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Animated Tar

Electro Funk

Electro Funk

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hey guys & gals,

i know you love all the tar threads that pop up... but i have a quick question... i am able to upload a tar... but not animated ones...

why is that?

when i upload or link to an animated tar it just shows the first frame... therefore it is not animated.

am i doing something wrong :confused:

Sorry for yet a nother Avatar thread :eek:
 
What format are you using? If it's GIF, it should work okay...

If you want to post it as an attachment, I can see if I can get it to work for you.
 
lexus said:
What program should I use to make an animated avatar?
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I use ImageReady. I'm sure there are others, but none I am intimately familiar with.
 
Also, if your avatar is just slightly too big (in either dimensions or file size) vBulletin may automatically downsize it, and because of a "glitch", convert it to a JPEG, and therefore a still avatar
 
emw said:
What format are you using? If it's GIF, it should work okay...

If you want to post it as an attachment, I can see if I can get it to work for you.
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Thanks emw... that is mighty kind of you...

here is the animated .gif i am trying to use...
 

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I resized it for you, kinda.
 

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Electro Funk said:
Thanks emw... that is mighty kind of you...

here is the animated .gif i am trying to use...
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I'll do what I can, even if it is a Windows-themed avatar... :D
 
Strangely I've had a lot or problems with it too lately. I also use ImageReady and an animated gif (that is the correct size), that animates as an attachment, and or as an opened file in Safari just doesn't animate in the forum. It'll become my avatar, but won't animate. It's weird.
 
skoker said:
I resized it for you, kinda.
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skoker... thanks! that worked as you can see....

unfortunately the text is now to small to read on the tar... Darn...

hmmmm..... what to try next....

Edit: Wild cowboy, thank you as well... unfortunately i am having the same problem as skokers...

i can read the attempting to give a damn text... but the stopping and the damn not given text is unreadable... to me anyways... maybe i need glasses:D

Edit2: what is the .php.gif (php) tag that was on both of your revised tars?? did that come from the program you used to resize?
 
emw said:
Here...
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All i can say is "YOU ROCK!"

Thanks EMW!

one more question for you... i DL's a few other animated tars that are 64x64 and those dont animate either... those should be within the size limits right?

im not sure why?
 
Electro Funk said:
All i can say is "YOU ROCK!"

Thanks EMW!

one more question for you... i DL's a few other animated tars that are 64x64 and those dont animate either... those should be within the size limits right?

im not sure why?
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Are they less than 20,000 bytes?
 
jsw said:
Are they less than 20,000 bytes?
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oops:eek: it was 29.69kb... gotcha...

Thank all of you for your help!

EMW, did you resize that tar in imageready?

something fairly easy for a n00b to do if i get the software?

thanks,

Mr. Funk
 
ImageReady is fairly intuitive to use for simple stuff like animated 'tars, yes. But I don't know that it's available as a stand-alone package vs. coming with Photoshop.

As a note - I took your 'tar, resized it, then recreated the text in a different size in order to make it readable. I also changed a couple of optimization settings.
 
emw said:
ImageReady is fairly intuitive to use for simple stuff like animated 'tars, yes. But I don't know that it's available as a stand-alone package vs. coming with Photoshop.

As a note - I took your 'tar, resized it, then recreated the text in a different size in order to make it readable. I also changed a couple of optimization settings.
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Thanks again, you have been MORE than helpful today and it is much appreciated...
 
sorry to kinda resurrect, but i'm wondering about the programs you guys use make animated avatars. i realize one was with photoshop, could anybody recommend a free program to make animated 'tars?

edit: i also understand that i wont be able to have an avatar until i reach 500 posts.
 
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