Hello
I just saw that "Valued Forum Contributor" may upload an animated avatar.I want to upload one but don't know how to upload an animated one .I uploaded one but it is not animating.and looks like a still picture.
Suggestions?
Hello
I just saw that "Valued Forum Contributor" may upload an animated avatar.I want to upload one but don't know how to upload an animated one .I uploaded one but it is not animating.and looks like a still picture.
Suggestions?
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Congratulations on your promotion! Please don't bother with an animated avatar: they are at best distracting and at worst nauseating.
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Here is the link of my current avatar...I think I was told within this thread that it depends on the size of avatar to upload here.
http://www.avatarsdb.com/animated/ro...atar-40960.htm
It's not as good as Jerry's ..... Rocket
https://www.excelforum.com/avatars/9...ine=1352575497
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[IMG]https://media.giphy.com/media/xThuWaTkR7RexairYs/giphy.gif[/IMG]
Then I post_...
_..and here you go:
Last edited by Doc.AElstein; 05-01-2017 at 03:13 AM. Reason: Put Trump In
Yes Doc...it is not so good that is why it was frozen in the space and not revolving around the earth...LOL
It would be interesting if someone who actually has an Animated Avatar working could explain for computer idiots like me how they did it..
If you lurk Threads on this or ask different people , then you get different figures for the maximum pixels and / or file size. It probably varies a bit and we would never know if was changed from time to time. So we can only have an approximate idea on that, I expect.
I have been told 250 x 100 px and no more than 19.5 kb by someone ( Forum Expert) that has one working.
Ford ( Admin )sees 200 by 200 pixels or 195.3 KB (whichever is smaller) where you upload the Avatar
I ( Forum Expert) see 50 by 50 pixels or 19.5 KB (whichever is smaller) where you upload the Avatar
Others tell me they saw 80 by 80 pixels or 19.5KB somewhere but forgot where
I had a lot of fun getting my normal Avatar up some time ago. Others did too. It took me a year and the given limits often did not tie up with what I got to work. Some computer knowledgeable people never got theirs to work. Many found it very easy. So there is little consistency here.
_............
So I thought I would have a go with a gif...
I did this: http://bfy.tw/BWlR
Then went randomly to a site
https://giphy.com/gifs/internet-welcome-iYDlg0CljYqTm
Clicked randomly on a GIF Link and copied it
https://media.giphy.com/media/xThuWa...irYs/giphy.gif
I pasted it in here:
DumpTrump.JPG http://imgur.com/GHN5Jrn
Sucuri chucked up an error.
Tried a shortened link
http://gph.to/2pNolyk
I got invalid File InvalidLink.jpg http://imgur.com/FRt6xlV
I tried in German, http://bfy.tw/BWlj
They all talk about putting the link inside the Image BB Code Tags. If you do that in this Sum Forum, then it will work. This, for example, will produce a Donald Trump video in a post in the Sub Forum that we are in now. Post the following and then the video appears:
[IMG]https://media.giphy.com/media/xThuWaTkR7RexairYs/giphy.gif[/IMG]
I just edited my post #16 and put it in.... ( https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...ml#post4642146 )
It will not work in Sub Forums where the [IMG] code is Off
IMGcodeisOff.jpg http://imgur.com/bNDOZBH
???????????
I did not give up..
I just googled until I found a .gif...
https://giphy.com/gifs/90s-pixel-pixels-ao9DUiTKH60XS
I right clicked and copied the Picture
CopyGif.jpg http://imgur.com/5odEq5m
I have no idea where that went or what that did...
I double clicked on that Picture , and it gave me an option to download. So I did
DownloadGif.jpg http://imgur.com/3deuQ7u
I looked at it where it downloaded ( on my desktop )
GifOnMyDesktop.JPG http://imgur.com/JHRCp1a
I tried uploading that: ( Option 2 – Upload Iamge From
UploadGigf.JPG http://imgur.com/VSC39wL
Well it worked .. sort of... It is there but it does not move...
