I pulled an animated gif into CS3 and it won't let me keep it as an animation. Basically tells me that it's gonna flatten the image whether I like it or not. WTFOMGBBQ!

So how can I resize an animated gif?

That's why I kept my CS around to have good old imageready handy just for that reason.

Try this, found elsewhere on the 'net

you can open it as and animated sequence, there's a trick involved. It's stupid but it works.

File -> import-> video to layers. In the dialog box type "*.*" to show all file types. Select the animated Gif you wish to open. The dialog will ask you which frames to import. Open the animation pallete and you will see all the frames asked for.

THAT WORKED!

(stupid effing work-arounds for a simple task)

You gotta love this - straight from the horse's mouth
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb400887&sliceId=1

Issue:
When you open an animated GIF file in Adobe Photoshop CS3, the file opens with a single layer that displays the first frame of the GIF file, and the Animation palette timeline is empty. If you save the GIF file from Photoshop CS3, the animation frames are lost.

Reason:
Previous versions of Photoshop included ImageReady, which opened animated GIF files with a layer for each frame of the animation.

Solution:
Open the animated GIF file in Adobe Fireworks. Fireworks provides editable layers and timelines for animated GIF files.

Additional Information:
Adobe ImageReady is no longer being developed. Most of the features from ImageReady have been incorporated in Photoshop CS3. Those that are not included in Photoshop are available in Fireworks.

Can I resize an animated gif in cs2?
Simply English please

CS2 comes with image ready, resize it in there,

not sure but i think this tut shows you how to upload animated .gifs to CS3

http://www.hallcross.co.uk/cs3amimation.html

Thnx Splodge!

Not really a workaround. Just a change from previous versions.

I had the same thought

It's a workaround. Having to "trick" the system into doing something is a work around. If the animated gif format was included in the import video dialog then it wouldn't be a work around.

I was just thinking about it and I was right. It isn't a work around.

The best way I've found using a Mac with CS3 is to open the .gif animation in Quicktime, save it as a movie (.mov), and then open it into CS3 using the File>Import>Import Video Frames to Layers. Works like a charm every-time.