Using Imageready and other stuff (help?)

[The Bone Collector]

Ok, so I'm making a crappy animation using pivot, and then bringing a an object (gun, to be precise) into the animation using Imageready. The problem is, I move the object in one frame... and it moves in all the frames. How do I make it so that one object any moves it I tell it to?
So lets see... I had the gun on the hip of the stick guy, and I wanted him to pull it out and pop off a few rounds... but I moved the gun in every layer, went back and the gun wasn't on his hip at the start (it was in the center of the animation for a few frames) and then it moved in to some of the positions I told it to.
Any help?

[Flamingo]

Just make one at the hip, copy the layer, move the new layer to the position you want it to be in the end, then tween.

[The Bone Collector]

then tween.

I'm an imageready noob... please explain.

[Flamingo]

http://www.rdesignonline.com/design/making-a-move-animated-gifs-in-photoshop-cs2/

[Mangled*]

You need to go through each frame and select which layers are visible in that frame.

If you make any layers visible in frame 1 they will automatically apply to all following frames until you make them invisible.

[The Bone Collector]

...
Harder than I thought. I can't seem to find an easy to use program that allows animation, and allows you to use other images (that you've created) that the stickmen can use.
Any ideas?

[Flamingo]

sooooo.. did you use the tween option or not?

http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/easytoon/ might want to try that one to see if it allows you to use images 'n stuff
edit: don't think so

[The Bone Collector]

sooooo.. did you use the tween option or not?

No. Doing that now.

I can't seem to find an easy to use program that allows animation, and allows you to use other images (that you've created) that the stickmen can use.
Any ideas?

[O.R.I.O.N.]

Pivot 3 Beta lets you add sprites, but that's the only other one I know of.

[gedazz]

Imageready is quite complicated for animations as you have to create a new layer for each frame. If you really want to make good animations go with flash.

[M.rSnow]

I know a very easy way. Great program for stick fights but its not made to be one. Its a fighting game. You can edit all the moves of the sitck man and add neones pretty awesome... But i cant find it. Its called "superstick 2" dont think it will help you much anyway..