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[Reply #280 on:]

 

Originally posted by sheep555:
Couldn't you do that anyway?

Can you see Drippy changing someone's avatars hourly?

I suppose that it could work in the same way as siggys, but a signature doesn't appear by every post.

[Reply #281 on:]

i think he meant people can change futurama avatars from pool as often as they want, but not everyone wants a futurama avatar and there're only 958 avatars in pool. 958 vs. unlimited number of pics.

[Reply #282 on:]

Heres one

[Reply #283 on:]

What do you mean?

[Reply #284 on:]

It has turned out a little crap, but

Could somebody help my make this into an avatar?

Any help would be great, thanks!

[Reply #285 on:]

I just blew it up and sharpened it up to 64 x 64. If you want the background removed that'll take a bit longer (partly because it's a bitch to remove complex backgrounds from a 64x4 avy).

Edit: I've forgotten the size limit - it's possible I've violated it (this avy is around 5.5kb)...

[Reply #286 on:]

I believe the size limit is 3.4Kb. I suspect removing the background would bring it down to that level.

[Reply #287 on:]

i gave it a try.



2.7 kb.

[Reply #288 on:]

One quick compression edit later:


2.4KB


...I prefer Margarita's, but take your pick 

[Reply #289 on:]

Oooh yay a Spongebob avy  (really squidward, but FROM Spongebob)

I think you should (blow it up and) scan it first, right now it looks kinda blurry and ucky. Still, it's really cool! 

[Reply #290 on:]

i might scan it if i'm not lazy...

[Reply #291 on:]

Have the boy upload this custom avatar for me again.

[Reply #292 on:]

A crescendo Annie!

[Reply #293 on:]

Here is one I need it resizeing and when its the right size how do I use it. I looked on my profile options and cant figure out how I would use it.

[Reply #294 on:]

Here ya' go:



Just post it in the avatar-thread in Off-Topic and wirte "Upload to custom" underneath it, and drippy will do it at some time.

[Reply #295 on:]

Thanks alot thats brilliant         

[Reply #296 on:]

Ok, quick question: Is it at ALL possible to use MS Paint to make avatars/scans?

[Reply #297 on:]

it's not possible to do scans in MS Paint, because for scans you need 2 layers and it's impossible in MS Paint.

[Reply #298 on:]

depends what you mean by scan...  Technically you're still tracing the picture, you just have to fill in the colors by hand when you're done rather than doing the fill tool on the 2nd blank layer.

So I'm going to say yes, you can Nibbler Jr.  But because of Paint's limitations you'll probably still need another program like say irfanview (which is free, go to www.download.com  or something) to do shrinking and stuff cause if you leave it the same size after doing it in paint the edges won't be smooth.

[Reply #299 on:]

It is just possible to do them in Paint, but it looks very poor. I'd reccommend using another program. A popular choice is Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop.

[Reply #300 on:]

Like I said... depends how you do them...  You can technically reach the same quality, but you don't have filters and you have to make it extremely big, and then shrink it to get the correct smoothness....  Basically you can do the same things with MS Paint, but to achieve any quality it takes A LOT of time and effort...  I'd know, I've made a wallpaper in Paint....   

[Reply #301 on:]

Dammit, I knew this would end in me buying something.....

So thats why I couldnt make scans...when the tutorial said "Make a new layer" I was like,Whats a layer?

[Reply #302 on:]

Buying something? Dear God no! Download the free demo versions, you can find things to get around expiry dates on the internet.

[Reply #303 on:]

By "download" my good friend slate means "acquire" 

[Reply #304 on:]

 

Originally posted by aslate:
Buying something? Dear God no! Download the free demo versions, you can find things to get around expiry dates on the internet.

Or stay legal and get The GIMP 

[Reply #305 on:]

Isn't that a Linux baby?  And are the windows ports? 

/me stays away from something with a name like "gimp" nonetheless.....

[Reply #306 on:]

Chump made some pretty darn spiffy scans using MS Paint a while back. Maybe he can give you some pointers.

"Acquiring" Flash is a  great start into the world of scans. Newer got the hang of PSP or Photoshop.

[Reply #307 on:]

It is actually quite amazing what you can do with MS Paint. Hell, all of the illustrations from my latest chemistry project were made in that program by one of my fellow students. Avatars really shouldn't be that much trouble.

 

Originally posted by Teral:
Newer got the hang of PSP or Photoshop.

*menacing*

Oh, but you must, Teral. You must... 

[Reply #308 on:]

Okay, have at it. Can someone please get this down to a standard avatar?

[Reply #309 on:]

This do?



(Yes, there is transparency, but of course I had to end up with a white background. Stupid primary colour.  )

[Reply #310 on:]

Thanks.   

[Reply #311 on:]

Yeah avatars wouldn't be bad in paint....  Cause when you shrink it, it should look a helluva lot better....  Like I said I made a wallpaper out of friggin paint, and it looked fine when I finished (3 months later) :shiftyeyes:

[Reply #312 on:]

 

Originally posted by Mercapto:
It is actually quite amazing what you can do with MS Paint. Hell, all of the illustrations from my latest chemistry project were made in that program by one of my fellow students.

Yay! I'm not the only one!



It was physics, not chemistry, but meh. 

[Reply #313 on:]

Ooh, 3D!

Also, check this out:



All made in MS Paint. 

[Reply #314 on:]

 

Originally posted by winna:
Isn't that a Linux baby?  And are the windows ports? 

Yeah, there are - but they're a bit complex to install, so go with PSP (or paint  ) if you're not that tech minded.

[Reply #315 on:]

Could somebody avatar-ise this for me....?

[Reply #316 on:]

[Reply #317 on:]

Avatar size?

[Reply #318 on:]

 

Originally posted by Margarita:

Avatars need to be 64x64 pixels, you need to adjust that slightly.

[Reply #319 on:]

Hey, ya know what would make an awesome avatar?

            Soooo damned cute.