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August 19, 2020
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XD Animations are slow and burry.

  • August 19, 2020
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Hi everyone,

After recent update, animations in XD are blurry and slow. Can anybody help me on this one, please?

 

Cheers!

Malini

 

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Correct answer Dan Rodney

I have a feeling it's because of the size. 1920 is a large size that's bigger than the average desktop display, and honestly I wish XD did not default to that size. Only about 20% of people have a 1920 display, leaving 80% with another resolution (1280–1440 is the most common range) https://gs.statcounter.com/screen-resolution-stats/desktop/worldwide

 

I recommend designing for the 1280–1440 desktop size because it's more typical (although it's OK if you also want to do an alternative for 1920).

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Dan Rodney
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Dan RodneyCommunity Expert
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August 20, 2020

What size is your artboard that you're animating on? If it's too big it might be getting scaled down and maybe that's affecting performance and display quality?

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    maliniraopcAuthor
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    August 21, 2020

    Hello Dan,

    I am using an artboard size of 1080 by 1920 and I noticed the animation is slow if I keep the preview window maximized. It works fine if the window is minimized, wasn't the case earlier though.

     

    Cheers!

    Malini

    Dan Rodney
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    Dan RodneyCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    August 21, 2020

    I have a feeling it's because of the size. 1920 is a large size that's bigger than the average desktop display, and honestly I wish XD did not default to that size. Only about 20% of people have a 1920 display, leaving 80% with another resolution (1280–1440 is the most common range) https://gs.statcounter.com/screen-resolution-stats/desktop/worldwide

     

    I recommend designing for the 1280–1440 desktop size because it's more typical (although it's OK if you also want to do an alternative for 1920).

    — Adobe Certified Expert & Instructor at Noble Desktop | Web Developer, Designer, InDesign Scriptor
      HARSHIKA_VERMA
      Community Manager
      HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      August 19, 2020

      Hi Malini,

       

      Thank you for reaching out and using Adobe XD. Could you please share the prototype link with us so that we can check at our end? Please share the OS and XD version of your machine.

       

      We will try our best to investigate on the issue.

       

      Thanks,

      Harshika

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        maliniraopcAuthor
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        August 21, 2020

        Hi Harshika,

        I am using the 31.2.12 version of XD on Mac Catalina version 10.15.6

        I am pretty new to XD prototyping, will figure out, and share the file as soon as I can!

         

        Cheers!

        Malini

         

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