Animated avatars on MSE 31 May 2009 at 6:37PM in Techie Stuff 5 replies 662 views

missymugwump

Hi all

I had an animated cat
Now hes static
Are animated avatars not allowed ?

Sorry if im off topic wasn't sure where to post

:cool:

fermi

Animated avatars work, but you must get the dimensions and file size correct for MSE before you upload via your profile.

Currently..... "The maximum size of your custom image is 80 by 80 pixels or 14.9 KB (whichever is smaller)."

If the avatar is larger than 80 by 80 pixels, then the forum software will resize it for you. The problem with that is that it will only use the first frame of the animation, so you will end up with a static avatar.

If you don't have the software to re-size an animated gif then you can do it here:

http://www.gifworks.com/image_editor.html

fermi

Also just noticed that if you "right-click" on your avatar and select "save as" then the avatar file is called cat.jpg.

An animated avatar needs to be in .gif format. jpg's are static.

missymugwump

xxxxx bless you will try to fiddle :T:T:T:T

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missymugwump

YAY
God i'm easy pleased these days lol


Thank you