AH..... You answered your own question...!
In each case, I clicked "New", added a new image, then "copy" for the next image
That's what you and I did differently. I click only COPY the frame each time! This brings the data forward.
If you do not delete what is already there, you just build a stack.
If you delete objects you will not be able to use them again in the flash....so only delete what you won't need.
You had set the transparent images to 0.08 seconds instead of 0.8 seconds.
I set my timing to match the file you emailed me, but did not have my glasses on.
Actually timing is flexible, depending on the effect you want to achieve, fading, blending, spinning, zooming....
Personal choice for the effect YOU want to get.
How can you see what images are actually contained in each frame?
If you build in XWD, you can't without manually shuffling the images.
If you build in XXP you have that NAME GALLERY I mentioned in the tutorial.
You can choose to highlight the STACK in a particular frame and have all the names that are in that frame show.
Frame 3 shows 2 of the names are highlighted.
Frame 5 has all 3 images highlighted so ALL of them were in that frame.
I was used to timelines too. And for some things, it is MUCH better! Start and stop a function at a different pace than the other functions. Everything is right in front of you. No guess. I have been using Swish family for years (currently have SwishMax2) for flash. (You can see a SwishMax2 flash of my mother, first item on my family page
samisite.com/family.htm with with floating designs that would make screen captures be faulty images. Have made similar for other websites that want image protection).
But for other things, the XARA method is quite quick and easy! Easier for these type things once you get used to it.
My first try with Xara Xtreme Pro Animation took me several hours. Could not wrap my head around the simplistic nature.... Eventually when I used a simple red square to test movement, left right up down, fade in out, etc I finally SAW what they meant! The XXP and XWD animation does not have the feature list that flash software does.