Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

You da man, David !

I would offer a drink in the cantina, if I only new if it still exsisted. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Here are a couple of new animated avatars up for grabs!...

1047670729.gif
1047670742.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047670729.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047670742.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

The King of the Hill avatars should probably be reserved as well.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was also thinking along those lines, that's why I placed them near the 'reserved' banner. Makes it easy to edit if (when) it's decided to place them in the reserved section!

Cheers!

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David:
Those Last animated ones are wicked.

Do you have the original picture used for the primitive avatar (or a link or search tip)? I have tried google, but I can't find it. Have some nice ideas to animate the avatar, but I would need a better quality picture to work from.

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

I think my name says it all!

I know I'm new here, but I love this freaking game already (another disappointed MOO guy) and I plan on being here a long time.

A BL avatar would truly serve the whole community, as he is beyond compare as a role model and overall cool guy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm sorry to say that I don't have the original pic any more. But I do remember that I didn't do much if any resizing. (so if you were hoping for a larger pic, the bulk of the pic was a full-body shot of conan, I clipped his face!) It was from the cover of a conan comic I found while searching for "Marvel comics" +conan The page had a whole lot of comic book covers and wallpapers.

If it's any help, the search engine I used was..

Image Search

Cheers!

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

David:
Had a look, but I did not find it. Got most off those old comics stowed away in the cellar somewhere, so maybe I can find the original there.

Thanks anyway.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">..Is this the Buddy Lee you mean?

1047692030.gif
1047692043.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047692030.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047692043.gif

Cheers!

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Hahaha... that's great. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

If you could find one of him without a hat or specialty outfit it would be perfect, but this is perfectly fine if not. Hehe...

Edit: This pic would be great if you could adapt it: http://www.anatomorphex.com/picts/ch..._BUDDY_LEE.jpg

[ March 15, 2003, 02:34: Message edited by: Buddy Lee ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

..a few more animated Avatars...

1047696731.gif
1047696754.gif
1047696772.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047696731.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047696754.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047696772.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P.S....Buddy Lee
1047697537.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047697537.gif

Cheers!

[ March 15, 2003, 03:06: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Hey David, can I use this avatar? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1040142305.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Those are beautiful animated avatars, David! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Also, the updated Avatar Emporium looks great. It's a nice feature that we can see the name of the person when we move the cursor over those reserved avatars. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

I am getting bored with Kosh. I need a new avatar. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Preferably without one of those shiney spots on it.

Edit:
This one looks good.

[ March 15, 2003, 04:58: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You da man!

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Odd. Test.

Heh heh, very nice. Thanks, Dave. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ March 15, 2003, 06:27: Message edited by: Buddy Lee ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

How do you make an animated Avatar, I got an Idea... Is there a special program I need?(if it were free that'd be great)

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Testing Davids new masterpiece. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I use my favorite paint program (Artgem!, which is sadly no longer available.) and 'Gif Movie Gear' which has a function to import .gif filmstrips which is basically a standard .gif that has all the frames laid out side by side vertically or horizontally. Most of the 'other' animated gif programs force you to save all the frames individually and load them one by one!

Do a search for "animated gif software" you should find several. Microsoft has one that is free, but I never used it so I can't give coments. (although my brother and nephew both use it and seem to like it.)

I hope this helps.

P.S. I feed my avatars with anims I find all over the net! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Cheers!

I found this link to the freeware program...

Microsoft Gif Animator

[ March 15, 2003, 11:59: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

grapes is don cherry... the one i currently am using

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You mean this one?..
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1040142305.gif

You sure can, it's not reserved and it's available for adoption. (but you already knew that right?) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Cheers!

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Is it possible to upload an avatar somewhere without a homepage?

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047816141.gif
Just testing how this one looks compared to the current Version.

[Edit]It lost too many colors in the conVersion to GIF. What I actually wanted was to find somewhere I could upload a png (as that is the original file format) and use that as the avatar, instead of gif or jpg. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif [/edit]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes. Upload it to Shrapnel in the uploads section. You do not need to officially make a post in their though. Just hit "new reply", use the file upload form, and then copy the url. Edit your profile to use that url.

