[OT] Avatars

[Alextp]

2majkinetor

It was self-drawn.
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It was 3D-modelled. Did you use 3DS Max?


Story is nice. Thank you.

[majkinetor !]

It was 3D-modelled. Did you use 3DS Max?

No... I got it from somewhere.... some page...

I don't do 3D modeling for now. Only 2d-8d music, 2d graphics & video.

[Alextp]

2d-8d? Do you mean tracker music? I love tracker music.
Old school especially.

[Alextp]

2majkinetor

What do you think about my new avatar from russian forum?

[djorge]

What is the best way to create an avatar? Can i use imagine plugin to convert an image to an avatar?

[Alextp]

2djorge
I use IrfanView. Load an image and press Ctrl-R to resize: enter there 100x100 size (or whatever max size is allowed here) and choose best quality.

[djorge]

Thanks Alextp. Basically i just have to resize an image, so Imagine should do it also.
I don't have IrfanView installed and i use imagine all the time to view images.

[Alextp]

2djorge
Ok, Imagine can do this too. I didn't try it before.

[petermad]

2djorge
Also, the file size must not exeed 6 Kb !

[icfu]

What is the best way to create an avatar? Can i use imagine plugin to convert an image to an avatar?

For PNG avatars you should use IrfanView because of the PNGOUT plugin that produces very small PNGs:
http://advsys.net/ken/utils.htm

You can also use XnView which has a compression level 10 included, but it's mostly not that effective as PNGOUT.

GIFs you can shrink with Trout's GIF Optimizer:
http://chemware.co.nz/tgo.htm

For JPG avatars you can use whatever you want.

Icfu

[Hacker]

You can also use XnView which has a compression level 10 included, but it's mostly not that effective as PNGOUT.

That's why one uses PNGOUT standalone.

Roman