frame rate

[cline_75]

I would like to hear your opinion regarding frame rates. I am trying to determine what rate to set a portfolio site at. I would like the animations smooth but yet I don't want it to take forever to load. Thoughts?

[DaFrostyOne]

depends if you are using motion tweening or not.
If you using motion tweening the higher the frame rate the better. allthough i useually settle for a frame rate of 24 as all PC's should have no problem displaying that, higher frame rates are often unachiveable by slower machines.
If it something such as a bitmap sequence then the lower the frame rate the faster loading but the smoother looking it will be. i suggest experementing with super high compression on the images and a high frame rate, so long as the images move enough the poor quality should be unnoticable.

[pellepiano]

That will depend on the size of the graphics among other things. The use of aplha will slow it down too. You have to test it on a machine with your lowest standard criteria, that you would like it to look good on.