How do you animate a montage ?

The montage below is created from stacked jpeg images. I would like to animate the montage starting with a blank canvas with the images come in from the side one by one to settle in their places all with a musical background. I have Photoshop and Premier Elements. Any suggestions on how this can be done?

Thanks for pointing out the method in Premier Elements. A quick run through
was quite successful so I think I can get what I want with a bit more
manipulation of the various layers.
Again many thanks
Al
Sorry that it just did not sink in, as both you and others have mentioned
that you already have PrElements 8 - Duh!
PrE 8 will do just what you want. Now, I do feel that Motion>Position
Keyframes (to animate your elements) is easier in PrPro, AND PrPro will
allow one to Import a Layered PS PSD, and retain the Layers, BUT PrE 8 can
do the work. The difference there would be that you would want to Save each
Layer as a separate PSD with Transparency. Then, Import each into PrE, and
animate them to suit.
There is a good PrE Forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements There are many threads
on Keyframing for Motion>Position and other uses of Keyframing, also.
Also, the MOD of that forum, Steve Grisetti, has done a nice series of basic
Keyframing tips at
http://muvipix.com/products.php?searchphrase=keyframing&btn.x=13&btn.y=4.
The one drawback is that those articles (and a whole lot more) are free to
subscribers to the site - only. Muvipix is a multi-tier site, with a very
active forum. That is totally free. When one signs up (also free), more is
available at not charge, including original music, motion backgrounds, etc.,
and then much of that additional content is available for a price to
download., then there is the subscription, where everything is free to
download. If one does just a few of the paid downloads, it doesn't take
long, before the price of a subscription is offset. Steve Grisetti also has
several great books on PrE (and one on the combo of PSE and PrE), and a
Tips & Tricks book (some sample articles from that are on the site, as
well).
Happy editing,
Hunt

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