OT: The House of 1001+ Avatars

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Master Belisarius:
Hey David, can I use this avatar? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1040142305.gif

You mean this one?..


You sure can, it's not reserved and it's available for adoption. (but you already knew that right?)

Cheers!

[PsychoTechFreak]

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

[Fyron]

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. [/edit]

Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:
Is it possible to upload an avatar somewhere without a homepage?

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 ]

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

Just testing how this one looks compared to the current Version.

Just so I don't go blind starting at it for hours can you tell me what the heck it is??

[David E. Gervais]

..this one for Fyron (With no polish and a darker frame!)..
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?"
1047816156.gif



..I found this wolf that KirbyEF might like. (If he drops by and see's it!)
1047818434.gif



Cheers!

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

[tesco samoa]

Thank you David. Grapes would like it.

[Fyron]

DavidG:
Maybe this will help you:

[Mephisto]

Originally posted by DavidG:
Just so I don't go blind starting at it for hours can you tell me what the heck it is??

I think it is a "New Orion"/"Antares" from MOO3.

Edit: Fixed messed up quote.

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

[David E. Gervais]

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


.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!

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!

1047901744.gif


...wait a min, it looks like your avatar pic has been cropped first! hmmmm grrrrr!

...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


Cheers!

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

[Hugh Manatee]

HEY, David E. Gervais, Thanks for the GIF thing, and the original avatar, and the insparation . Ho do you like this:

1047927040.gif