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==Animation speed and size==
I want to talk about this image a bit before I put it...wherever. If you've got an opinion regarding this thing, I want to hear it. =)

First things first: it's "playing" at 5 fps, and the resultant animation is ''not'' smooth. Unfortunately, 5 fps is the fastest I could get it and still come in under the Archives size limit. The lowest frame rate I could get that was still pretty smooth was 10 fps, but that was 3.7 MB, so unless someone will increase the Archives size limit, or if a staff member {{tt|could|I have no idea if any can}} upload that despite the size limit, 5 fps might be the best we can do. (If anyone would like, I can send you the full {{tt|30|Technically 29.97}} fps set of images that I derived this animation from. Maybe you can see if you can get better FPS by lowering the quality or upping the compression or something. I didn't try a lot of that.)

So, I wonder: if 5 fps ''is'' the best we can do for this, is that good enough? (I.e., is the current image acceptable for use on Bulbapedia?)

Secondly...would we want animations like this for ''every'' Mega Pokemon? In my mind, the scales teeter between "5 fps isn't that great" and "Gotta catch 'em all!!!". I lean towards the latter, in the end, but maybe that's just me...? At the ''very'' least, I think at least one animation like this would be a good demonstration for the {{bp|Mega Evolution}} page.

(A more minor point: I chose the animation start frame for being flashy and evocative, but it's easy to adjust if anyone thinks there's a better option. This is the first animation I've put together...)

So. Thoughts, anyone? [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 14:01, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
:Staff members are able to upload past 2 MB, just ask them on their talk page. Get it as smooth as you can (Am I correct in assuminng you have more frames than are displayed here?) and upload it on an image hosting site like Photobucket, then link to it when asking the staff to upload it. [[User:Jdthebud|Jdthebud]] ([[User talk:Jdthebud|talk]]) 16:34, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
:Also, are you able to show the end of the evolution? The current image only has the Mega stone activating and does not show the resulting Mega Garchomp. [[User:Jdthebud|Jdthebud]] ([[User talk:Jdthebud|talk]]) 16:38, 15 March 2014 (UTC)