Gif slow in browser

by **redwinder** on Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:46 pm

i am having trouble making a gif out of a video with photoshop, when i view the gif in a browser it is slower that when a view it in my computer, something i can do to fix that?, plus anyone know any options to make the gif size smaller.

take for instance this gif:

i made and it plays at full speed in my computer but for some reason when i view it in a browser it plays slower.

help please.

by **dredgmo** on Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:24 am

hmm, it plays full speed here. I'm using Firefox, what browser are you using?

by **redwinder** on Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:16 am

opera 9.2

by **Isick** on Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:31 am

It is because browsers run at a set frame rate (one tenth a second per frame I believe). You probably made the animation with a frame rate of one fiftieth (.05) rather than one tenth (.1).

That's all I can think of.

by **tombothetominator** on Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:09 am

plays slow for me (IE7). No idea why.

by **Q21** on Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:11 am

I think it lays normal for me...IE

by **ElectrifieD** on Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:00 am

plays normal to me ... firefox

by **redwinder** on Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:50 pm

Isick wrote:It is because browsers run at a set frame rate (one tenth a second per frame I believe). You probably made the animation with a frame rate of one fiftieth (.05) rather than one tenth (.1).

That's all I can think of.

ok thanks, but how do i change the frame rate?

by **Isick** on Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:53 pm

Ok I just saved the gif to see what its frame rate was at, just to be sure, and I realized two things. (1) My suspiscions were right, you have the frame rate at .04 instead of .1 (which is faster than i thought). and (2) that Firefox is able to run gifs at a faster speed the IE 7 because my IE 7 slows it down.

Unfortunately, changing the frame rate will not change the animation speed in the browser. Since IE and, apparently, Opera only run gifs at .1 or slower all changing it to .1 will do is show you what it will look before you upload it. What you will have to do is change it to .1 and delete every other frame (this would make it seem as though it were running at a speed of .05 since half of the frames are gone it will run through at -seemingly- twice the speed).

In order to make this change I would have to know what program you are using. In Animation shop 3 you simply right click on the frame and go to "frame properties" to change it.

by **redwinder** on Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:55 am

thanks Isick, i am using photoshop 8.0.1, which has no way that i can see of changing the frame speed.

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