Computer Graphics Samples

Animations for the Web

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In the following samples, we look for the smoothest playback of a looped six-frame animation, using a few popular formats widely supported on the web. The actual frame rate of course is dependent on a variety of hardware/software conditions, but the relative comparison between the various formats is still significant.

Animated
GIF 		ShockWave
for Director 		QuickTime
Sprite 		QuickTime
Sprite & Text 		QuickTime
Video
63,550 bytes39,511 bytes115,920 bytes115,916 bytes70,324 bytes
GifBuilder Director QuickTime QuickTime QuickTime
Supported by
most current
browsers 		Requires the
Shockwave for
Director 5 plugin or later 		Require QuickTime 2.1 (Mac)
or 2.5 (Win) or later
and the Apple QT plugin 		Requires
QuickTime and
a QT plugin
At the moment these samples were only tested on a PowerMac. In principle they
should work just as well on Mac 68K and Windows. Let me know if they don't.

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Copyright 1997-2000 by Sandro Corsi.
Posted 1997-03-24. Last revised 2000-04-14.