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Animated .gif images on the forum

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:16 pm
by Curt A
How do you get an animated gif to display properly as an avatar?

Re: Animated .gif images on the forum

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:50 pm
by HisMastersVoice
GIFs will often break when they are re-sized. I can see yours is only animating for one cycle, I'm guessing this is the cause. I would discourage you from using an animated avatar because it makes the pages load slower and makes reading threads very distracting.

Re: Animated .gif images on the forum

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:06 am
by Curt A
Thanks, Brandon... guess I'll look for something else.

Re: Animated .gif images on the forum

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:55 pm
by Mr Grumpy
Guess I'll start looking for a new gif to distract everyone with.

Re: Animated .gif images on the forum

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:57 pm
by Mr Grumpy
How did you guys get such large avatars?

Re: Animated .gif images on the forum

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:14 pm
by HisMastersVoice
Mr Grumpy wrote:How did you guys get such large avatars?
I increased the size to 200x200 quite a while ago, you just need to upload one that is that size.

Re: Animated .gif images on the forum

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:44 pm
by Curt A
Take any image you want, or any cropped portion of one, for an avatar and resize it to 200x200. It's better to take a larger size image and shrink it, than using a small one and increasing it, since it results in a better quality image.

Re: Animated .gif images on the forum

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:37 am
by phonogfp
My avatar is no longer showing, and when I attempted to investigate, a message told me that its type is no longer allowed. Can I please get an explanation for this so I can "fix" it? Thanks -

George P.