Avatars

[Durandal7]

Yet another avatar thread. I was just wondering how many of the users with avatars made their own avatar.

[job]

my first few were made myself...

(see attachment..)

however, i saw mine on marathon.bungie.org and could not resist using it as a 'tar.

i gave credit accordingly.. ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

ha, this is a good one - I think since I've been on mac rumors, there has been an explosion in avatars - I might have made more than anyone else, but there are some truly slick ones out there now.

I can't wait to see what the next avatar contest give us.

D

[Rower_CPU]

I made my first one, and modified a pre-existing picture for my current one...

[eyelikeart]

my first 3 avatars were OS 9 icons I made into avatars...

my current is something I kinda borrowed from an OS X icon...stylized it...and it's actually part of my corporate logo...

[Hemingray]

Uhhhh.... yeaaahhhh.... mine's original! Yeah!

*walks away whistling "Daisy"*

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by dukestreet
ha, this is a good one - I think since I've been on mac rumors, there has been an explosion in avatars - I might have made more than anyone else, but there are some truly slick ones out there now.


I wouldn't have made an option for you if you didn't make a lot of them.

I like to think my new one is pretty slick. :D

[job]

Originally posted by Durandal7

I like to think my new one is pretty slick. :D

me like.

very clean and smooth...

although the movement of the apple is a bit odd..

[mac15]

mines is all mine, made with care and loved so much :D

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by hitman


me like.

very clean and smooth...

although the movement of the apple is a bit odd..

The Apple was meant to move like that. It adds some personality. I'm just amazed I was able to keep it that high quality and keep it 20k.

[job]

it is impressive.

what did you make it with? photoshop?

i've been using graphic converter a lot lately to modifiy frames that i create in photoshop...

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by hitman
it is impressive.

what did you make it with? photoshop?

i've been using graphic converter a lot lately to modifiy frames that i create in photoshop...

To be specific, I used iTunes, Photoshop, Imageready and Snapz.

[job]

i also like the "location" change. ;)

[evildead]

A friend of mine made mine for me. I have one that anamates the eyes.. but it was too big of a file to upload.... so I use this one. He says that its me... he calls me "shady"... so this is the "shady evildead" icon.

[iGav]

I made my own too........ I was inspired by the Minipops over at www.flipflopflyin.com/minipops so it's a mini iGav....... complete with combats, G-Shock and olds skool sneakers......

I liked them so much.... I bought the company..... :p :p :p

[peterjhill]

I am already thinking about my future avatar. I am getting close, I can't wait.

[Dignan]

mine WAS one that I made, when it won worst avatar...but i never got to use it, did i?

-Disgruntled

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Dignan
mine WAS one that I made, when it won worst avatar...but i never got to use it, did i?

The Gods did not smile on you that day - but you only have a littl more to go before you can use one.....

D

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by dukestreet


The Gods did not smile on you that day - but you only have a littl more to go before you can use one.....

D

Yep not too much farther and you can proudly display the mower guy :D

[Beej]

Some of mine are pics off the net I've edited, and some of them are made completely by me. I think I need a 'tar change...

[bousozoku]

Mine is simple so far. A little work in Illustrator and I had something that resembled the logo I created for my "almost a company".

I have no real motivation yet to animate it in any way. Perhaps, making the ring spin around the Saka character would be good.

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by Beej
Some of mine are pics off the net I've edited, and some of them are made completely by me. I think I need a 'tar change...

Do something like Hardcore Bourne again, that was a classic avatar.

[King Cobra]

Duran, how many frames was it?

I used Strata 3D Base, Photoshop, and GIF Builder to create my 3D avatar. It took about 4 hours of work, and 72 whole entire frames! The image is only 16K. :eek:

And, in case you couldn't tell, it's original, because it's a tad shaky. :p

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Duran, how many frames was it?

I used Strata 3D Base, Photoshop, and GIF Builder to create my 3D avatar. It took about 4 hours of work, and 72 whole entire frames! The image is only 16K. :eek:

And, in case you couldn't tell, it's original, because it's a tad shaky. :p

It's 15 frames. My objective was to keep the colors intact, the quality of color is a lot more important to mine. How many colors did you use?

[King Cobra]

I think I used either the "Best pallete (sp)" option or a 6^3 pal. option. I also used frame optimization, which usually is helpful for any animation with more than 70 frames or so. :p

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by King Cobra
I think I used either the "Best pallete (sp)" option or a 6^3 pal. option. I also used frame optimization, which usually is helpful for any animation with more than 70 frames or so. :p

It looks like it has about 10 colors.

My iTunes avatars will keep getting more ambitious as I become more proficient with Imageready. If only arn would give us 1500+ users an extra 5k to work with. ;)

[King Cobra]

The main reason I didn't use Image Ready is I didn't have Image Ready with me when I did the avatar on vacation with OS 9. :D

But I'm glad I used GIFB., because I am not sure if I could have gotten all 72 frames to under 20K using IR. :cool:

[Beej]

Originally posted by Durandal7


Do something like Hardcore Bourne again, that was a classic avatar. I'd love to, but I have somewhat less spare time than I had back when I made that one. :(

I'm trying to think up a quick-n-easy one to whip up...

[Mr. Anderson]

I still owe you one - I'll try and get around to it sometime soon. You haven't used the orn word yet....

D

[SilvorX]

one of my good buds designed my avatar i'm gonna use as soon as i reach 500 in 100 or so posts....i was hoping of reaching 500 when i get a new puter..but that wont be happening of course...

[irmongoose]

Originally posted by King Cobra
...using IR. :cool:

Are you addressing me?

:p



irmongoose

P.S. 700!

[mmmdreg]

I'd like to say i made my own but it was Vitrivius...

[King Cobra]

>>(KC) ...using IR
>(irmongoose) Are you addressing me?

