Avatar file size limit - Page 3

phil_ · 06-01-2010, 12:20 AM

It was 19.6KB. I, for one, protest this change. Years of making aesthetically pleasing animated avatars under the file size limit have been wasted now. How will the animated .gif makers of tomorrow learn how to optimize their .gifs with such a huge ceiling? This is another intrusion of internet 2.0 on our forum, just like the Facebook-style walls on our user pages and the user groups that don't even tell you when someone has posted. At this rate, we'll all be playing NPF-ville and bad Puyo Pop clones within the year!

Edit: Maybe it was 19.8. It was a sliver under 20K.

Lumenskir · 06-01-2010, 12:40 AM

Anybody know of a way to make something like this feasible for an avatar?

synkr0nized · 06-01-2010, 12:46 AM

Crop its dimensions and cut it down to the part of the clip you absolutely need* to have in it (i.e. drop frames).

* may in fact be none of them

phil_ · 06-01-2010, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

Anybody know of a way to make something like this feasible for an avatar?

This is what I'm talking about!

Mike McC · 06-01-2010, 05:21 AM

I'm sure nothing annoying will come of this.

Meister · 06-01-2010, 05:32 AM

Of course we're reserving the right to make adjustments if the entire left side of every thread ends up looking like the Vegas strip at night.

Ecks · 06-01-2010, 05:50 PM

Oh come now Meister. We may enjoy pushing the envelope, but we don't go that far... do we?

bluestarultor · 06-01-2010, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EckScizor

Oh come now Meister. We may enjoy pushing the envelope, but we don't go that far... do we?

Of course not!

phil_ · 06-01-2010, 08:26 PM

6.95Kb, blues? That avatar would be totally legit under the old system. It's like you're not even trying.

synkr0nized · 06-01-2010, 08:29 PM

I was waiting for that.

06-01-2010, 12:20 AM	#21
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	It was 19.6KB. I, for one, protest this change. Years of making aesthetically pleasing animated avatars under the file size limit have been wasted now. How will the animated .gif makers of tomorrow learn how to optimize their .gifs with such a huge ceiling? This is another intrusion of internet 2.0 on our forum, just like the Facebook-style walls on our user pages and the user groups that don't even tell you when someone has posted. At this rate, we'll all be playing NPF-ville and bad Puyo Pop clones within the year! Edit: Maybe it was 19.8. It was a sliver under 20K. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako. Last edited by phil_; 06-01-2010 at 12:28 AM.

06-01-2010, 12:46 AM	#23
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	and use a decent .gif writer? Crop its dimensions and cut it down to the part of the clip you absolutely need* to have in it (i.e. drop frames). * may in fact be none of them __________________ Find love.

06-01-2010, 05:21 AM	#25
Mike McC Time is something else. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wherever I am needed, I will be there. Posts: 5,065	I'm sure nothing annoying will come of this. __________________ WHERE MIKEY IS IN 2022! tumblrs - http://werewolf.zone twitters - @itmightbemikey

06-01-2010, 08:26 PM	#29
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	6.95Kb, blues? That avatar would be totally legit under the old system. It's like you're not even trying. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

06-01-2010, 08:29 PM	#30
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	blingin' dis I was waiting for that. __________________ Find love.

06-01-2010, 05:32 AM	#26
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Of course we're reserving the right to make adjustments if the entire left side of every thread ends up looking like the Vegas strip at night.