# Smooth Dissolves

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-dissolves/144772>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 17, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-dissolves/144772 "2005-04-17T02:28:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![groovejuice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@groovejuice](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/groovejuice)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-dissolves/144772/1 "2005-04-17T02:28:43Z")

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Please forgive the newbie question, but I’m at my wits end. I’m building a simple animation with several bitmaps dissolving into one another. I’ve tried different frame rates and dissolve lengths with optimized images (less than 20K) but the transitions are jerky. I’m not sure what else to do.