Standard TV & Video in the US (and other NTSC countries) is 29.97 frames per second. The 30 FPS that Poser sets as default is suitable for that - it can be easily adapted within video editing software. For computer use, 30 FPS also provides a smooth animation. Sometimes people use less - like 15 fps - to keep file sizes down. In the movie world, film runs at 24 FPS. Occasionally things are created at that rate and converted to 12 FPS for computer delivery to keep file sizes down. Generally speaking, the faster the FPS the smoother the animation. On the other hand, I've never seen anyone use faster than 30 FPS unless they were dealing with specific professional technical issues like interlacing. That's beyond the scope of anything I've seen discussed here at 'Rosity. Animations below 15 start to look a bit choppy, although the 12 FPS used when converting 24 FPS source material is frequently considered acceptable because of the trade off in lower file sizes.

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