Avatars

[alick]

Hi Tony,

Is there a restriction that avatar pictiures can only be jpg not gif ?

Trying to upload today I resized one in photoshop to make sure it fit the 100x100 limit and at 5.9k was inside the file limit, but BCUK threw a wobbly when I tried to upload from my machine.

I specifically used photoshop's "save for web" option which tends to achieve the very small file sizes needed by Bulletin boards by converting the image to a small gif.

BCUK seemed much happier when I tried a jpg, but I can't squeeze that down to 6k using any trick i know in photoshop, so it rejects because of filesize.

Cheers to anyone who can advise

 

[Richie]

I've had the same problem today when I tried to upload a GIF avatar

 

[Adi007]

Thanks for letting us know ...

These problems (and several others) will be fixed shortly ...

Adi007 (wearing Mod hat)

 

[Gary]

Adi my avatar seems to be stuck on do not use avatar - how do i change it?

 

[Ed]

Click the 'use custom avatar' in the box below where you put in the link to your pic, that should remove the 'Do not use avatar' .

Hope this helps

Ed

 

[Tvividr]

Click the 'use custom avatar' in the box below where you put in the link to your pic, that should remove the 'Do not use avatar' . Hope this helps Ed

There is no such place in my account, only "Save changes" and "Reset fields" nothing like avatar editing on my account on British Blades.

 

[bothyman]

There is no such place in my account, only "Save changes" and "Reset fields" nothing like avatar editing on my account on British Blades.

Yes, mine is the same

I thought I was missing something??

 

[grumit]

mine to

 

[Ed]

eeeekkkk.... still a few bugs to iron out. sorry guys, users havn't got avatars yet

Cheers for the heads up

Ed

 

[Gary]

Ditto!

 

[Kath]

Hi Guys

I've had the same problem today when I tried to upload a GIF avatar

Trying to upload today I resized one in photoshop to make sure it fit the 100x100 limit and at 5.9k was inside the file limit, but BCUK threw a wobbly when I tried to upload from my machine.

This is fixed now!

 

[Gary]

cool thanks Kath!! :You_Rock_

 

[Martyn]

Hi Tony,

Is there a restriction that avatar pictiures can only be jpg not gif ?

Trying to upload today I resized one in photoshop to make sure it fit the 100x100 limit and at 5.9k was inside the file limit, but BCUK threw a wobbly when I tried to upload from my machine.

I specifically used photoshop's "save for web" option which tends to achieve the very small file sizes needed by Bulletin boards by converting the image to a small gif.

BCUK seemed much happier when I tried a jpg, but I can't squeeze that down to 6k using any trick i know in photoshop, so it rejects because of filesize.

Cheers to anyone who can advise

Alick, the save for web feature in photoshop allows you to choose all sorts of file types. Gif's are good with certain files, jpegs are good with others. Much depends on the colour palette of your image. I would try both gif and jpeg to see which delivers the smaller file. The only time a 100 x 100 pic need to be more than 6k is if it is an animated gif. If you have problems, send the file to me and I'll compress it for you, but I recommend you try photoshops "save for web" feature, with the filetype set as a jpg, and the compression level set at 50%.

Oh, one more thing, before you "save for web" run the sharpen filter over the 100 x 100 pic, you'll be amazed at the difference.

 

[Adi007]

There's a selection of avatars uploaded now for your pleasure.

BTW, if you want a copy of your old avatar (there were a few of you that had them), drop me a PM and I might be able to get a copy to you.

 

[ESpy]

OK, the CP tells me I can have an avatar up to 58.6kB/100x100 pixels...
My 64x64 avatar is 18299B in size, but doesn't seem to upload.

This would be because - despite having browsed for a file to upload - I had not also clicked on "use custom avatar"

 

[Adi007]

Glad to hear you figured it out Espy! :biggthump

 

[ESpy]

Oh, eventually...

It also means I can't take offence at your current sig for at least another week now

(but of course - I am a software engineer, not a programmer!)