motion blur icons

I'm having an issue. I've had Image Ready for a while, and I never learned how to use it. But now I'm having a need for it. I am trying to follow this tutorial that I found in the memories, but I don't really understand it. I think it would help if I could see the pictures, but they've gone away. What I want to do is take the two things I've made:



I would like to blur it and animate it, like this icon is animated (made by icons_by_umby):



I think that that tutorial I've found is the way to go, but I'm not really all that experienced in the Photoshop/Imageready thing. I'm okay, I've got basics, but I'm not amazing at it. So... simple would be best.