[Shelley_c]

If your wanting to animated one object and leave the background static then lock the layer so you not accidentally animating this layer. Group the layer you want to animate and (I'm quite sure in imageready) that there's a rotating function to animated a object/layer/set.

Infact, there is. Goto the actions pallette and the options are there. I don't think the actions pallette is switched on by default so you'll need to open photoshop (pending you using photoshop) and go to the top menu and click windows select actions. go back to the layers palette highlight the layer you want to rotate and then go back to the actoions palette scroll down select play (triangular shaped icon at the bottom of the palette) and the layer will rotate.

Infact, this bears no relevance to your issue. ignore what I said but i'll leave this info there for anyone that finds it usefull.

Your best bet would be to use imageready. Create a canvas and paste the static background onto the psd. Then open the animated object in imageready (cs2 if you can) as it retains the framed gifs (I'm assuming you are using a animated gif) Group it (press control + G) and drag the set over to the static image canvas. This will retain the animation on your newly static image you then click and save as.