animated jpegs

[allenrichard]

Hi again. I would like to know the best way to display several animated jpegs on one page. Reason being I have 12 students who each will have their own animated jpegs displayed on a web page. Should I create a separate page for each students jpeg, or create a table with 12 boxes and each students jpeg will be in one of those boxes all on one page? Which would look better and function better in terms of loading? Thanks again. Allen :D

[Dabrowski]

I suppose you mean gifs--jpgs don't animate. In any case, you really have to decide for yourself. Go by the same standards of file size as you would with anything else. If the gifs are going to be big, you might distribute them over pages. If they are only going to be a few kB apiece, then put them in a table.

[allenrichard]

Yes, I do mean gifs. What is the best file size per gif, if there is such a measurment and can I reduce them in any way without sacrificing quality? Thanks.

[Bad Hair Day]

Yes, I do mean gifs. What is the best file size per gif, if there is such a measurment and can I reduce them in any way without sacrificing quality? Thanks.
There's no real size constraints to suggest; just check your page load times as you progress, and if you're happy with it, so should everyone else be.

Best to try not to have too much animation on a single page as it can look too cluttered.

If you have Macromedia Fireworks, or the opportunity to use it, it's the best animated gif 'squisher' I've found.

Generally, I try to use a colour palette of no more than 64 colours and preferably 32 or less.

Your quality requirements will determine the number you need to use.

The program can also re-size the gifs for you.

Paint Shop Pro's 'Animated Gif Factory' is pretty useful too.

HTH

BHD

[allenrichard]

thanks, will try that.

[SimCoWeb]

Just another idea, you can use one of the many Flash programs like Swish to create your animations using jpg's and gif's. The advantage to using this method is it compresses your pictures into a smaller file without losing quality. Plus, it's easier to edit them later.

[allenrichard]

Cool, will try Swish. Thanks again.

[NMS]

I use Swish all the time. It is a great tool for webs design. It may seem complicated on first glance but then you get used to it. The output is flash.

This is their website - http://www.swishzone.com/