I have seen users on trade forums with pics that cycle through their gear, eliminating need for mass pics on full chars.
Are these just .gif files or something?
I'd like to list a full char of great value on diablo 2 and would rather this "slideshow" view instead of a massive picture based post.

I have recently received photobie but am unaware of how to use this program currently.
If this would be easier over voice, I do have a headset and use msn-yahoo-GSC-TeamSpeak.
If anyone could help me with this I would be greatly appreciative.

You just have to gather all the images you want on the whole background
Create a big enough file to fit them all in
Resize them and paste them on to your created background

Try googling Signiture Rotator. Its the same basic concept as what you need.