Sorry, Trifolic, I'm not familiar with using Image Ready since that is what you would use with PhotoShop.

If the truth be known what I use for making animated gifs is Animation Shop http://www.jasc.com/products/animationshop/? . It's $39 and they have a free trial as well. Great program. Easy to use, very versatile, you can set the timing and other parameters on a frame by frame basis very quickly. I recommend it.

Vito