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CSS

Posted by Manav Misra
Manav Misra
11,778 Points

Is the decision to use CSS-SVG animations over GIF animations just a matter of preference or performance also?

These animations are great. I think most of this could be accomplished using GIF layers in Photoshop or something too.

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Resolution independent is why CSS and SVG animations would be preferred over GIF. File size may be a benefit, but not always.

But SVG's will always be resolution independent, which is super critical with all the high res mobile displays coming out, 4K monitors, and even 5K monitors on the market now. A GIF will degrade in resolution pretty fast.

It's the same problem, and forever will be between vector and raster images. Some things can't be animated in SVG, some things always should be.