banner size (KB)?
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- twokids
I do motion design. I was recently asked to do some banners that had to be swf, of course.
I was told it had to be 60K. I tried to incorporate a little 3D to make it interesting but 60K is really small and I really couldn't do it.
Is 60K make sense these days? Or is that a standard from 2002 that could be updated so that the designs can be more interesting (and not have to rely on Flash!)
- ukit20
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How you gonna do 3D without Flash?
- prophetone0
depends on the network it'll be running on, iab standard in canada is 40kb for most standard units
- 15 seconds of animation approx.MSTRPLN
- Banner K weight can range between 30k on up depending on who is hosting it and what they allow. Usually you just build from the lowest common denominator.dorkKn1ght
- twokids0
what do 'standard units' mean and what does 'iab' mean?
- orrinward20
A few years ago I had to keep MPU's to 30k. A simple workaround for this is to just load the larger content in externally - The complaint is typically over time to display something, not necessarily the full content.
MPU's with video have a lightweight player externally referencing a much larger video file.
- chrisRG0
Rich media banners can be up to 2MB, ordinary banners will be ~30-100kb
- prophetone0
leaderboard, big box, etc... do u know what size you're building and where it's running? check the spec of the network first. unless this is just a one-off for some site and any rule applies really.
- orrinward20
I presume a 'Standard Unit' is referring to Skyscraper, MPU, Leaderboard.
IAB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Int…
STANDARD UNIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta…
- prophetone0
as said above u can polite load an external swf of the 3D element if you are allowed and if you are a ninja
- but what if he's a rockstar?bulletfactory
- rockstar are for show, ninjas are foreverprophetone
- lvl_130
25-40k. the standard size banners-non rich media (300x250, 160x600, 486x60, 728x90) usually require a 30k 15 second limit (or loop 3 times)