How to use real photo's in flash,please help

Hello,

First I want to explain that before asking this question, I tried searching all over online. I search google for 7 days and endless hours for ‘flash tuts’ and aside from finding amazing helpful websites, I couldnt find the help for me newbie question. I always try to find the anwser myself before asking.

I offered to create this small website for a small childeren school. I know html but not flash. What I have is a real photo of the front of a theater, with different colored neon lights…some going straight, some twist in a design, then there are small light bulbs going all around the letters.

The theater image is going to be the first page, and then once you click the doors it will load a basic website, with no flash.

To help give a better idea…have you ever seen photos of las vegas at night, where they show all the bright glowing lights, moving all around and etc. I want to be able to take the same effect and to that to one photo of a theater I have.

I dont understand how I would add the effects to certain areas of the photo. Take the neon for example, how would I make certain neon lights glow or flash. Then for the light bulbs, how would I give them that on/off look?

I want to truly thank you for hopefully taking the time and helping me out. I’m sure this must be a real newbie question, but your help would mean a great deal to the kids and me…thanks