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Title: Avatar Question
Post by: Tull on April 06, 2008, 02:06:03 PM

Gents,

   I have tried to load an avatar to my postings sever times.  It is a simple JPG of the logo from my HUMMER while in command of my squadron.  The JPG will not up load.  Can you help?

Jamie
"TULL"

JAMES W GENTRY III
Commander's Operations and Training Assistant (COTA), Mission Support Team #3
ARNG Distributed Battle Simulations Program (DBSP)
General Dynamic Information Technology
jamie.gentry@gdit.com

Title: Re: Avatar Question
Post by: The Fugitive on April 06, 2008, 05:22:18 PM

avatars are to be no bigger than 80x80 pixels, in no more than 256 colors, and I think they are restricted by file size too. When you try to upload it what error do you get?

Title: Re: Avatar Question
Post by: panzerr on April 06, 2008, 05:26:28 PM

80 X 80 pixels, and 32k max file size.

Title: Re: Avatar Question
Post by: Tull on April 06, 2008, 05:34:45 PM

Gents,

   You gave me the answer.  I knocked it down to 80X80 Pixels and it loaded.
Thanks for the help.

Jamie
"TULL"

JAMES W GENTRY III
Commander's Operations and Training Assistant (COTA), Mission Support Team #3
ARNG Distributed Battle Simulations Program (DBSP)
General Dynamic Information Technology
jamie.gentry@gdit.com

Title: Re: Avatar Question
Post by: panzerr on April 06, 2008, 05:36:27 PM

 :aok

Title: Re: Avatar Question
Post by: DPQ5 on April 07, 2008, 12:42:28 AM

can somebody shrink this for me avatar
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/1181_1207546821_r2-13.jpg)
and this
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/1181_1207546375_r59-13.jpg)

Title: Re: Avatar Question
Post by: DoNKeY on April 07, 2008, 11:51:41 PM

Here are those two images resized to 80 pixels by 80 pixels, saved if .gif format.

FYI, I used this site to resize.  Nice and easy to do it all.  http://gui.picresize.com/picresize2/

(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/dadonkey1234/262gif.gif)

(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/dadonkey1234/image2gif.gif)

donkey

Title: Re: Avatar Question
Post by: goober69 on April 08, 2008, 02:42:36 AM

so how did you get the film slide in your avatar donk?
and your pictures sure do look nice. and clear

Title: Re: Avatar Question
Post by: DoNKeY on April 08, 2008, 08:39:35 PM

Quote from: goober69 on April 08, 2008, 02:42:36 AM

so how did you get the film slide in your avatar donk?
and your pictures sure do look nice. and clear

I used a program called UnFREEz to create my animated .GIF.  Pretty easy acctually once you have it figured out.  Anyway, find the pictuers that you want to use.  Make sure that they are no larger then 80x80 pixels, and saved in a .GIF format.  If they are larger then that, or are not in a .GIF format, then use this little website to upload them there, then resize them and/or save them back to your computer in a .GIF format.

Website:  http://gui.picresize.com/picresize2/

Then once you have all of your pictures, open up Unfreez.  Drag the .GIF's to where it tells you to (in the top left area of the screen, and make sure they are in the order that you want them to appear.  Check the "Loop Animation" tab, set your "Frame Delay," and then click "Make Animated GIF."

Hint:  If you want a certain frame to appear longer then others, like my "dadonkey" frame, just drop the same picture file in order, one right after the other.  For example I had

Random 38 pic1
Random 38 pic2
Random 38 pic3
P-38 Dweeb pic
dadonkey
dadonkey


donkey