There are times when the fade transitions are very slow and, instead of dropping frames for speed, Aperture forces you to wait a few seconds for them to render.

An effect similar to Pixilation can be achieved by dropping occasional frames from a conventionally-recorded film.

Editors can drop single frames to create a subtly accelerated staccato feeling, or just to bring a news segment in at the precise 58 seconds required.

Under stress, this eye candy also infringes on the interface's usability as it "drops frames" while trying to keep up with user input.

An effect similar to pixilation can be achieved by dropping occasional frames from a conventionally recorded movie.

This should mean fewer dropped frames in your first-person shooter and lower audio latency in your digital recording software.

The game reviewer, however, praised the console version for presenting a smooth animation, rarely dropping frames.

The result was that the engine would never drop frames when the CPU couldn't handle the rendering in realtime.

About 40 windows is where the animation starts to drop frames on this system, but that is a just a rough estimate.

Exposé seems to drop frames in an attempt to ensure that the window scaling and rearrangement process happens as fast as possible-a wise choice.