Easy, big goose. IR = ImageReady, especially in the context of my posts.

BTW, do you plan to have a contest every time you want to update your sig? :p

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by King Cobra
But I'm glad I used GIFB., because I am not sure if I could have gotten all 72 frames to under 20K using IR. :cool: [/B]

I'd have to differ with you there - I've used GifBuilder and Image Ready - and IR blows GifBuilder out of the water in all aspects of creating/optimizing animated gifs - I now use it all the time and won't ever go back to GB.

If you can't do something in IR then you just don't know how to do it. I recommend learning it if you want to make good looking tars. And I don't think you need 72 frames, that's a bit much.

D

[King Cobra]

I know how to make animations in ImageReady. It's somewhat easy. And I know that ImageReady is MUCH better than GB, but I only had GB on me when I made the avatar.

I wanted to use 72 frames, so it looks super-smooth. But, as long as it's done, it's obviously done.

When I made the cobra/name/sig avatar animations I used ImageReady.

[Mr. Anderson]

well, the colors in your avatar are a little screwed up so it blinks - in order to smooth out the image colors here's a little trick I used to use when working with GB.

take a good sampling of all the images in your animation - say 5-10 frames that have all the colors shown throughout the animation - open them all and then create a new image that can hold all the images (if you're doing a tar - 4 images would be 100x100, 6 would be 100x150 or 150x100, etc.) then flatten it and save it as a gif - getting all the images to look as good as possible. This you will use as your colormap for the animation.

Then in GB load this image as the custom color map and voila! You have a nicely optimized animation.

D

[King Cobra]

I may work on that one day. But I am also trying to think of what new avatar I should put in the meantime. I think I'm going to drop the 3D "KC" theme, along with any cobras/sigs/names and move on to something more personal. I'll probably use something that I find important to me or a desire, which usually shows the most heart, anyways.

I'll work on something...

[Mr. Anderson]

20 minutes with Lightwave and Image Ready - 60 frames (smooth) and 19.6 k with 17 colors

[King Cobra]

Man, I really appreciate it, duke.

I'm even happier because you didn't put "VOID" in there. :p

However, I also did a similar deal with the avatar I made for Firewire, shaky and amateur. FYI. I'm not saying you need to fix his as well, but just so you know.

I'll add that for my new avatar and put you in my sig. Real cool. :cool:^2

[King Cobra]

Heh. Macrumors will not accept the image. It is too big. :(

[Mr. Anderson]

weird, i'll see what the problem is, it is only 19.6 k but I had problems with b2tm's. It will be later today though, right in the middle of rendering a big project.

D

[King Cobra]

No big deal. I can wait.

What project is this and what for?

Then I'll let you off the hook. :rolleyes:

[Durandal7]

Just remember that Macrumors definition of 1k= 1000 bytes while the Finder's definition of 1k = 1024 bytes.

[King Cobra]

Heh. Well, even at that, it doesn't work. :)

I updated my avatar. It now looks like the Disturbed logo, but I made it a little more fancy.

I have two others in mind, one from duke, and another no one knows about.

[vniow]

Anybody want to use this one? I found it on the web yesterday. It's a bit too big (pixel and bytewise) but someone with some animation experience (i.e.not me) can probably take care of that. :)

[job]

what the hell is that?

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
what the hell is that?

I have no gefickte clue. :p

[job]

test
...

[vniow]

Mmmm. Me likey. :D

[King Cobra]

I think if anyone uses that for a whole week, I'll pass out for a whole month! :D :eek: :rolleyes: :p

[job]

Originally posted by edvniow

I have no gefickte clue. :p

lol.

here's proof of the size.

[job]

hmmm...

i just made this 'tar.

i might go for it.

[job]

hmm..

forget the first one.

[Mr. Anderson]

ok, 18.6k - this should work

that xray tadpole is freekie!

[job]

Originally posted by dukestreet

that xray tadpole is freekie!

what ever the hell it is.. ;)

[King Cobra]

Ah, terrific, duke.

I've dropped the Disturbed avatar, but I'm putting it back up September, 17. That's when the new CD comes out.

[vniow]

Originally posted by dukestreet


that xray tadpole is freekie!

Hehehe. Thanx duke. I might use that one when I hit the big 5-0-0. Or maybe one of these.

[job]

Wer ist das? :D

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
Wer ist das? :D Sie ist ein Mädchen von einem Teebeteiligtbildschirm, aber für jetzt, ist sie Veronica. Das ist Ms V zu Ihnen.

Sie ist ein Mädchen von einem Teebeteiligtbildschirm, aber für jetzt, ist sie Veronica. Das ist Ms V zu Ihnen. Hoffnung, die sie nach rechts übersetzte. :)

[job]

Interesant.

Es ist immer gut wenn man auf eine andere Sprache sich unterhalten kann. :)

[vniow]

Es ist auch kühl, hinter dem gefickte Sprachzensor zu erhalten. :D

[job]

Naturally...oops...

I meant "Naturlich.." ;) :D

[vniow]

OH-, mag ich das neue avatar BTW. :)

[job]

Vielen dank.

Ich habe es selbst gemacht. Meine anderen waren nicht selbst gemacht.

Es war auch Zeit dafur. :)

Kompliziert muss es nicht immer sein.

[Mr. Anderson]

ha! you guys mind sticking to english?

glad you like the tar there kc - now you'll have to go change your vote on the poll :D

D

[vniow]

89 mehr, dann kann ich mein Röntgenstrahltadpole oben haben dort. :p

[job]

Heh, ich finde es lustig das duke uns nicht verstehen kann.

Kannst du wirklich Deutsch sprechen, oder benutzt du eine ubersetzungs programm?

[vniow]

Ich betrüge. ;) Ich benutze Übersetzer Googles. :p

[job]

Originally posted by edvniow
Ich betrüge. ;) Ich benutze Übersetzer Googles. :p

lol. Das dachte ich mir schon. ;)

Die grammatische fehler waren lustig. ;) :cool:

[King Cobra]

>[duke, the only other muture english speaker for the past, uh, 10 posts or so :rolleyes:] glad you like the tar there kc - now you'll have to go change your vote on the poll :D

I know. I should have brought that up already.

As for edvniow'ese and hitman'blusch your ignorance shows for every post w/o any English in it.

Here's what drop-draws and I think about your little conversation:

[vniow]

Ich würde den geschätzt haben. Möglicherweise können wir Königincobra erhalten, innen auf dem Spaß zu verbinden. :D

[job]

Originally posted by edvniow
Möglicherweise können wir Königincobra erhalten, innen auf dem Spaß zu verbinden. :D

rolfmfao!

[vniow]

Originally posted by King Cobra


As for edvniow'ese and hitman'blusch your ignorance shows for every post w/o any English in it.

: [/B]

Ich würde den geschätzt haben. Möglicherweise können wir Königincobra erhalten, innen auf dem Spaß zu verbinden.

[job]

Originally posted by King Cobra

As for edvniow'ese and hitman'blusch your ignorance shows for every post w/o any English in it.

Here's what drop-draws and I think about your little conversation:

join us....

resistance is futile....

[King Cobra]

Resistance cannot be "futile" if you cannot talk the langugae. :rolleyes:

I recommend you two BS via PM before I start using Babelfish and finding a way to diss you both in translation. And when I do, this is what'll happen to your face.

[job]

Originally posted by King Cobra

I recommend you two BS via PM before I start using Babelfish and finding a way to diss you both in translation. And when I do, this is what'll happen to your face.

We were actually having a coherent conversation.

[vniow]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Widerstand kann nicht "vergeblich" sein, wenn Sie nicht die langugae sprechen können. Ich empfehle Sie zwei BS über P.M., bevor ich Babelfish, zu verwenden anfange und eine Weise zu den diss Sie beide in der Übersetzung zu finden. Und wenn ich, ist dieses what'll geschehen Ihrem Gesicht.



OOh, scared ich. Gekommen an in queenie. Giftes Tha warm.

[Mr. Anderson]

I'm not stupid boys. So lets stop this and get back to topic or I'll shut down the thread......

D :D

[job]

hahahaha

bin ich der einzige hier der kein ubersetzungs hilfe braucht..? ;)

queenie ist nur neidisch, edvniow. :D

[job]

Originally posted by dukestreet
I'm not stupid boys. So lets stop this and get back to topic or I'll shut down the thread......

D :D

it's all good.

its been awhile since i spoke german, so when it appeared that edvniow could too, it just went on from there...

anyways.. back to avatars..


where can i get Image ready?

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by hitman

anyways.. back to avatars..


where can i get Image ready?

With Photoshop....

[vniow]

Dukestreet auch. Okay, okay, letztes.:D

Ohh, avatars, are those those ltittle thingies near your scree name when you post? :p

[Mr. Anderson]

Image ready comes with photoshop - i don't know if you can buy it stand alone any more.

But it really is the best gif making app out there.

D

[job]

oh and duke, next time you close a thread you can use this smilie... ;)

[job]

gah!!

i'm a grade A moron.

I have had Photoshop6 for about 6 months now and just found Image Ready....

I had though all along that it was a standalone app...

[King Cobra]

>(hitman) We were actually having a coherent conversation.

Yes, I know. I armed up Babel for that.

But I also had a decent conversation w/Rower a while back, and we were repremanded. Why w...-

Wait, I need to put this in a language you can understand. :rolleyes:

Wenn Sie etwas auf Deutsch auf einem englischen Aufstellungsort bekanntgeben, neigen Leute, beleidigt zu werden, besonders die, die die Fähigkeit ermangeln, Deutschen zu lesen. Was, wenn das Gespräch nicht zusammenhängend war? Was, wenn es über mißtrauisches etwas war?

Ich kenne Sie, würden zwei nicht tun, daß, aber ab sofort solches Misstrauen vermeiden, warum der nicht Versuch, der eine Sprache spricht, die Sie in der Öffentlichkeit kennen, anstatt, stolpernd auf ein fremdes? Sie tötet Sie nicht.

[If you post something in German on an English site, people tend to become offended, especially those who lack the ability to read German. What if the conversation was not coherent? What if it was about something suspicious?

I know you two wouldn't do that, but, from now on, to avoid such suspicions, why not try talking a language you know in public, rather than stumbling on a foreign one? It will not kill you.] :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[job]

Originally posted by King Cobra

I know you two wouldn't do that, but, from now on, to avoid such suspicions, why not try talking a language you know in public, rather than stumbling on a foreign one? It will not kill you.] :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I do know German.

I lived there for 4 years.

And yes I am fluent.

However, I see your point and will refrain from using German...for now.. ;)

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman


However, I see your point and will refrain from using German...for now.. ;)

There's always thetechpub :D

[Durandal7]

At this rate this thread might overtake Short Films ;)

[job]

Originally posted by hitman

I had though all along that it was a standalone app...

oh....wait....damn...

it is a standalone app.

i just thought that you had to purchase it seperatly from PS.

[job]

Originally posted by edvniow

There's always thetechpub :D

heh...

I'm not so sure if Akria would like that though..

Thousands of useless posts in German...

nah...

i've got my own forums for that. :D

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by edvniow


There's always thetechpub :D

I'm not sure how much Akira would appreciate that...

[vniow]

Originally posted by Durandal7


I'm not sure how much Akira would appreciate that...

j/king :D

[job]

Originally posted by Durandal7

I'm not sure how much Akira would appreciate that...

