Flash animation help for newcomer

Hi everyone,
I am new to the forum and I must admit incredibly new to the world of Flash. I have CS5 professional and am looking for a little help if I may with something I am trying to produce. I am looking to produce a 360° clip of a photographed object. I have had some help off someone in producing the first one of these, but basically all I did was provide them with the shots, and they put it together for me. It is a 360° flash clip that is controlled by horizontal mouse movement to spin the object around.
My issue is that, I have the .fla file which can be opened in flash to view the project, but if I want to use this as a “template” in order to produce other clips with different photos, how do I go about this? Is there a way to import another set of photos into this project (possibly of a different number) to then come out with the same end result?
Any help could get on this subject would be greatly appreciated. I am not doing this for commercial gain, I am using the software for producing 360° clips of bonsai trees I grow believe it or not lol to display them to others across the internet.
This is the one that has been kindly produced for me so far - https://9029455640877499786-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/lewiswebsp ace/turntable.swf?attachauth=ANoY7cpyYEz9LQWODR941CeV9hqyZHeuSAONtvTBq-CLFtqqgaEYM1uuYqWfH Pb0ACB9MNuaucusMwotTlq4Hxic5Ol6Z3XF78wE5RYi3qAili1tGZNPSINB-jjhvkRGc6G0HUw30cGrzU7PUX0qXhP QNrFu4ooYJCblXH4ZxgvwRCoELTSPcC9wdRySuqCAl5c9ks2AnssV&attredirects=0
I apologize for being such a noob at Flash but I really have very little ability on it, but I am keen to develop this with the help of others.
Many thanks,
Lewis

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