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lofight
Apr 14, 2008, 12:26 PM
I made a small (4kb) Gif animation with Gimp, and when I upload it to macrumors, in the change avatar section, I only get to see the first frame. It's not this avatar i have at the moment.. What am I doing wrong?


kkat69
Apr 14, 2008, 12:47 PM
I made a small (4kb) Gif animation with Gimp, and when I upload it to macrumors, in the change avatar section, I only get to see the first frame. It's not this avatar i have at the moment.. What am I doing wrong?

Not very familiar with Gimp but maybe (common mistake when making animated gifs) it didn't export AS an animated gif? Post it as an attachment see if it works.
lofight
Apr 14, 2008, 01:22 PM
Not very familiar with Gimp but maybe (common mistake when making animated gifs) it didn't export AS an animated gif? Post it as an attachment see if it works.

I did save it as an animation, there where 2 options: put all layers in one layer or make an animated gif.
EDIT: it seems like in attachment it works ...
Mitthrawnuruodo
Apr 14, 2008, 01:25 PM
Was the dimensions 75 x 75 pixels or smaller? If it's scaled down it will also remove animations, as far as I remember...
kkat69
Apr 14, 2008, 01:27 PM
I did save it as an animation, there where 2 options: put all layers in one layer or make an animated gif.
EDIT: it seems like in attachment it works ...

So the image is fine. Maybe it's the ability to post animated avatars is denied or resizing?
lofight
Apr 14, 2008, 01:28 PM
Was the dimensions 75 x 75 pixels or smaller? If it's scaled down it will also remove animations, as far as I remember...

it was even 90x90 and 4kb big..
riscy
Apr 14, 2008, 01:30 PM
I thought the limit as stated by Mitthrawnuruodo was 75X75?

it was even 90x90 and 4kb big..
kkat69
Apr 14, 2008, 01:30 PM
Was the dimensions 75 x 75 pixels or smaller? If it's scaled down it will also remove animations, as far as I remember...

it was even 90x90 and 4kb big..

For sanity sakes, redo the gif at 75x75 then save it, to be safe. MR might resize it and thus screw with the animation.
lofight
Apr 14, 2008, 01:32 PM
For sanity sakes, redo the gif at 75x75 then save it, to be safe. MR might resize it and thus screw with the animation.

oh okay.. i understand..