[C#] Animated gif and cpu usage

[yyy]

Hi,

I have a problem-my program uses an animated gif and that causes a rise in the CPU usage.Is there a way to minimize the rise of the CPU usage when using animated gifs?

[bithub]

You should start by posting what language you are using, and how you are using the gif.

[yyy]

Oh,your'e right :rolleyes: .I'm using c# (I'm a beginner so... :) ) and I'm doing the animation by changing the gif's frames and drawing them(sorry but I don't really know how to explain this) this way:

Gifs.SelectActiveFrame(dimension,i); 
	g.DrawImage(Gifs,x, 1,width, height);

The "i" is the number of the frame which I change each time to make the animation.The problem is that drawing the image each time causes a rise in the CPU usage.Is there any way to reduce it?

Edited August 2, 2004 by yyy

[bithub]

I've never used C#, so hopefully someone else here can lead you in the right direction.

[John Veteran]

What's your "Gifs" object, and what's g? :huh: It sounds like you're drawing the frames yourself, instead of using an actual animated gif, which would account for the high CPU usage...

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[yyy]

Gifs is the animated gif image and g is:

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What do you mean by drawing the frames myslef?

I draw each frame of the animated gif.

[lexecutil]

Are you using System.Drawing.ImageAnimator?

Dan

[smurfiness]

To accomplish this, the best way (aside from using ImageAnimator) would be to load all of the frames at once, each into its own variable, and then use a PictureBox to cycle through the images. Set the PictureBox's Image property to the image representing the current frame each time it switches.

[yyy]

OK,I'll try it.Thanks :laugh: