Regarding avatars

Von Oswald · Post #1 » by **Von Oswald** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:15 pm

Hi, I tried to put a gif in my avatar... it wasn't an animation, just gif extension, but I got the message that I need a jpg. I convert it into a JPG and says it's too big (90 x 90). And that's the thing I don't understand, how it is possible for many users to use a huge big gif without resizing? If I click in "show image" in one of those, it shows a animated gif 200 x 200 (for example) with 1MB of size. Why are some users able to do that kind of strange magic?

Post #2 » by **Howard Mass** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:51 am

Von,

What site were you trying to host it at?

For your other questions, I have forwarded this to someone who could better answer your question and hope to have an answer soon.

RIPskaterdude · Post #3 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:54 am

What's the gif? Link it here.

Von Oswald · Post #4 » by **Von Oswald** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:18 pm

Howard Mass wrote:Von,

What site were you trying to host it at?

For your other questions, I have forwarded this to someone who could better answer your question and hope to have an answer soon.

Thanks

It is hosted on imgur, which is a permitted host. It's a stupid image, http://i.imgur.com/qEYOMUys.jpg (jpg version), 12kb of size... so I don't know why I stumble upon these restrictions when many users have juggernauts in their avatars.

Bertrob · Post #5 » by **Bertrob** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:49 pm

i put it as mine and it worked

RIPskaterdude · Post #6 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:51 pm

Von Oswald wrote:
Howard Mass wrote:Von,

What site were you trying to host it at?

For your other questions, I have forwarded this to someone who could better answer your question and hope to have an answer soon.

Thanks

It is hosted on imgur, which is a permitted host. It's a stupid image, http://i.imgur.com/qEYOMUys.jpg (jpg version), 12kb of size... so I don't know why I stumble upon these restrictions when many users have juggernauts in their avatars.

Can you link the original picture?

Stannis · Post #7 » by **Stannis** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:14 am

Von Oswald wrote:Hi, I tried to put a gif in my avatar... it wasn't an animation, just gif extension, but I got the message that I need a jpg. I convert it into a JPG and says it's too big (90 x 90). And that's the thing I don't understand, how it is possible for many users to use a huge big gif without resizing? If I click in "show image" in one of those, it shows a animated gif 200 x 200 (for example) with 1MB of size. Why are some users able to do that kind of strange magic?

I had a similar issue with my sigs.

Use tinypic.com. No other image hosting site works for me.

Post #8 » by **Howard Mass** » Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:35 am

Ahh!

Our Avatar Limit is 80 by 80.

This is why it did not load.

Hope this helps.

RIPskaterdude · Post #9 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:40 am

Not true, Howard. I've put avatars in there that are bigger than that and it's worked fine. Not sure what he's doing wrong, he needs to link the original picture so we can help more.

Post #10 » by **Howard Mass** » Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:43 am

Well, we are going to correct this if this is true.

RIPskaterdude · Post #11 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:54 am

It automatically makes the avatars 80x80 after all is said and done.

Post #12 » by **Howard Mass** » Fri Mar 1, 2013 11:25 am

Sounds good.

Von Oswald · Post #13 » by **Von Oswald** » Fri Mar 1, 2013 8:56 pm

Let's see, original pic is http://i.imgur.com/qEYOMUy.jpg (I deleted the .gif some days ago, but it's the same thing).

Following Shpati21's advice, I tried to upload a huge animated gif to tinypic (1mb size). I got the same restrictions messages.

Post #14 » by **Howard Mass** » Sat Mar 2, 2013 12:12 am

Von Oswald,

Maybe try another pic and see what happens.

Post #15 » by **Jake0890** » Sun Mar 3, 2013 12:05 am

Personally, I think it'd be nice if RealGM increased the avatar size. 80x80 is really tiny, and I think it helps users personalize their accounts. Especially for the people who have GIFs of dunks, plays, etc., it becomes impossible to see what their avatar actually is.

Just a suggestion, albeit unrelated to the OP.

Von Oswald · Post #16 » by **Von Oswald** » Sun Mar 3, 2013 1:29 am

Ok, I found out the solution. This field: "Specify the width and height of the avatar, leave blank to attempt automatic verification.", it must be filled by putting 80 x 80, even if the avatar is higher than the permitted resolution. Then it will resize. A strange mechanism.

Jake0890 wrote:Personally, I think it'd be nice if RealGM increased the avatar size. 80x80 is really tiny, and I think it helps users personalize their accounts. Especially for the people who have GIFs of dunks, plays, etc., it becomes impossible to see what their avatar actually is.

Just a suggestion, albeit unrelated to the OP.

Kind of agree, 80 x 80 was OK for 2004, but nowadays with better bandwidth and high-res screens avatars could be bigger than that. 100 x 100 is the standard in many places.

dreamchaser · Post #17 » by **dreamchaser** » Sun Mar 3, 2013 9:28 pm

What happened to the avatar size? I changed it today and tried to change it back to my previous avatar that was 100 x 100 and it wouldn't let me do it...The 80x80 makes my current avatar look weird...

Post #18 » by **Howard Mass** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:09 am

dreamchaser,

Are you able to do 100 by 100 now?

dreamchaser · Post #19 » by **dreamchaser** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:47 am

Howard Mass wrote:dreamchaser,

Are you able to do 100 by 100 now?

Yep, working perfectly and thanks for asking....

Post #20 » by **Howard Mass** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 6:39 am

Sounds great.