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Animated Gifs - Introduction
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Hello! I am 3d-animated-gifs.com's webmaster and animator, Mary (aka YRAM). I choose to break all the rules when creating animated gifs. Some of the file sizes are large because I want my animated gifs to appear as "realistic" as possible in terms of color, detail, and motion. I also believe that people should not have to strain their eyes to see the animated gif. Animated gifs are made in 256 or less colors. I know about "color reduction" in order to make animated gifs smaller in file size, but, I love brilliant color and only reduce the range of colors in an animated gif, if absolutely necessary. My preference is based upon the fact that varying shades of color (including lighting and shadow effects), accentuate the details in an image and make the image appear more realistic &/or visually appealing. The more detail there is in an animated gif, the greater the file size. The number of frames in an animated gif also increase the file size. I often use 15 frames for my animated gifs because I have found motion to appear more fluid or natural with this number of frames. The timing (i.e. frame delay) of each frame is also an important factor that affects the appearance of the motion. Most animated gifs on the World Wide Web are relatively small in screen size. I got tired of viewing these tiny animated gifs and discovered that many people find them difficult to view. My animated gifs are usually no smaller than 125 x 94 pixels and average about 175 x 131 pixels in size. These sizes are easier to view, but, increase the file size of the animated gif and thereby, increase the download time of the animated gif onto your web browser. I have also included a number of animated gifs which are less than 150 x 113 pixels and have smaller file sizes (less than 50kb) in the collection for those of you concerned with the loading time of your web pages. Loading time is an important factor for a busy web site. For this reason, I recommend that you never place more than 2 animated gifs on one page. Placing too many animated gifs in one area of a page can be very distracting for viewers. It is far more effective to use animated gifs sparingly and strategically. See Factors Affecting Web Page Loading for more info on this topic. I hope that you find my animated gifs both fun and useful! I charge a reasonable fee for custom-made graphics, animations, banners or screen savers. Just e-mail me at webmaster@3d-animated-gifs.com for a quote. best regards, Mary Potocska (aka YRAM) YRAM Enterprises |
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