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Animated avatars - I know you want one!

Sun, Oct 24 2004 19:50
KS
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Instructions on how to get your avatar animated.

1. Make or find one to use.
-Animated avatars are basically .gif files like the smilies. I made my gif by making several individual jpg pictures (via photoshop) and then made the animated gif with another software package (Ulead Gif Animator 5).  From what I've seen Ulead is a good program, but not the most powerful or advanced.  Please reply with your suggestions / reviews of other software packages.

-There are many generic gifs on the web, with a little searching you might find something you like.
 
Note:  The bbs' avatar space is 90x90 pixels.  Avatars larger then this size may not work and avatars smaller then 90x90 may be proportionally resized to fit the space.  If you find a Avatar larger then 90x90, most gif software packages should be able to resize it.


2. Uploading your avatar.
-The Upload Avatar space in your control panel will only work for pictures.  If you put a gif file in there, it will only appear as a picture of the first frame.

-If your avatar is already on the web, the easiest way to set it as your avatar is to copy the URL, paste it into the "Avatar URL" space in your control panel and click update.

-If your avatar is not on the web, and you don't have a space to host it then:
(Your Avatar must be under 50KB for the following to work)
---Reply to this thread and use the Attachment tool to upload your avatar.  Remember, don't use the preview option when attaching images.
---Then right click on you attachment and click "copy link location"
the link location should look like this (but with a different PostID number)
http://bbs.peachy18.com/forums/45241/PostAttachment.aspx
---Paste this into the Avatar URL spot and click "Save Changes" - Don't use the "update" button... and you should be good to go.

KS
Sun, Oct 24 2004 20:07
Vatsis
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Great guide! Only one thing to add: Make them as small as possible!

It's like running an intro competition among the other hackers... after resizing & compression my avatar shrinked from 120kb to 20kb - so download speed is now 1/6! 120kb was way too much considering the fronpage of PeachyBBS is only 60kb (=text).

Just noticed that it's very painly to open PeachyBBS with my laptop using my cellphone as a modem... and there must be some users using 56kbit modem here? Hopefully not too many.

Sun, Oct 24 2004 22:09
Superevil
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Personally I use Jasc Softwares Paint Shop Pro 7 which comes with Animation Shop 3. You can download the trial version here:

http://www.jasc.com/products/animationshop/?


As for avatars DeviantART has a good selection even though almost none of them are sexual.

http://browse.deviantart.com/icons/buddy/
Mon, Oct 25 2004 10:50
Vatsis
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 Superevil wrote:
Personally I use Jasc Softwares Paint Shop Pro 7 which comes with Animation Shop 3.

Really good, my favorite!

If we get more people interested in animation, maybe we should start a topic about how to use animation studio. Yes
Fri, Oct 29 2004 5:34
old_beginner
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wow Vatsis like my one of atvatar


yes start the thread please it will be funny

the beginner
Mon, Nov 1 2004 3:17
KS
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What's the URL, I'll take a look at it and see what I can do

KS
Mon, Nov 1 2004 5:49
Gemini37
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If you would like a adult themed avatar you can get one here...Gif World
You will have to sign up to download them.

regards,

-GEM
Tue, Nov 2 2004 21:22
Tampa
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Hell yeah, you rock!     BeerYes
Sat, Dec 4 2004 16:33
Rayniac
Germany
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Attachment: decani.gif


Let's see if this works...
Wed, Dec 22 2004 14:50
Ben_Dover
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Attachment: test.gif


I too would like advice in how to add an Avtar animated gif against my name when next I post - any tips

Wed, Dec 22 2004 22:31
KS
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 Ben_Dover wrote:

I too would like advice in how to add an Avtar animated gif against my name when next I post - any tips



It's all explained in my first post in this thread.

(I've added your avatar)
Fri, Feb 18 2005 18:11
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Sun, Apr 17 2005 5:58
cinsidy
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Thu, May 5 2005 14:52
KS
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Just a quick update, avatars are now 90x90pixels.
Mon, May 9 2005 6:34
cinsidy
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Mon, May 9 2005 6:57
Rayniac
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Tue, May 10 2005 10:12
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Sun, May 15 2005 13:52
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Thu, May 26 2005 21:14
Hunter27
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Attachment: MenaSuvari.GIF


I'm going to try this again.. with a .gif under 80x80...

Fri, May 27 2005 3:14
KS
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 Hunter27 wrote:
I'm going to try this again.. with a .gif under 80x80...



90x90 is the correct size, I've updated your avatar with the correct one.

I've also corrected my instructions, seems that if you use the "update" located next to the "upload avatar" it doesn't work.

KS

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