My animated avatar is frozen

[calyxman]

I uploaded an animated avatar and for some reason it's not moving. I did a direct upload of the file from Camino--gif file, btw.

Some users have animated avatars. What's the problem from my end?

 

[PlaceofDis]

how big is the file? if its animated and the .gif is too big of a file it won't animate i believe.

 

[calyxman]

32k.

 

[calyxman]

Here is a linked image from the web of the animation. I tried uploading by using the url, but then I get an error message that the linked file is too big.

 

[kretzy]

The file needs to be below 19.5k.

 

[Blue Velvet]

Didn't/doesn't someone else have that avatar? Used to see it around a lot here a year or so ago... the dude with the cowbell.

 

[Silentwave]

yeow, please don't ue that avatar!

It gets extremely repetitive after about 3 posts in one thread. The good news is it isn't 200px in size like the last time I saw it

Doing something or other to compress the file some more should solve your problem though.

 

[calyxman]

It's Will Ferrell from one of his best SNL skits.

So basically 32k is not small enough? How can I compress this file?

 

[thedude110]

Keep in mind that if the mods decide your 'tar is moving too fast/too much, you may have to slow it down as well.

Don't want you to be blindsided.

 

[thomasp]

Avs need to be 75x75 pixels and the previously-stated size.

vBulletin automatically shrinks large (dimensions and size) avatars and then resaves them as JPEGs. In the case of .gif avatars, it only saves the first frame.