# 12 FPS or 25 FPS?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/12-fps-or-25-fps/234335>\
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**Created:** [August 1, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/12-fps-or-25-fps/234335 "2007-08-01T13:37:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![James001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@James001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/James001)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/12-fps-or-25-fps/234335/1 "2007-08-01T13:37:31Z")

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I always use 25FPS on my movies to make the animations appear smoother.  
Is there a good reason for using 12FPS? Every Macromedia sample that came with Flash runs at 12FPS, I’m I missing something?