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avatar question

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:53 am
by PixarFan2006
how do you make avatars like the ones that most people have on this website? i am using one from abother website right now.

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:20 pm
by memnv
I think yours is cool why change it

yet another avatar FAQ

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:22 pm
by PixarFan2006
How did you get your names on your avatars?

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:04 pm
by CJ
Well, I made several of the Cars avatars. I used photoshop. First I cropped the official wallpapers from Disney. Then, I added the names to them by using the horizontal type tool.

Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:53 am
by PixarFan2006
i've done photoshop in 11th grade. but i don'it have it on the computer i'm using

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:14 am
by Elladorine
I think most versions of Windows come with MS Paint; if you have Paint it will be under accessories and you should be able to paste images into it, add text, crop, and resize for an avatar.

It's a very basic program but can do the job nicely. Hope this helps. Good luck to you on that.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:33 am
by Zoltack
^ Yes, but most .bmp images made from MS: Paint takes up a lot of space and remember that your avatar can't be bigger than 20KB. Well it's highly suggested that you keep it under 20KB so that UD has more bandwidth thus making the site run smoother.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:00 pm
by Elladorine
Well, there are more formats to save under with Paint than just .bmp's, you can also save your images as jpg's, png's, and a few others.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:16 pm
by Zoltack
You're right but you still have to keep it small to save bandwidth.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:00 am
by Elladorine
By choosing the right type of file along with resizing the pic, staying under 20 KB shouldn't be a problem. My current avatar is a gif I made myself and stays well under the 20 KB mark. ;)

However, I made it with two separate programs, Corel Paint Shop to create the intial pic and Barabosa (a free download) for the animation.

"Avatars and Images on The Internet".

Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:05 am
by SirChristopherAlanGreen
I love the availability of Avatars and other Images on The Internet especially when I am able to find images of myself in both genders which are cross-referenced with my own finger-print-file on record with law-enforcement-agency(s).

For example:

Sir Christopher Alan Green Esquire/CoCo Chanel
Image

Sir Christopher Alan Green Esquire/CoCo Chanel
Image

:santa: