jQuery Cycle plugin is choppy with larger images

Question

My slideshow is choppy (looks like the fps is slow) when my images are a larger size, 1000 x 560 px. I resized the images to 200 x 200 as a test and the fade was smooth. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I think for larger images you're going to get some choppiness, especially when using jQuery animate.

Look at the difference between these two demos (use the left & right buttons):

• Wide image scroll with jQuery animate
• Wide image scroll using scrollLeft

So, I guess I'm saying try optimizing your code.

Answer 2

Believe it or not, the solution was to restart my mac! Odd...