Sprite swapping and movement

[monsterkid]

I need a hand on a couple of problems i have encountered while programming.
i have the controls made for right and left etc... and i am trying to make the sprite swap through a few different ones while moving to the left/right. i have the sprite moving fine but my "cls" is causing the picture to blink too much and i cant seem to get the animation to run smooth. Problem 2: I want my character to duck while the down key is held down and to stand when the down key is released, how do i get the sprite to return to a standing position when the key is released?

P.S I would like to know of any font transitions like fading or rising and other different ways i can animate a creative intro to a game main page.

thanks everyone...

[DemonWasp]

The Turing Tutorials are your friend. In particular, you're probably interested in Eliminating flickery animations with View.Set and View.Update.