I don't think he would like that at all.

btw, I think this is the fastest growing topic for a very long time. At least since the "Short Films" and "Alien Abductions" threads.

Yeah, so I just found Image Ready 3.0 on my Hard Drive after a quick search.

Is 3.0 the most recent version?

[Durandal7]

Yea, 94 posts in under 24 hours is pretty good.

[vniow]

Just 637 to go, then we tie Short Films. :)

[job]

I don't think that the subject of avatars has the lasting power that "Short Films" had. ;)

Let's see, what else can we talk about that is vaguely 'tar related...?

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by hitman

Let's see, what else can we talk about that is vaguely 'tar related...?

Icons, who else uses iconfactory.com for icons?

What size do you display your icons at?

[job]

My brother still has 9.2 on his machine.

The icons are small. i.e.

[Rower_CPU]

Holy linguisitic lunacy, Batman! :eek:

I go away to work on a new avatar and look what happens...:rolleyes:

I wish arn would let us have 150k 'tars, then I could drop "Magnum" on you:
http://calnet.sdsu.edu/images/magnum.gif

[job]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Holy linguisitic lunacy, Batman! :eek:

I go away to work on a new avatar and look what happens...:rolleyes:

I wish arn would let us have 150k 'tars, then I could drop "Magnum" on you:
http://calnet.sdsu.edu/images/magnum.gif

heh, yeah, threads seem to go from topic to topic these days...

pardon my ignorance, but who or what the heck is "Magnum?"

it looks great btw.

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Holy linguisitic lunacy, Batman! :eek:

I go away to work on a new avatar and look what happens...:rolleyes:

I wish arn would let us have 150k 'tars, then I could drop "Magnum" on you:
http://calnet.sdsu.edu/images/magnum.gif

That would take a lot of tweaking to get to under 20k but you may be able to pull it off. If you got a smaller pallete and removed a couple of frames you may be able to do it.

[Rower_CPU]

It's from the movie Zoolander.

"Magnum" is the look that he is doing in the avatar.

:D

[job]

looks a bit feminine... :p

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Durandal7
That would take a lot of tweaking to get to under 20k but you may be able to pull it off. If you got a smaller pallete and removed a couple of frames you may be able to do it.

Yeah, I could take about 1/3 of the frames out, maybe...but the colors would be tough. That's a 128 color palette, and anything less looked horrible.

I've just started working on it, so who knows...stay tuned.;)

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by hitman
looks a bit feminine... :p

He's a male model...what do you expect?;) :p

PS. My current 'tar is him as well, in case you hadn't guessed.

[job]

He's a male model...what do you expect?

touche.. :p

where did you get the frames?

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by hitman
touche.. :p

where did you get the frames?

I ripped the scene from the DVD (thanks to some handy tools from jelloshotsrule), opened it in QT and exported as "Image Sequence", then opened the images and cropped and resized them in PS (thank god for actions). Put them all in one folder, and then imported them into IR using import "Folder as Frames".

*whew*

[job]

very nice.

now if only you could get that under 20K. ;)

i take it you got your current tar through the same method.

or a still promo pic from the movie...

[Durandal7]

I would remove the frames with the camera flashes going off, that would let you work with a much smaller palette.

[job]

Originally posted by Durandal7
I would remove the frames with the camera flashes going off, that would let you work with a much smaller palette.

if you look at the entire animation though there are flashes throughout, both at the beginning and end of the animation.

it would be hard to work out all of the flashes without affecting the smoothness of the animation.

[Rower_CPU]

hitman:
It's from a still.

durandal7:
I took out about 3/4 of the frames, went down to a 32color palette, and this is what I got
http://calnet.sdsu.edu/images/magnum_smaller.gif

It's 20K...not bad, but not great either...I'm still tinkering...

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by hitman


if you look at the entire animation though there are flashes throughout, both at the beginning and end of the animation.

it would be hard to work out all of the flashes.

Naw, I was looking at the animation in IR. Each flash is only 1 frame and removing them doesn't affect the smoothness of the animation. It's really only about 6 frames but they make the color palette a lot larger then it needs to be.

[job]

i stand corrected.

the new one looks alright but is a bit rough.

it should be interesting to see if rower can smooth it out a bit. :cool:

[Rower_CPU]

With the 32color palette I'm getting about 1K per frame...leaving me 20 frames or less to work with. The original is 86 frames...

I'll do my best to work out the rough spots, but it's difficult to create the semblance of smooth motion with too few frames...

Just for comparison:
Original, 152K http://calnet.sdsu.edu/images/magnum.gif

20K http://calnet.sdsu.edu/images/magnum_smaller.gif

[Mr. Anderson]

nice rower, that's a pretty damn good trick getting it to 20k - i wonder if jello will be motivated to try and out do you - he should to the underware grab! that would be hysterical.

D:D

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by dukestreet
nice rower, that's a pretty damn good trick getting it to 20k - i wonder if jello will be motivated to try and out do you - he should to the underware grab! that would be hysterical.

D:D

Hell yeah, "Monk" would be hysterical...kind of like using the words "jello" and "motivated" in the same sentence. ;)

There are quite a few good scenes from the movie that I can see doing this with...:D

[job]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
With the 32color palette I'm getting about 1K per frame...leaving me 20 frames or less to work with. The original is 86 frames...


it's a shame the size restriction tops out at 20K.

those flashes give it a nice 3-D effect.

[Rower_CPU]

I'm going to go with it as my 'tar for now...but I'll keep tweaking it...

[Mr. Anderson]

Rower, it looks great, I wouldn't worry about it so much. You probably won't be able to get much more out of it anyway - atleast that would be noticeable.

Good job - look forward to seeing your entries in the next avatar contest!!

