[alaskayorkie]

I think I have CS3 on my mac home. I'll check when I get there.

My Photoshop software came with a separate application called Imageready. That's what I work in to make an animated gif avatar.

The biggest trick in imageready is that when you're done, you go under the optimize palette and "save optimized as."

If any of this rings a bell, let me know and I'll double check how I do it later tonight. Sorry I couldn't help more immediately.