animated avatars

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:56 pm

I see more and more animated avatars turning up on ORE lately.

I have one ready to go, but its too large a file and I'm not sure if I can get the file smaller or not.

the ones I'm seeing on here, seem to be similar to mine, so can anyone tell my simple mind how to get it smaller to make it work.

cheers

SKID

dazza85 · Post by **dazza85** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:21 pm

Can somebody help Skid out ????
Any body ???

Come on guys 'n' gals lets help Skid get rid of his undies :roll:

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:27 pm

dazza85 wrote:Can somebody help Skid out ????
Any body ???

Come on guys 'n' gals lets help Skid get rid of his undies

I think your right Dazza its about time he changed his undies :shock:

I dunno how you reduce a graphic size like that, I've done it to normal pictures with microsoft paint but I dunno about those animated pics's?

all I know is the maximun avatar sizes are "Maximum dimensions; width: 150 pixels, height: 150 pixels, file size: 146.48 Kb. "

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:42 pm

If is not the physical size you want to change but the file size then this little program might be of help:
http://chemware.co.nz/tgo.htm
Can reduce file size be reducing the amount of colours.
If the physical size is too large then it becomes a little more complicated.
You can extract all the frames using something like "Irfanview". This program can then be used to reduce the frame sizes to 150 x 150 pixels. Making it back into an animated GIF can be done using Photoshop.

nzhunter · Post by **nzhunter** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:45 pm

I use Photo Gadget. Not sure if it works for gif animations but is good for resizing pictures and stuff. You just right click on the image and click photo gadget then resize to what ever you want. Way easier than going by trial and error on paint. Download Photo Gadget here

skid · Post by **skid** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:35 am

Sadam_Husain wrote:all I know is the maximun avatar sizes are "Maximum dimensions; width: 150 pixels, height: 150 pixels, file size: 146.48 Kb. "

its currently 96x96, but its 996kb which is way too larger file

chemware didn't work cloggy :cry:

photo gadget not for vista dan :cry:

Moriarty · Post by **Moriarty** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:05 pm

XP has a neat utility called PICTURE RESIZER available from micro whatsit
Vista has a similar dingus, much the same name, but is a third party thing.
still works tho. you can enter the pixel x & y dimensions directly.

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:35 pm

use irfanview

Moriarty · Post by **Moriarty** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:03 am

Jerry wrote:use irfanview

even better!

good choice, jerry Bloody excellent in fact!!!

How come it's taken so bloody long to get one right?

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:42 pm

ummm maybe you could call the Microsoft number to see what the problem is

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