D

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by dukestreet
Rower, it looks great, I wouldn't worry about it so much. You probably won't be able to get much more out of it anyway - atleast that would be noticeable.

Good job - look forward to seeing your entries in the next avatar contest!!

D

Thanks! That's quite a compliment, coming from MacRumors' master avatarist...

I'm looking forward to the next one, too. Is it still going to be a bi-annual event?

[job]

man, this thread is a monster.

almost 120 posts in under 24 hours... :eek:

[Rower_CPU]

I think we're in no danger of catching Short Films...but, who knows...;)

[vniow]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
I think we're in no danger of catching Short Films...but, who knows...;)

Maybe if I keep posting here, I'll be up to 500 soon. :D

[Durandal7]

Any chance of arn ever extending the 20k limit?

In the future I'll make a few avatars to push any projects I'm working on (Downfall, Splat!, CS) but my iTunes avatars will continue to evolve. I'm already thinking about iTunes Avatar 3.0 ;)

[vniow]

Durandal7, How do you capture the iTunes visuals? :confused:

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Durandal7
Any chance of arn ever extending the 20k limit?

In the future I'll make a few avatars to push any projects I'm working on (Downfall, Splat!, CS) but my iTunes avatars will continue to evolve. I'm already thinking about iTunes Avatar 3.0 ;)

Not sure…you'd have to ask him. We know he can't give us anything bigger than 50x50...but the file size might be negotiable, depending on bandwidth/server performance.

Actually, I would be happy if we could have our 'tars link from external servers...eliminating the load on arn's end, and giving us all the freedom we wanted.:D

[Mr. Anderson]

The 20k is here to say, I'm sorry. We discussed this at length a while back with arn and especially with more people getting tars, the bandwidth continues to rise.

And the avatar contest will be a bi-yearly event. Its takes too much work, so look for it around December.

D

[Durandal7]

edvniow- I use Snapz X to capture the iTunes visuals.

duke- I suppose 20k is reasonable. The advantage is that people have to get more creative to get em to fit.

[vniow]

Originally posted by Durandal7
edvniow- I use Snapz X to capture the iTunes visuals.

Damn, it's Mac only. You know of anything similar on the dark side?

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Durandal7

duke- I suppose 20k is reasonable. The advantage is that people have to get more creative to get em to fit.

exactly - go take a look at some of the entries in the first avatar contest - its pretty damn amazing - I think bender got 80 frames in his. Although judging this time around might be pretty damn tough. I hope eye and b2tm are up for it and don't want to enter anything themselves, they helped a ton last time. And you can't do a poll - not with over 100 entries.

Speaking of which, I have to finish up the poll for the avatar contest. I'll do that later tonight, I have to get going soon.

D

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by dukestreet

exactly - go take a look at some of the entries in the first avatar contest - its pretty damn amazing - I think bender got 80 frames in his. Although judging this time around might be pretty damn tough. I hope eye and b2tm are up for it and don't want to enter anything themselves, they helped a ton last time. And you can't do a poll - not with over 100 entries.


I'm looking forward to it. In the last contest my entry sucked because I had never played around with animation. Needless to say I'm a helluva lot better at it this time around. And if you need help, I'm always here ;)


ed- Sorry, I don't pay much attention to PC graphics applications :(

[vniow]

Originally posted by Durandal7
ed- Sorry, I don't pay much attention to PC graphics applications :(

Thats OK. I think I found something to figure this out with. Here's my first crappy try:

[vniow]

Shamelessly increasing my post count:

[Durandal7]

Interesting, what are they?

[vniow]

Yet another brilliant avatar design animation from Macrumor's #1 Drag Princess:

[vniow]

Originally posted by Durandal7
Interesting, what are they?

Oh, they're Windows Media Player vizualizations.

[bows head in shame]

[King Cobra]

Man, I go away for a few hours and this thread becomes the talk of the town?

I think you guys need to lay off the java. :D

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by edvniow


Oh, they're Windows Media Player vizualizations.

[bows head in shame]

Very well, but be warned that I will get pissed off if they begin looking too much like mine :rolleyes:

[King Cobra]

>if they begin looking too much like mine

Which is impossible w/Windoze, as we all know. :rolleyes: :D

BTW, Durandal, I'm so glad you brought about another one of these avatar threads. This is probably the ultimate spam/image thread.

And you can hardly keep up with it! :D

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by King Cobra
>if they begin looking too much like mine

Which is impossible w/Windoze, as we all know. :rolleyes: :D

BTW, Durandal, I'm so glad you brought about another one of these avatar threads. This is probably the ultimate spam/image thread.

And you can hardly keep up with it! :D

Yea, Windoze could never reach the level of my beautifully crafted iTunes avatar :)

I'm glad you approve of the thread, just something to hold us over until the avatar contest when we can
really start spamming ;)

[King Cobra]

I'll be waiting to see what type of s*** you guys are gonna start posting... :eek:

If this is just the warm-up...

[Durandal7]

Among a flood of words there is not a single drop of reason...

[vniow]

Last one, I promise:

[job]

Originally posted by edvniow


Thats OK. I think I found something to figure this out with. Here's my first crappy try:

I like this one the best.

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman


I like this one the best.

They're free for whoever wants to take them, except for the sugar and the x-ray tadpole. Those are mine! :D

[job]

Originally posted by Durandal7
Among a flood of words there is not a single drop of reason...

you got that right.. ;)

[job]

Originally posted by edvniow

They're free for whoever wants to take them, except for the sugar and the x-ray tadpole. Those are mine! :D

that tadpole is f00king freaky...

[job]

Originally posted by King Cobra
I'll be waiting to see what type of s*** you guys are gonna start posting... :eek:

If this is just the warm-up...

that smilie is....

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman


you got that right.. ;)


Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam!

