How to create animation?

Some simple instructions on how to create a fractal zoom animation would be really helpful.
When I use the "generate series" option it seems to just output the same image X-number of times.
The "mesh rotation" option under "animation" is greyed out and does not function, although "color scrolling" does work.
I was looking for a program to create animated fractals and this looked ideal, but unfortunately have no idea how to make it work.

Edit: Ah, I see that mesh rotation is for the 3D mode.