Lightening an all-black GIF background?

[corleoned]

Program(+version) I'm using: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Example(s) of the coloring I want to learn how to make + credit to the maker: I'd like to just wash the entire graphic so it's the same sort of khaki colour as my icon, credit to my friends over at

Comments

[sidhex3]

per our comm rules, animated graphics need to be under a lj-cut. thanks.

*mod sid