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by edvniow


They're free for whoever wants to take them, except for the sugar and the x-ray tadpole. Those are mine! :D

Go with the X-Ray tadpole.

My, someone is double posting a lot today *cough*hitman*cough* ;)

[job]

Originally posted by Durandal7

My, someone is double posting a lot today *cough*hitman*cough* ;)

Only because I come to late to join the conversations... ;)

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by hitman


Only because I come to late to join the conversations... ;)

hehe, it's all good.

This thread is becoming a monster. :eek:

[job]

Originally posted by Durandal7

This thread is becoming a monster. :eek:

Short Films here we come.. ;)

btw I pm'ed the options for the issue.

[vniow]

Originally posted by Durandal7
This thread is becoming a monster. :eek:

And that's bad why? :D





increases post count to 431


69 more until x-ray tadpole!

[Durandal7]

ed- I never said it was a bad thing.

hitman- let's just reset it. I don't care if you know what it is.

[job]

Originally posted by Durandal7

hitman- let's just reset it. I don't care if you know what it is.

consider it done.

i'll need to know whether it works or not so just pm me.

anyways....

i honestly think that "tadpole" is actually a leech.

check out it's tail.

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by hitman

i honestly think that "tadpole" is actually a leech.


I don't know what the hell it is but it freaks me out.

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
i honestly think that "tadpole" is actually a leech.

check out it's tail.

It's still freaky whatever it is.

Here's (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9405) a link to the next biggest thread from "Short Fims", I think.:)

[Mr. Anderson]

stop worrying about catching the short films thread - you're wasting posts and it will only get this one flagged for closing - there is no reason not to be able to come up with more than enough stuff on avatars - so stick to the subject.

here's my version of x-ray tadpole

D

[Mr. Anderson]

x-ray tadpole blue

[Mr. Anderson]

can i get an oooh!!!

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by dukestreet
x-ray tadpole blue

This is edvniow we're talking about duke. A pink or purple one would far better suit ed.

[Dignan]

Instead of an "oooh", can i give you an "ewww?"

-D

p.s. I PMed you duke...check it.


Why y'all gotta playa hate on the short films?

And I will be representin the wes anderson avatars soon.

[vniow]

This is edvniow we're talking about duke. A pink or purple one would far better suit ed.

Ahaha. Very funny. And that's Ms. V to you.

Having fun duke? Anywayz, here's a purple/pinkish one (just for Durandal7):

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by Dignan
Instead of an "oooh", can i give you an "ewww?"


And I will be representin the wes anderson avatars soon.

I dunno, I kind of liked the blue/green one.

Post what you got for an avatar Dignan.

[jelloshotsrule]

yeah dignan... let's see what youv'e got cooked up

dawg

[Durandal7]

I've noticed there are some +500 posters that have no avatar. Is there any specific reason for this?

[Dignan]

I got one like this for most characters....

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by Dignan
I got one like this for most characters....

Not bad, a lot better then "Lawnmower Man" ;) :p

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by edvniow
Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam!


SHUT UP!!!!


Bloody Vikings...


Let's see some more, Dignan.

[Mr. Anderson]

Dignan - where did you get your tar? You need to up the contrast and/or saturation cause its not that strong - sort of goes in line with your winning tar.....

and lets see some more.

D

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Dignan
I got one like this for most characters....

i like it. how'd you capture it though? duke has a point. it's tough to see....

get it from the dvd man. will be better quality.

[peterjhill]

So close to an avatar...

Duke, that avatar looks more like a bodily fluid than a baby frog. I probably need to get my mind out of the gutter.

[Dignan]

Secrets on avatars must not be revealed....

But, here is another good one.

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by peterjhill
So close to an avatar...

Duke, that avatar looks more like a bodily fluid than a baby frog. I probably need to get my mind out of the gutter.

That was my initial impression but upon closer examination it is some sort of creature inside an egg.

[vniow]

Originally posted by Durandal7


That was my initial impression but upon closer examination it is some sort of creature inside an egg.


Well whatever it is, just 64 more posts and you'll get to see it under my scren name forever!
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! :D

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Dignan
Secrets on avatars must not be revealed....

But, here is another good one.

but seriously, get it from the dvd

you should tell ambitious lemon about that fraggle rock thing. he loves em i think....

[peterjhill]

Post 500, and here is my future avatar... I got it from a google search.

[jelloshotsrule]

haha. cool peter

you putting it up as we speak iguess?

good ole el barto

[vniow]

X-ray tadpolewhateverfreakythingie cubed!

BTW, nice 'tar peter.:)

[King Cobra]

Great avatar, Peter.

This thread is still alive? :eek:

You spammers...

I think professor Drop Drawers is about to blow! :p

[vniow]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Great avatar, Peter.

This thread is still alive? :eek:

You spammers...



click me, you know you wanna... (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~montypy/sounds/spamsong.wav)

[King Cobra]

Heh. I already heard that from the "More Mac Sightings" thread in the Gen. Discussion thread.

Pretty funny, though. :D

[vniow]

Originally posted by King Cobra
Heh. I already heard that from the "More Mac Sightings" thread in the Gen. Discussion thread.

Pretty funny, though. :D

I put it there too. and the 'Save Farscape' one. At least he apoligized and didn't post something from Crazy Apple Rumors. :p

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by peterjhill
Post 500, and here is my future avatar... I got it from a google search.

haha, very nice. Maybe you should put a short delay on the last frame though.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Durandal7


haha, very nice. Maybe you should put a short delay on the last frame though.

peterjhill - durandal is right, if you're using Image Ready, select the last frame of the animation and make it 1 sec

and dignan - you have avatar secrets?

D :D

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by dukestreet

and dignan - you have avatar secrets?