DeadGif.JPG http://imgur.com/0o60Qst
Inspired I thought I would have another go at that Trump Video. Googled a Gif on him drawing a pretty picture of a Cat, ( he is very clever, he can do that ) , and i double clicked on it and downloaded it:
DownloadTrump.JPG http://imgur.com/5dlgV72
It looks a bit big
DownloadedGif.JPG http://imgur.com/W3HdIv0
It almost worked.. I got a preview of it, _..
BigBoyTrumpAlmostWorked.JPG http://imgur.com/auW1u4I
_.. but on hitting Save Changes , I got upload failed ( It never showed on my Avatar in a Post )
UploadFailed.JPG http://imgur.com/oik8tmj
I thought it might error as it is he is a bit big, BigBoyTrump.
I had a play in Windows Movie Maker
WindowsMovieMaker.JPG http://imgur.com/TPR3DRA
TrumpMoviemaker1.JPG http://imgur.com/4y3W7Xl
I don’t really know what I am doing but somehow I managed to save just a bit of that video
CutdownTrump.JPG http://imgur.com/eenDdtB
But I had to change the extension back to .gif
CutdownTrumpgif.JPG http://imgur.com/iAsMt3e
MSWMMgif.jpg http://imgur.com/74Pknlf
I tried to upload that... It said invalid File ???
But it accepted it !!!
And it is there !!!! But it he does not move
?????????????
So not bad ... I got a big gif, made it small and uploaded it....
Trump is there... but he doesn’t move
DeadTrump.JPG http://imgur.com/eexl0ol
So It does not seem to “work” ....
It looks like his size is not the issue. Size appears not to be the issue ***( At least we can find a small one or crop one down a bit - if i can , then anyone can ) . Maybe the Avatar from Imran and my Trump gif just needs to be enabled/ switched on ???
Can anyone who has done it enlighten us how they did it ( In English preferably )??
*** EDIT: Size does come into it , but it is not quite that straight forward.. see later posts - https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...ml#post4643577
Last edited by Doc.AElstein; 05-01-2017 at 10:59 AM.
Hm, I don't know why your avatar doesn't work because I don't know how you do that.
You can try with this : (as test) cseanim.gif (50x50, 3.58 kb)
edit:
Your current avatar is NOT animated gif but gif only
Last edited by sandy666; 05-01-2017 at 05:14 AM.
Edit Bar / image insert/ from computer
progress.GIF
16px * 16px, 701 bytes
Why all those links to external sites ?
Last edited by snb; 05-01-2017 at 05:25 AM.
Hi Sandy,
Thanks for the replay
Sorry I do not understand...or..I think I do understand now..
Or you mean just normal Image upload***
Normal Image upload I understand. From Icon ( Image Bar ) NormalImageUpload.JPG http://imgur.com/WkxCCvG
( Normal upload is not a problem for me. - I understand now : - A normal Image can be a gif. I did not know that. I understand now how you have those things "working" in your posts. That is Solved, Thanks
_..............
###That Trump gif appears to be something strange... understandable as I made it myself with Windows Movie Maker ..Lol... as I explained in Post #19
_.......
Here are the files of the two “gifs” that I tried
https://app.box.com/s/bny5ubs15idg8zadvtnrz118kt7d82k6 ( Trump )
https://app.box.com/s/jnm1yfn6s0e6twfbyokuf915w69f8593 ( Computer )
***Here I upload as Image
First ( Trump ) does not work###
Second works ( Computer ) -
Normal Image of small gif File:
giphy-downsized.gif
So I try again to upload that small gif...
_.. I did it is there. But it does not appear to move ?? Possibly too small to see? .
_.. I will try later to find another that moves more....
