Need help on states when moving between layers

I made a slight change to your triggers and states.  I changed the initial state of picture1 to normal.  Then I changed initial slide trigger from show layer Pic1 when timeline starts to Show layer Pic1 when user clicks Picture1.

I also added some text directions to the user.  It seems more to me to work a little better because the user is instructed how to interact.  But, I don't have your audio, so I'm not sure if the instruction is in the audio.

Thanks so much, I see the value in the changes you made. But, I really would prefer that the first picture layer and accompanying text be visible from the start. Maybe I just need to work on including the first thumbnail/pic/text on the base layer and having the other layers driven from thumbnails 2-4.

Ok - I think this is the answer (in case it can help someone with a similar problem). I moved the first thumbnail photo & text box to the base layer and then I put this on each of the thumbnail pictures and it seems to be working now!

Garth - thanks for letting me know that it was not intuitive for you to click on the thumbnails. I thought it was, but based on your response I did an informal poll of a few people in one of our on campus classes and it wasn't intuitive to them as well. So I added some small text above the pictures. Thank you