Hello, I have finally set opengl up for 2D display but cant figure out the standard way to move a gif image around the screen. Any links to a tutorial or even just the opengl commands used would be great. Thanks :)

You have 2 options: either using the pixel functions like glRasterPos, glDrawPixels, glCopyPixels, ..., or else render a textured quad (yes, also for 2D possible), where the GIF is 1st to be converted into a texture, of course.

In the former case, glRasterPos defines the origin for e.g. glDrawPixels. In the latter case, the MODELVIEW matrix and quad's vertex co-ordinates define the position. What method are you preferring?