D :D

That does seem kind of odd. How many secrets could you have about a 20k GIF? ;)

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Durandal7
That does seem kind of odd. How many secrets could you have about a 20k GIF? ;)

That and he received the dubious distinction of being the inaugural winner of the "Tar and Feathered" award...:p

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU


That and he received the dubious distinction of being the inaugural winner of the "Tar and Feathered" award...:p

funny thing was though, he tried to get it. which takes some skill

and he got screwed by not getting the proper reward (ie, early avatar access)

[Dignan]

Thats right my friends. I got screwed by "the man".

Cause I dont get what everyone else was all up in arms about. The award- Get an avatar early. The challenge- make the best avatars, or the worst.

And, if im the only person TRYING to make the worst, ill win, and get the same prize as the people who put in all this effort! It was brilliant.....until i got screwed.

-D

Duke or Jello- watch the movies yet?

[job]

Originally posted by Dignan

Duke or Jello- watch the movies yet?

hey, just cause this thread is getting more attention than "short films" does not mean you can hijack it... ;) :D

[job]

Originally posted by Durandal7

That was my initial impression but upon closer examination it is some sort of creature inside an egg.

it really reminds me of some sort of parasite.

i'm not so sure about the egg part though.

i'm still going with the leech theory.

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman


it really reminds me of some sort of parasite.

i'm not so sure about the egg part though.

i'm still going with the leech theory.


Here's it without the egg for further examination:

[job]

If we could get a still image from the animation and compare it with diagrams of a leech, we might be able to determine what it really is.

I'm also interested as to where you got the animation. Perhaps the original source of the animation may offer some clues...

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
If we could get a still image from the animation and compare it with diagrams of a leech, we might be able to determine what it really is.

I'm also interested as to where you got the animation. Perhaps the original source of the animation may offer some clues...

I actually found it while browsing some other forum, (I don't even remember which one it was!:o)
But anywayz, here's the best still shot I could come up with. It's got to be something inside an egg, because it's trapped inside some round thing. Here it is, whatever it may be:

[vniow]

Goddammit, It didn't load.:mad:
Let me try this again:

[job]

I sure wonder what it's hanging on to....

Could it possibly be in some sort of air bubble?

It's a wild guess, but I'm not convinced it's an egg.... :cool:

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
I sure wonder what it's hanging on to....

Could it possibly be in some sort of air bubble?

It's a wild guess, but I'm not convinced it's an egg.... :cool:

I don't know about an air bubble, It would be kinda hard to get stuck in one, and I've seen pictures of tadpoles and other things inside eggs and they looked sorta like that. I'll look for a tadpole pic to compare. :)

[job]

That's another thing I'm not sure about...

The whole "tadpole" thing...

If the round thing the tail is attached to is really the head of the tadpole, would'nt it be solid, not clear and see-through?

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
That's another thing I'm not sure about...

The whole "tadpole" thing...

If the round thing the tail is attached to is really the head of the tadpole, would'nt it be solid, not clear and see-through?

You're probably right about a tadpole. It doesn't look anything like the pics I found. I still think it's in an egg, though. :)

[Mr. Anderson]

so what sort of other tars are people thinking of doing

i've got 9+ planets to go myself - don't know if I'll do them all.

D

[Durandal7]

Do Mars next duke, I have a soft spot for Mars.

I was going to extract the flying toaster graphics from Flying Toasters X to make a 'tar. The only problem is that the images are in something called .cmp format. Any ideas? :confused:

[Mr. Anderson]

Yeah, Mars is next - and I've actually got a wet mars - terraformed version, might do that later.

Whats the Flying Toaster X?

D

[Mr. Anderson]

i'll post the wet mars and regualar mars, see which is better.

the only thing is no one really recognizes it - the regular mars will be first or i could do a fade from one to the other - ooh, that's cool

D

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by dukestreet
i'll post the wet mars and regualar mars, see which is better.

the only thing is no one really recognizes it - the regular mars will be first or i could do a fade from one to the other - ooh, that's cool

D

What if you do 3 steps? One with normal mars, one mars with vegetation, one mars with vegetation and water.

[Mr. Anderson]

i'll try and work on it tomorrow and post it - it has water adn clouds - its all 3d of course, could be fun making an qt animation of too.

[Durandal7]

If you're doing it in 3D are you going to make it orbit in your avatar?

[Mr. Anderson]

i tried that with the moon, and its just not possible to do it with 20k and make it look smooth. But I'll try and do something creative.

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by dukestreet
i tried that with the moon, and its just not possible to do it with 20k and make it look smooth. But I'll try and do something creative.

Hey, if someone can pull their underwear out of their ass in 20K...;)

[Durandal7]

Here's a link to After Dark X if anyone's interested
http://en.infinisys.co.jp/product/adx/index.shtml

[Mr. Anderson]

its not about pulling underwear out of your shorts - we're talking about things at an astromonical scale (literally) so it is a bit different. Besides, orbit mars about what? the sun? it would be quite small and look simillar to rower's old tar. The Earth/Moon one was interesting but it just didn't work trying to get 360 degrees of rotation in 20k and make it look smooth and the colors come out nice - you should know all about that magnum!

D

[Durandal7]

I meant just a view of the planet rotating. I can see how that could get excessive, especially with a detailed 3D model.

[Rower_CPU]

Ha...just busting your chops...rotation should work out better than orbit...and Mars' color palette (dry anyway) is pretty limited.

[Durandal7]

If you can't do all nine then do Mars then Saturn. I like those planets.

[Mr. Anderson]

I did rotation of the moon - grayscale, and it looked like crap at 20k with only 8 colors and 40 frames or so.

But playing around this morning to show you the results I came up with this!

Ha, I played around with the lossy setting in IR and it knocked 5k off the gif with no real perceived difference! The lossy setting is at 7 - I'm just more and more really impressed with IR.

D

[King Cobra]

Not bad.

