# Display images alternately

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**Created:** [August 24, 2019, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/display-images-alternately/13567 "2019-08-24T10:27:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/display-images-alternately/13567/4 "2019-08-24T11:11:16Z")

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basically best is NOT to use

```auto
delay();

```

at all.

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first for the understanding,  
draw() should run 60 times per second  
( show all what you want show at that moment / draw inside the whole draw() loop  
and yes, does not matter if image / shape / primitive … )

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if you want show different things / at a different time /  
need a stage / timer concept /

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a start timer code play with  
[Making a for loop ( or timer )](https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-a-for-loop-or-timer/6483/2) this

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