flash frame rate
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- dsmith7
I have been doing every flash project I have ever done at 15 fps, but I have realized (yes I am a numbskull sometimes) that speeding up the frame rate to around 30 can similate the motion of video and make tweens much sharper on some of my work.
What I want to know is what does everyone else do. I was always told that it was such a no-no to up the frame rate because "processors can't handle it", but I really don't see the harm in 30 fps.
- F_EddyShears0
41, 61, read up on optimal rates.
- mbr0
From what I've been told, 31 is the best way to go. Other frame rates will look different on a Mac vs. a PC. It's a good compromise.
I usually use 31, but I've used 51 before.
- Pixelgraft0
in the days before enterframe, most of your script-happy movies looped in two of three frames, meaning that many people used frame rates of 30, although the "action" only really happened 10 or 15 times a sec.
I'd say with enterframe, it depends what's going on in the frame.
- blindpilot0
it also depends on the application - if it's on cd, the data transfer rate comes into play - is your target audience likely to have modern cdroms, or is it a cd targetting builders yards who are still working on 386's with a 2x cd rom
- MX_OnD0
Jobe Makar reccomends 24 for Flash games, I find it works quite well for most other things too....
- bug0
31.
62?
- recpos0
remember that PAL video runs at 25 fps, at above that rate the human eye can't detect much variation in fps (even on a monitors lpi), obviously the faster the fps the smoother things look, but i'd never bother going above 25..
- mercy670
i use 61 fps
- dsmith70
so it sounds like I haven't kept up on my frame rates :)
Why the 31 and 61, why not just 30 and 60?
- autonoma0
31.
I found out the hard way that most any frame rate much higher than that is very likely to cause an error on a mac.
I did a site recently for a photographer (actually did two sites). For the longest time she kept getting the "A script in this movie is causing it to run slowly..." error, and always in a different place in the file. It drove me crazy. I thought I must have some script looping away somewhere that was causing it, so I scoured the actionscript a million times. Every enterFrame loop was being killed when not in use. Still it happened, so I removed all scripts and simply left the animations, and still it happened. Then, on a hunch, I replaced all scripts and lowered the frame rate from 60 to 31, and voila! It worked like a charm. Haven't had the issue since.
- autonoma0
Oh. 31fps on a mac is supposedly like 30 on a pc. I've read it's about as close as you can get to the file playing the same way on both a mac and a pc.
- dgtl_rchtct0
120fps
always.
- dsmith70
"I've read it's about as close as you can get to the file playing the same way on both a mac and a pc."
Do you remember where you read that? I am trying to convince my work to move towards higher frame rate for our flash projects.
- arlo0
31
- autonoma0
dgtl_rchtct - 120fps? Are you serious? What's the point?
I don't remember where I read that 31 was best. It was a while back, and I didn't bookmark the site. But I do remember seeing it in a number of different places online.
- dsmith70
cool...thanks everyone
- stewart0
i don't know why i'm using the 24 fps... works for me.
next time i'll try 31 fps. but i still don't know why.
- luke0
as mbr said it 31 is a good compromise since mac flash players use different ways to interpret the frame rate of a movie. 51 should also work if you need really fast moves ( remember that you need a pretty good machine to get the proper result at that speed)
- dgtl_rchtct0
the advantage of running a faster frame rate is to ensure that no matter what the machine it will play back precisely and smoothly. more frames means fluid animation
sure, flash will play slower on older machines but it will still play back just as smooth without any jumps. much better than running a slower fps would.
any framerate less than 100 doesn't work for me. trust me, try running at 120fps, you will like it.
don't modify an existing .fla. it will look odd and you will do a lot of tweaking. start fresh. test it on a new machine, then on an old one. trust me, you'll notice the difference.
plus, if you tween a lot, especially to get real quick nice movements, faster fps is the way to go.
- Jnr_Madison0
31, always and forever.