[ March 16, 2003, 21:01: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just so I don't go blind starting at it for hours can you tell me what the heck it is??

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

..this one for Fyron (With no polish and a darker frame!)..
1047816141.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047816141.gif

..and this for tesco (Grapes was ready for his close-up! In fact he said.. "I was ready for my close-up, but did you have to shove your lens up my nose?" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
1047816156.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047816156.gif

..I found this wolf that KirbyEF might like. (If he drops by and see's it!) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
1047818434.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047818434.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ March 16, 2003, 12:43: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Thank you David. Grapes would like it.

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

DavidG:
Maybe this will help you:
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047703704.jpg

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think it is a "New Orion"/"Antares" from MOO3.

Edit: Fixed messed up quote.

[ March 17, 2003, 19:29: Message edited by: Mephisto ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Fyron, I just grabbed the bigger .jpg you posted, I'll see what I can do with that. If you want me to work with the original .png just send me an e-mail and attach it!!

Cheers!

Edit: Ok, here's the result of a wee bit of fooling around with the larger .jpg...

First a comparison with a gif and a jpg (set at minimum compression to retain as much detail as possible!)
1047900409.gif
1047900435.jpg

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047900409.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047900435.jpg
.gif .jpg

..and here is a .zip with a .bmp, .png, .gif, and .jpg! Fyi, I have a great program for reducing pics and I could not notice any diff in the .gif compared to the original .bmp (16m colors!) the .png was saved at 16m colors too!!

1047900459.zip

The .jpg is the most 'notably' different. (but that is to be expected due to the type of file compression used in a .jpg!)

Let me know what you think! Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P.S. are you aware the your current avatar pic is being distorted? the resizing being done (by the Shrapnel host) does not preserve the aspect ratio. If you look close you'll notice that your current avatar has a 'fatter' head. If you don't mind the distortion, I could do a resize without preserving the aspect ratio too! (I mention this because when comparing my avatar's to yours Mine looks a bit smaller, but that is the result of the distorting. Closer inspection will show you that the 'height' of the heads is the same. But I digress, sorry!

P.P.S. scaling without 'preservation' looks like this! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

1047901744.gif
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047901744.gif

...wait a min, it looks like your avatar pic has been cropped first! hmmmm grrrrr! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

...one more little edit.. here is one cropped resized, slightly brightend (2%), a 5% color boost (saturation), and a 10% sharpen to bring out just a bit more detail that was lost in the reduction process...

1047902785.gif
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047902785.gif

Cheers!

[ March 17, 2003, 12:10: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

HEY, David E. Gervais, Thanks for the GIF thing, and the original avatar, and the insparation http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif . Ho do you like this:

1047927040.gif
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047927040.gif

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..it's...it's crying tears of blood! omg it's a miracle,.. a sign from the gods!... I believe, I Believe, I BELIEVE!!!!

I like it! Cheers!

-------------------------------------------------

Edit:..don't mind me I'm just pasting these other animated avatars here for the group effect! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

1047670729.gif
1047670742.gif
1047696731.gif
1047696754.gif
1047696772.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047670729.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047670742.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047696731.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047696754.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1047696772.gif

[ March 18, 2003, 18:39: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Here are 4 more animated avatars for the pure fun if it! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ...

1048011419.gif
1048011435.gif
1048011448.gif
1048011462.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048011419.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048011435.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048011448.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048011462.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

i like this one. reminds me of v'gers torp.

PURE ENERGY. i wanna know what your thinking..........

[ March 18, 2003, 19:59: Message edited by: desdinova ]

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..another few anims...

1048021195.gif
1048021212.gif
1048021238.gif
1048021252.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048021195.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048021212.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048021238.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048021252.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Have you run out of time yet?????

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

I think he only said "time permitting" so that we would value the avatars more highly and more would be requested. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Aaron has been away on family business and should be back by this Friday. So I have a bit of time off from doing SE:5 stuff. Most of the work requires ongoing mods and feedback from Aaron so, I started fooling around with avatars while I wait. (gotta keep pushing pixels in order to keep my skills sharp!)

