Having problems with animation in PSE4

Admittedly, I am a newbie to animation, though I do know how to create an animated .gif.
I am on a Mac - OS 10.3 --
My problem however, is keeping my background from being part of the animation. To be
clearer --- what I wish to do is create my background image (which often involves many layers) -
and then have only part of the finished image animate. For example - having a twinkling
border of stars around a picture. Whenever I "save for web" and enter the appropriate settings
the entire picture animates rather than just the star border. How do you animate only certain
layers and have the other layers remain stationery?
Can anyone help me with this issue please? My primary concern is that Elements is not the appropriate program to do what I wish to do---and perhaps I need additional plug-ins or a different program altogether. Have read the Help manual and bought the book - neither say anything about what I want to do.
Thanks in advance
Donna Lindsay-Goodwin

Hi Donna,
PSE only makes simple animated gif's. To do what you want it may pay
to invest in Alchemy Mindworks' GIF Construction Set.
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html
You can download Byron Gale's animated gif at
http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Present/Byron_Gale.html
& load it into PSE to see how he achieved the blinking lights.
Alex,

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