sprite sheet vs flip book

[David DeHaven]

Oh, and since 7u6 with JavaFX 2.2 is available now you could try Canvas:
http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/index.html?javafx/scene/canvas/Canvas.html

-DrD-

> David,
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.  
> 
> Currently, and in the planned test, I do not destroy the Image or ImageView objects being swapped during the animation.  So I suspect that the GC will not be affected but I will keep an eye on it as I do not know if the innards of ObservableList destroys objects during remove.
> 
> jose
> From: David DeHaven <david.dehaven at oracle.com>
> To: "openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net" <openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net> 
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 1:32 PM
> Subject: Re: sprite sheet vs flip book
> 
> 
> One other point: In Java you have to consider GC load. If you're using then dumping images repeatedly, the GC load will be higher than using a single image tile bank, which could potentially kill performance. If you're not allowing anything to be collected then that's pretty much a moot point, but it's still a consideration.
> 
> I'd be interested in seeing any results you come up with.
> 
> -DrD-