As I said you can edit (for personal use) the animation increasing the values in "Switch Animation" tab..
The original background image must be small. Then needs less CPU.. Just "play" a litte with the values and check the CPU.
Normally a widget has to consume 0%!!!
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2868pm: The only way to check the CPU during your design, just press "Debug" and then open the task manager (Alt/Crtl/Delete and check the values of XWTest.exe and the rest XW processes)
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