Avatars/Avatare

Alatar · Post by **Alatar** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 8:50 pm

I cleaned up the avatars right now.
Now you only can upload your avatar to the Illarion-server (no cross-linking anymore).
Limits: 80x80 pixels, image size <8000 Bytes

P.S.: please upload you avatar again if you already did it ('cause through the new limitations I had to delete all at our server)

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Ich habe soeben bei den Avataren aufgeräumt.
Ab sofort können Avatare nur noch auf den Illarion-Server hochgeladen werden (kein Verlinken mehr von anderen Seiten mehr möglich).
Einschränkungen: 80x80 Bildpunkte, Bildgröße <8000 Bytes

P.S.: Bitte ladet Eure Avatare erneut hoch, auch wenn ihr dies bereits getan habt. Durch die neuen Einschränkungen musste ich alle vorhandenen löschen.

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 4:19 am

Just one note, the avatars in the gallery are larger than the 80x80 limitations. This means, that if someone wishes to use a custom made avatar (like the human holding wand), they must shrink the image, making it look bad in comparison to others. I think that 80x100 is more reasonable, as most avatars are taller than they are wide. A slightly longer avatar doesn't cause as much grief as a slightly wider avatar...

Tyrth Coshi · Post by **Tyrth Coshi** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 6:51 am

Aye.. I do agree! Especially since my avatar looks like CRUD when I crush it to 80 x 80. I think 80 x 80 is just a TAD too restrictive (to put it lightly, of course..)
100 x 120 would be my prefered minimum size, but I think most of us can live with 100 x 100, AT LEAST... I, personally, dont have a porblem with avatars 120 in size, judging from teh fervent discussion in "The sticky on signitures". I'd like to refer those interested to my post in that thread, I belive it pretty much states my position on all this.
http://www.illarion.org/community/forum ... c&start=21

I am very glad to see teh 8kb rule bieng enforced though, that's a killer to Dialup-ers!

Thanks for taking teh time to read this!

martin · Post by **martin** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 9:14 am

i wouldn't allow any avatars at all, would you please shu... erm, well, think before you post? or are there volunteers who pay the servertraffic?

martin

Wolfskehl · Post by **Wolfskehl** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 11:37 am

Well I'm glad they decided to let us remain having avatars at all!

@Tyrth Coshi--If you do a bit of checking around there are freeware programs that will allow you to resize an image verses streching and/or skewing an image-which causes that unwanted distortion. I use to have installed LViewPro, evaluation copy, that was at the time downloadable. It has been a long time since I have needed any decent graphx editor. So now I'm not sure what is out there and decent for this purpose. Nonetheless, it looks a though you have posted your avatar under the new restriction and it looks great!

Caranthir the great · Post by **Caranthir the great** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 1:16 pm

I think that Avatars are pure nonsense.
I'd rather have the signatures back and remove the stupid avatars.

Please, someone take them away!

Bror · Post by **Bror** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 8:11 pm

I saw a pretty picture of an tamagotchi on TV last night. I made a screenshot and it is 576x384 pixels big. Since I think this 648KB 24Bit BMP picture fits my lizard character best and expresses much of my feelings, that are important to know when you read my posting (thats why I change my avatar with every change in my emotions), I demand that avatars up to this size will be allowed.

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 11:13 pm

I too would rather have the signatures back (see topic on technic board). But if you're going to put 60x100 avatars in the gallery, you should at least allow that size for custom ones.

(60x100 version)

(48x80 version)

It's plain to see that the second pair just looks pathetic. So what's the point of enabling avatars but forcing them to be so small they look bad?

Serpardum · Post by **Serpardum** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:42 am

Umm.. what's pathetic about the second set? They look fine to me.

Heck, I have no trouble with getting my avatar to fit in the restrictions.

Captain Kirk · Post by **Captain Kirk** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:51 am

Hallo

i think the illarion avatars will keep their size, the 80x80 will be the value for new uploaded avatars.

Bye
Read ya
MfG

Capt. Kirk

Alatar · Post by **Alatar** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 7:56 pm

Avatars from the gallery are something special you can use.
If you want to upload an own avatar you have restrictions.
Over and out.

(I hate all this crying)

Elaralith · Post by **Elaralith** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 12:12 am

Greetings,
I have a question and I would be so thankful if someone could answer it for me. Does anyone know what programs can be used to change picture size? And how?
Thank you so much.
-Elaralith

Zasmia · Post by **Zasmia** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 12:26 am

I used Paint Shop but a freeware program should work, too.
Try Irfan View or 1A View ( http://www.freewareforu.de/download.php ... View%201.0 ) and look for the Picture Size option.

Or just send it to me

Serpardum · Post by **Serpardum** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:40 am

I use XnView, a free graphic program. This program will do just about everything imagineable to images, just no pixel editing. Shrink, Expand, Scale, colorize, and it knows every single graphic file format I have come across and will work on any of them.

Crosis · Post by **Crosis** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:35 am

I use adobe photoshop 7.0, it cost i think 70 dollars, but I got it for free!

paul laffing · Post by **paul laffing** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:19 pm

You got it for free? There is only one way i can think of that happening beside getting it as a gift...