So, right now time 'Is Permitting' when Aaron gets back it will be less so!!

Cheers!

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..I'm still passing the time away! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ...

1048259838.gif
1048259852.gif
1048259865.gif
1048259882.gif
1048259902.gif
1048259930.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259838.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259852.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259865.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259882.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259902.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259930.gif

Cheers!

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..my, my, my how time flies when you're having fun!...

1048259942.gif
1048259955.gif
1048259967.gif
1048259978.gif
1048259990.gif
1048260001.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259942.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259955.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259967.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259978.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048259990.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048260001.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes. Upload it to Shrapnel in the uploads section. You do not need to officially make a post in their though. Just hit "new reply", use the file upload form, and then copy the url. Edit your profile to use that url.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I have tried it twice now, without success.
Just with the image button I can implement it into a post.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048269541.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Here is a set of 'Native Indian Chief' Avatars as requested in a private message!...

1048275027.gif
1048275038.gif
1048275050.gif
1048275064.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048275027.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048275038.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048275050.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048275064.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here is a repost of a message where I explained how to do it..

First click on the link to the pic you want (back a few pages in the forum) Then in the new window that opens click in the address window at the top of the page and highlight the URL.. press ctrl-c to copy the url to memory,.. then close the window to go back to this forum.. click on the 'my profile' link next to the intel forums logo (top right) on you profile page, click on 'view/update' profile.. near the bottom of the profile page is an option to choose a new avatar pic. somewhere on the next screen is a place for the url, click in the box and press ctrl-v to paste the link in, choose select this url or some such and voila, Oh and don't forget to select 'update profile' at the bottom of the page before you leave.

In the above example the URL you want to paste is..
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1048269541.gif

Hope this helps.. Cheers!

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Thank you very much for the choices, do you by any chance have any in black-n-white or like a antique look?

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Perhaps not the place, but if I wanted to make my own avatar and if I could, where could I find the specifics (two searches I did turned up nothing useful) and are they stored "here" when completed?

(tks in advance)

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

Hello David, I would like you to make better Version of my avatar like you did with tons of other avatars but without polish please, here is the avatar. oh and could you send me a private message to tell me when it'll be ready. No need to hurry, i dont mind if i dont get it soon. You are doing a realy good job. I try to be a computer artist but my talent will never equals your's!

Thank you very much !
Justin

edit: and also if my calcules are well , to keep the same pixels at the same place and the character in the center, a line of 3 pixels should be removed from evry of the 4 sides.

Thank you
Justin

[ March 22, 2003, 01:17: Message edited by: Akachaki ]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What specifics are you referring to? Size? The size has to be, IIRC, 48 by 48 pixels.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I dunno. I once made some decals for Mechwarrior mechs and they had to be certain dimensions, filetype of Targa, and total file size was limited to something like 3 or 6k.

So, I was just asking if there are any specifics like that. If it's an annimated gif, it can vary quite a bit in size. Also, the question I had about where it gets stored. Or uploaded. Any restritction on transparancey? Any naming conventions required? Is png allowed?

I did a search and didn't have much luck. The FAQ didn't discuss it. So, I thought I'd ask.

PS: What does IIRC mean?

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

IIRC = If I recall Correctly.

The shrapnel uploader doesn't allow PNG's, but does allow GIFs, BMPs and JPGs. The list is shown in the upload window.

PS: filesize limits are in the multi-megabyte range, since the uploader is used for shipsets and mods too.

[ March 22, 2003, 01:16: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

Re: OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars
 

A few pages back there was a link to a free GIF animator, I used it to make mine

Microsoft GIF animator

First you got to one of These Boards and click post reply. then on the left you will see a link to upload files, follow the steps and copy the link it gives you at the end. Then go into your profile and click the link to change your Avatar. in that link there is a space to put a URL to a custom avatar. Paste the link from the upload form, save the changes and you have your new Avatar. I hope I helped. If someone could explain it better you can try.