Flash/photoshop integration and optimisation

hello again,

firstly, my stage is set to 800 px by 600 px, not massive.

secondly, i would like to push the frame rate as high as possible, and have tried upto 30 fps. Regardless of changing the frame rate (up or down), it still slows down drastically. Could this be a problem caused by having several jpegs being animated at the same time? Although, even if the other jpegs/gifs are not being animated, the frame rate drops just by the addition of a new JPEG onto the stage.

just so you know, im working with about 6 jpegs/gifs approximately 20 - 50 kbs, and compressing the movie upon export.

back to the first point, does the movie size alter the capability of flash that much?

thanks again

cudos