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joeghostbuster · **Posted:** April 14th, 2009, 11:36 am

AJ Quick wrote:

joeghostbuster wrote:

AJ, was my avatar too large? I sized it for 125 x 125 - its almost impossible to make an image 10 kb or smaller and keep the quality...

Its actually extremely easy.

I see you have done that now..

well, the detail is tiny anyway, so no biggie...

you've won this round!

Kalonthar · **Posted:** April 17th, 2009, 4:20 pm

Edit: Quite interesting how much "save for web" changes the file size.

AJ Quick · **Posted:** April 17th, 2009, 5:09 pm

Kalonthar wrote:

Edit: Quite interesting how much "save for web" changes the file size.

Yes. That is the proper way to compress a file for internet viewing in Photoshop.

joeghostbuster · **Posted:** April 18th, 2009, 6:46 pm

yes, but save for web also diminishes the quality, and also the color scheme (only slightly for both, but these are things I deal with as a graphic designer, so Im always trying to get the best quality)

AJ Quick · **Posted:** April 18th, 2009, 8:14 pm

No it doesn't.

And on a 125 x 125 file who really cares.

A 50kb file looks EXACTLY the same as a 10kb file.

dr_logan · **Posted:** April 30th, 2009, 10:29 am

i made myself an avatar custom for this board it's exactly 125 X125, and is only 7.66 kb, yet when i put the link in it doesn't show.

joeghostbuster · **Posted:** April 30th, 2009, 1:12 pm

what site is hosting it? try imageshack, I have luck 90% of the time with them

Zander Yurami · **Posted:** April 30th, 2009, 1:16 pm

joeghostbuster wrote:

what site is hosting it? try imageshack, I have luck 90% of the time with them

even better

www.tinypic.com

dr_logan · **Posted:** May 1st, 2009, 9:55 am

normally i use photobucket, maybe this site has trouble with photobucket

joeghostbuster · **Posted:** May 13th, 2009, 2:28 pm

my avatar was 24kb - 14kb over the limit - so AJ deleted it...

I think 10kb is pretty low, 50kb would make more sense, as long as it isnt animated

Master784 · **Posted:** May 13th, 2009, 2:33 pm

Was mine too big? I had mine at 120 x 120

AJ Quick · **Posted:** May 13th, 2009, 2:55 pm

Master784 wrote:

Was mine too big? I had mine at 120 x 120

Why don't you go ahead and post the avatar here in this thread for everyone to see.

AJ Quick · **Posted:** May 13th, 2009, 4:17 pm

joeghostbuster wrote:

my avatar was 24kb - 14kb over the limit - so AJ deleted it...

I think 10kb is pretty low, 50kb would make more sense, as long as it isnt animated

We have been over this ad-nauseum.

You don't need an HD or HQ avatar. Here are THREE examples. Tell me if you can tell the difference.

Attachment:

original.png

Attachment:

256colors.png

Attachment:

32colors.png

Notice how small the last one is in size... This is an example.. I even included transparency since you had it as a PNG originally.

joeghostbuster · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 8:04 am

the last one is grainy - the middle one isnt too bad. but I think supporting members should be able to have their avatars and sigs be larger in size then other members... anyway, i'll use the middle one - I tried sizing it down myself in photoshop but it left a choppy white outline around the art when i tried to save it as a png

AJ Quick · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 9:02 am

joeghostbuster wrote:

the last one is grainy - the middle one isnt too bad.

The last two have no perceivable differences unless you stick your face to the screen and start looking at pixels.

joeghostbuster wrote:

I think supporting members should be able to have their avatars and sigs be larger in size then other members...

Why should we have to sit through and let those people have 50kb avatars that load on every page? It makes absolutely no sense what-so-ever. At 125x125 no one should have an avatar larger than 10kb. Most people have avatars that are 4-8kb.. and they look JUST FINE.

My above example was a perfect way to show this.

joeghostbuster · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 9:34 am

my face is about a foot away from the screen, and the graininess is plain as day, i wear glasses, maybe thats why

Spooky · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 11:01 am

I can see the grain on the last image but then again I have an HD monitor.
But its only noticeable really because I am looking and if it was just alone on a page as I scrolled it wouldn't catch my eye.

Just relax, its an avatar not your life's work in a museum of art.
How many more times shall we go through this, before avatars star getting taken away from certain members. Luckily Aj is nicer then me.

joeghostbuster · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 11:37 am

I'm not really complaining, I just like images to look the best that they can - im happy with how my avatar looks now, and its under 10kb so we all win

Master784 · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 1:39 pm

I thought mine was too big the first time so i lowered the dimensions. I didn't know it was a huge file

AJ Quick · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 1:44 pm

Master784 wrote:

I thought mine was too big the first time so i lowered the dimensions. I didn't know it was a huge file

Your image was like 400x400.....

Master784 · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 1:49 pm

AJ Quick wrote:

Master784 wrote:

I thought mine was too big the first time so i lowered the dimensions. I didn't know it was a huge file

Your image was like 400x400.....

Oh, i didn't know that it would be that big

AJ Quick · **Posted:** May 14th, 2009, 1:52 pm

It should be obvious.

If it is bigger than everyone else's avatar.. ITS TOO BIG.

joeghostbuster · **Posted:** May 15th, 2009, 6:12 am

AJ and Spooky - is that Hayden P in your avatars?

Spooky · **Posted:** May 15th, 2009, 10:28 am

Venkmania! · **Posted:** May 17th, 2009, 5:40 pm

Can someone help me get a profile pic / avator up?! :vinzclortho:

gbmatt · **Posted:** May 17th, 2009, 6:11 pm

joeghostbuster wrote:

AJ and Spooky - is that Hayden P in your avatars?

They stole the idea

dr_logan · **Posted:** July 7th, 2009, 2:08 pm

i tried all kinds of image hosts, the pic is the right dimensions, less than the maximum file size and it still won't show

Quendor · **Posted:** July 7th, 2009, 4:12 pm

I use Flickr for mine, go to all sizes, and the copy the url of the smallest size.

Razorgeist · **Posted:** July 15th, 2009, 6:30 pm

Well hopefully this should be correct.

dr_logan · **Posted:** July 17th, 2009, 4:42 am

the last image host i used WAS flickr lol

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