Layers in Animated Gif Question...

Been going crazy all night
I'm trying to create an animated gif. I made a BG image that I want the video to go on top of. The video is 136 frames (layers). I duplicated the BG image 136 times and pasted the videos 136 layers on top of the BG image.. Here is my problem.. I need to move the video frames (136 of them) onthe background so it lines up better... How do I move them all at once. Meaning if I move the frame on layer 1, the frames will move on EVERY layer. There has to be a way to move them so they all move to the same location at once. There is no way I could move each one separately and get them in the exact same location...
PLEASE HELP!!!
Thanks in advance...
GT

Sorry... Using PS CS4 Extended.. Not sure what you mean by click the purple icon and then the red button.... I know it will be a bit choppy, but that is alright for this project.... I know with imageready (in the past) you could drag the image and it would move the image in every frame.... There has to be a way to move the image on layer one so that the image will move to the exact spot in each layer..... Atleast, I hope there is.. Thanks for getting back to me
Jeff
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:37:05 -0700
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Subject: Layers in Animated Gif Question...
Click the purple icon and then click the red button. Click the OK box below it if you like the result.
It would help to know what program you are using and it might help to post in that program's forum.
Beware that you are grossly abusing the GIF format. It is not intended for video. You could experience choppy playback and/or a lousy color palette.
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Thanks in advance...
GT
Edit: Using PS CS4 extended

well, when I use to use imageready, I would have to duplicated the BG for each frame of the video...
What would be the best way to do this then,,,
I have an animated gif that is 136 frames ..
I want to put it on a BG I made in PS.... When I copy and paste all the frames (via the animation palette select all) onto the new bG the image is not centered on the BG I made... I want to move each frame to a new location on the BG... How would I go about doing that?
Sorry if I'm not explaining it clearly... I'm trying..LOL
Thanks for the reply..>GT

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>
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