IR certainly has to be one of the best full-blend animator/image editing apps w/ Photoshop.

For some reason, though, I have limitations to colors. When I want to get, say, a blue-green, I can only get a blue or a green. How can I get more colors from IR? I figure it'll bring the GIF animation size up.

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by King Cobra

For some reason, though, I have limitations to colors. When I want to get, say, a blue-green, I can only get a blue or a green. How can I get more colors from IR? I figure it'll bring the GIF animation size up.

Are you working with GIF files or PSDs?

[King Cobra]

Originally I used just Photoshop documents and I saved each frame as a PICT file. Of course, I want to export the animation, but Optimization leads to crappy colors. I'm exporting as images only, meaning GIFs.

[Mr. Anderson]

I export all my animations as a series of single images - IR has an import function that allows you to import a folder of images for an animation. Pretty damn simple. And sometimes I'll make the animation 100x100 and let IR do the reductions.

This way you don't limit yourself from the start and let IR do the optimization.

D

[King Cobra]

Well, I'm working on a new avatar, which I'll put up, probably in November/December. But, in IR, there are so many options to export (Images Only, HTMl and Images, etc.) and all this coding, I guess, within the options button or something. (I am not using IR right now, just PS.) How can I get the best colorization/pixel size reduction out of all this?

[Mr. Anderson]

in the main window select 2-up

that shows the original and the optimized -

then selecting the optimized section (by clicking any where in the window) you can do the optimizations via the color window palette. Every time you lower the color count, or change a setting it updates the optimized image. Just make sure you make the window big enough to see all the specs at the bottom.

D

[Durandal7]

I would import the graphic into IR from PS and start with a 128 palette. After that try lowering the color count by 10 and keep an eye on image quality and byte size.

[vniow]

Wohoo!! Got my 'tar!! :D :D :D :D

[Rower_CPU]

Ah...the embossed, twitchy, freaky thing...nice choice.:)

[vniow]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Ah...the embossed, twitchy, freaky thing...nice choice.:)

I have about 10 variations on it. I'll change it whenever I feel like it.:p
hey, check out the are you drunk thread, there's somebody called edvniow's bitch.:eek:

[mc68k]

Looks like a nematode. :)

I once saw a video of someone getting hundreds of those taken out of their intestine…

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by edvniow
I have about 10 variations on it. I'll change it whenever I feel like it.:p
hey, check out the are you drunk thread, there's somebody called edvniow's bitch.:eek:

Yeah...saw that.

mc68k, where was teabgs mom posting?

[mc68k]

Your house. :)

It was in the have u ever been drunk thread Seems he has posted 3 other times somewhere.

[Rower_CPU]

Yeah, I did a search and the others were in "are you rough on your computer"...apparently it's his roommate...poor HP using clod...

edvniows bitch is a little weird though...

[vniow]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Yeah, I did a search and the others were in "are you rough on your computer"...apparently it's his roommate...poor HP using clod...

edvniows bitch is a little weird though...


It's probably another member playing a joke on me or something. I'll bet you it's Queen Cobra.;)

[Rower_CPU]

I'm not sure...it's pretty lame though...

I thought "son of eyelikeart"was pretty bad a couple months ago...:rolleyes:

[vniow]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
I'm not sure...it's pretty lame though...

I thought "son of eyelikeart"was pretty bad a couple months ago...:rolleyes:

I wondered what happened with all that, it must have been before my time.

[vniow]

I just sent him/her a PM. Maybe then I'll get some answers.

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by edvniow
I just sent him/her a PM. Maybe then I'll get some answers.

Good luck. ;)

Just do a search for sonofeyelikeart, or something, and you'll see what happened...

[vniow]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU


Good luck. ;)

Just do a search for sonofeyelikeart, or something, and you'll see what happened...

I just did. There was a whole thread about him?!:eek: How many other clones do we have here?:confused:

BTW, I have exactly 549 MB of porn, not over 2 gigs like my 'bitch' said.:rolleyes:

[Mr. Anderson]

nice tar edvniow - so why one without color?

[vniow]

Originally posted by dukestreet
nice tar edvniow - so why one without color?

I thought I'd start out with this one and add color to it as time goes on :)

[Durandal7]

It make you wonder who could be next? Maybe even YOU

Ed- go with the blue/green one that duke made.

[vniow]

Originally posted by Durandal7
It make you wonder who could be next? Maybe even YOU

Ed- go with the blue/green one that duke made.

This one?

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by edvniow


This one?

There ya go, the other one looked too flat.

[job]

I like the colors on the tar now.

i.e. green and blue.

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
I like the colors on the tar now.

i.e. green and blue.

I think I'll keep this one for now. Better give duke credit.
Hehe, now I can vote in the poll! :D

[Mr. Anderson]

I have to say that I like that one too.

Well, since there is a renaissance of 'tars lately - and some with a lot of animation and film references - I'm thinking of going with this one - one of my favorite movies of the 90s!

let me know what you think,

D

[job]

it seems vaguely familiar, but i can't place the film.

tar looks nice though.

[vniow]

Originally posted by hitman
it seems vaguely familiar, but i can't place the film.

tar looks nice though.

I think it's from some cheezy sci-fi parody flick with Tim Allen, though i'm not sure. :)

[Mr. Anderson]

Galaxy Quest - and it wasn't exactly cheesy, it was a spoof of the old Star Trek Series and trekkies in general - if you ever watched the old shows its hysterical

'Hurry up! Let's get out of here before something kills Guy!'

D

[job]

oh yeah....

it's from that one star trek spoof....

[Mr. Anderson]

Having always gone for the 'build your own' option on the 'tars, I've come to realize that there is a ton of stuff out there that works really well, and less effort too.

Here's my latest find.

[Mr. Anderson]

and i have another closer in shot, but i might do one of just the heart beating....