so the image (in a general sense) attached to an icon is stored in
a file on disk, an external image. so the icon you see on a button
is really an image meaning a file on disk? as are the actual
images in the stricty RR sense?
Here's my understanding, erik:
An image used as an icon can be
Rob Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
so the "image" (in a general sense) attached to an icon is stored in a file on disk, an external image. so the icon you see on a button is really an "image" meaning a file on disk? as are the actual images in the stricty RR sense?Here's my understanding,
how does icon animation compare to gif or external image files
approaches with respect to chewing up large amounts of RAM?
Sorry erik,
I don't have enough experience to give you an authoritative answer.
The crux of the issue is all images in an animated gif are loaded in
RAM when the gif is
Rob Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
how does icon animation compare to gif or "external image files" approaches with respect to "chewing up large amounts of RAM"?Sorry erik,I don't have enough experience to give you an authoritative answer. The crux of the issue is all images in an animated
Rob Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
are there any cross-platformissues or other problems associated with animated GIFs?about that plan of using a GIF as an image library. It's badidea because the frames are all decompressed ahead of time, chewing uplarge amounts of RAM for no good reason unless
Recently, Malte Brill wrote:
if I try to resize an animated gif it
won´t work. If I try to rotate it the gif breaks and displays all the frames
in one frame. I´m a bit puzzled by this. Is there a way to resize/rotate
animated Gifs in Rev?
It may be the case that Rev/MC is unable to properly
are there any cross-platform
issues or other problems associated with animated GIFs?
Hi Robert,
There's one important caveat Scott Raney posted a few days ago:
about that plan of using a GIF as an image library. It's bad
idea because the frames are all decompressed ahead of time, chewing
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 Scott Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just a minor correction here:
In a Web browser environment, the browser has the ability store the contents
of the first frame it encounters in the GIF, and then render each subsequent
frame on top of the first. The browser can also
I have just caught up and discovered how useful animated GIFs can be -- I
have been making card-based animations since my HC days, and although they
work in RR, I have encountered some problems controlling the sequence with
sticky mousedown loops and leaky locking messages. Now the entire
I have just caught up and discovered how useful animated GIFs can be -- I
have been making card-based animations since my HC days, and although they
work in RR, I have encountered some problems controlling the sequence with
sticky mousedown loops and leaky locking messages. Now the entire
, November 18, 2002 5:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The joy of animated GIF
I have just caught up and discovered how useful animated GIFs
can be -- I
have been making card-based animations since my HC days, and
although they
work in RR, I have encountered some problems
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