I don't think you can use animations instead of images since that is hard coded into the software unless you modify the source code and adjust it yourself. You should be able to use .png images instead of .dds though since those are a pain to work with. You will need to set FSD to use .png I believe in one of the xml files though to use it. I can help look for some good pics you can use.

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