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.jaecee666
02/09/06 7:55 AM GMT
Hi ya'll, I need some avatar help!! Does anyone have any tips for creating good, clear, animated gif avatars in Photoshop? I geneally like mine until I start Saving them for Web at which point I have to up the (crappy crappy) lossyness and decrease the number of colours to get them below Caedes requisite of 5kb. Any tips for improving the clarity and apparant quality while still keeping the file size down would be appreciated! :) :)
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+Samatar
02/09/06 8:08 AM GMT
If you are creating the image from scratch, tick the "web colors only" box when selecting from the palette. At least that way you'll know that the image won't be changed when you save it, I guess.
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KEIFER
02/09/06 9:27 AM GMT
and and and ... try to create an avatar that doesn't trigger an epileptic episode, nausea, migranes, earthquakes, and stockmarket crashes

you could woo the caedster and whisper sweet avatar restrictions in his ear

try lines like .. hey wanna come over and try my new playstation games .. I got "Super Rip Roarer 3"

I dunno .. worked for me
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.jaecee666
02/09/06 12:43 AM GMT
Hehe I'll give that a go Keifer...

I'd say decreasing the number of frames in the ani would decrease the size too woudn't it?
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KEIFER
02/09/06 12:58 AM GMT
yes .. when I "blinked" mine I could only do two frames ON\OFF .. not much elegance in that .. and I had to scrunch number of colors to do it .. you could also try to do 50x50 and see how that works for ya
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*caedes
02/09/06 1:45 PM GMT
The file size limit is designed to make the avatars fast to download and to discourage the evil known as the animated gif.
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::regmar
02/09/06 2:10 PM GMT
Smack down! Ouch!
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.scionlord
02/09/06 3:02 PM GMT
:o *grins*
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::philcUK
02/09/06 3:24 PM GMT
or blinks, or waves :-)
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.jaecee666
02/12/06 10:38 PM GMT
Opps.... I didn't know we were discouraged to have animated avatars!
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.KEIFER
02/12/06 11:36 PM GMT
apparently .. linux can't animate an avatar .. brings the whole system crashing to its knees .. this is a well kept secret because the linuxians all put on airs of being bored and annoyed with such trivialities

when in fact they are sitting at home pawing at the screen and cursing their geek friend that played up linux as a viable OS

so .. out of respect for those involved we should just play along .. sneek out a short lil' anim briefly .. then put it away .. a 5k anim will only take 90% of his CPU leaving him 10% with which to accomplish his tasks

we owe him that much
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+Samatar
02/13/06 2:17 AM GMT
Of course, if your animated icon is subtle and tasteful enough, I'm sure no one will mind it...
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::laurengary
02/13/06 4:05 AM GMT
In theory yes, but who has a subtle and tasteful enough avatar, Sam ? Anybody you know ?
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.MorpheusZero
02/14/06 11:30 PM GMT
Is mine that bad?
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::Surfcat
02/24/06 10:52 PM GMT
Hey Keifer, my Gentoo box (Linux) does just fine with animated avatars. I tried Opera, Firefox, Konqueror, and Epiphany web browsers, no problems.
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.KEIFER
02/25/06 2:54 AM GMT
It was HUMOR .. ;o)

I was trying to lure the North American Spotted Caedster out of his den to spout the many blessings of LINUX

because when it does that you can slip a net over its head easier ... they go right on singing the praises of their OS without knowing they've been caught

do you know what you can get for one of them in a pet store?
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.animaniactoo
02/25/06 4:38 AM GMT
*raises eyebrow* dat wat u wuzz tryin to do over on da mac os x tread?

*hic*
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.KEIFER
02/25/06 4:45 AM GMT
well ... notice the Spotted Caedster didn't bite .. that's why there are still so many of them running wild ... they are very cunning

that, and they breed like bunnies
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::Surfcat
02/26/06 11:31 PM GMT
Hmm, I don't believe you plan on selling to a pet store. Me thinks your working for Gates or maybe Jobs....Mr Bill is too busy doing good deeds trying to make all of his money clean, so it must be Jobs! ..... Oh no.... he's after us because we know too much about iphones.
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