[Magnum]

I'm too lazy to do a proper tutorial right now, but here's a quick rundown on ImageReady. If you don't know what a frame is, there's no hope for you:

1) Make a .psd in Photoshop with each layer as a frame for the animation.
2) Open the .psd in ImageReady.
3) Make the layer that is your first frame the top/visible layer.
4) In the animation palette, click the triangle/circle button and create a new frame.
5) Make the next frame layer visible (on top of the first). The frame image should change.
6) Repeat this process of adding frames in the animation palette and making layers visible until you have all the frames you want.
7) Adjust the settings in the optimization palette (in the top right) to what you want. Look them up and/or experiment to find the right ones.
8) Click the triangle/circle button in the animation palette and click "optimize animation".
9) Go into the file menu and click "save optimize as" and save it as a GIF.