GIMP Question: Superimpose Animated gif

[billquinn]

I have an animated gif image that I would like to place on a still image and combine the two into a single image with the animation still working at the point where I place it. Is this possible? Could anyone describe the procedure in the GIMP for doing this?

Thanks so much.

Ken

[Sigyl]

there are a few ways but most of them are complex for adding a background to an animated gif

a simply way would be to duplicate the background for each frame(layer) of the animated gif and then merge the animated frame on top of a background making sure they are aligned properly in the new window

after that is complete use the filter -> animation -> optimize (difference) to reduce the final file size

then when you go to save be sure to have the .gif extension and you will be prompted for merging the layers or creating an animation, and possibly switching the image color to indexed, in the next window be sure to set your frame disposal to cumulative layers (combine)