great if I could have the stills move across the screen as album covers move across the screen in iTunes, or on the iPod & iPhone. Anyone have a formula for making this effect?
Thanks
David
dual Gig G-5 Mac OS X (10.4)

I think that should have worked. The art (Picture) showed up in the "Artwork-Add" box, but after clicking OK, it was not in Cover Flow. I tried 2 or 3 different picture file types. They all showed up in the "Add" box, but didn't make it to Coverflow.
I did learn something ... again, getting close, but I'm on the east coast (Of America) and have to go to bed now.
Any additional thoughts will be appreciated by me tomorrow (later today).
You're in Kuala Lumpur! What time is it there?
Thanks,
David
dual Gig G-5 Mac OS X (10.4)

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