Alan
One problem I see is:
- you've animated gif (eg. trump)
- you need to resize it to correct dimension (eg. 50x50 and size ca. 19.5 kb)
so far so good
now you resize and save as gif of course but you must save it as animated gif so you need software which can do it for you.
I sent you a small list of software so download trial version and try with.
The attachment I post here is example which works well, so you can save it (right click and save image as...) then try with your avatar if it will be "dancing" gif or not.
You can see this attachemnt as my avatar now.
btw. nothing of your avatars is animated gif but normal gif
ani.gif (50x50px, 10.9 kb - can be used as example for testing avatar)
Last edited by sandy666; 05-01-2017 at 07:34 AM.
Small Gif Test:
Google for a small gif: http://bfy.tw/BWsl
Download one: Poohgif.JPG http://imgur.com/45NOiuy
Upload it to Avatar: UploadPoohToAvasar.JPG http://imgur.com/ec7NXnT
He is there , but is not dancing as he should!
Here try as Normal Image Upload NormalPoohImageUpload.JPG http://imgur.com/ec7NXnT
Error: 167.8KB is too big: Limit 100.KB NormalPoohImageUploadTooBig.JPG http://imgur.com/oLlotkb
Oh Pooh
Try to find a another that will upload as Normal Image. Couldn’t Find one.
Oh Pooh..... how about
_......I resize you.....Pooh..... ResizePooh.JPG http://imgur.com/NbhOb2J
_..I do thank you .....ResizedPooh.JPG http://imgur.com/sjpQZe9
Try to upload to Avatar resized Pooh: This time error is “Your file of 42.3 KB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 19.5 KB for this filetype.”
I think we are getting somewhere....
Seems like – If gif is very big, it may still be uploaded but works as a normal Avatar.
If gif is a bit too big it errors and tells you that it is a bit too big.
What about as Normal Image
ResizePooh.gif
Resize Pooh again Pooh Pooh19.23KB.JPG http://imgur.com/JSJthlk
Pooh20KB_19.23KB.JPG http://imgur.com/1OsgKXt
Try to upload as Avatar
I get the dreaded Sucuri Firewall AARRRGGHHHH tried _ renaming but no effect
What about as Normal Image
Poohed.gif
Resize Pooh again PoohAT17.JPG http://imgur.com/N9649SF
Try to upload as Avatar. Behold, Pooh is there, and he is dancing he fat bottom
PoohAt17BeholdHeIsThereAndDancing.JPG http://imgur.com/mkCm9fI
So possibly the confusion arises as “If gif is very big, it may still be uploaded but works as a normal Avatar. If gif is close to the limit, Sucuri pukes up. If gif is a bit too big it errors and tells you that it is a bit too big”
I will try now that from sandy and snb ... and see if I can get Imran’s to work
Animated gif has limitations here (Sucuri (dimension probably) or too big size)
Your Pooh is animated now (avatar)
But this is too small to see animation with details.
I see something jumping but if I want to see what is on your picture there I need zoom it but if I do that it seems very blured
Last edited by sandy666; 05-01-2017 at 07:46 AM.
the same rocket, non-animated (yours) and animated (mine)
I think source is the same
anirocket.gif (50x39px, 18.7 kb)
I remove rocket from avatar because I don't want rocket there
Last edited by sandy666; 05-01-2017 at 08:10 AM.
So:, I think we have it
All from Sandy and snb work for me as animated avatar.
And I am happy now that I can get there now after a bit of Poohing about
As for the original from Imran.....
So his original uploads , but is not animated, even though it is a.gif
So reduce it in size:
ResizeRocket50x50.JPG http://imgur.com/re2iDkS I get error ??? “Your file of 40.6 KB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 19.5 KB for this filetype”.
How about as Normal Image upload:
_......
So keep reducing in size, and try to get it in my Avatar:
30x30 Pixels
ResizeRocket30x30.JPG http://imgur.com/5anl2Xw
I get Sucuri Error !!!!!
I try again 25x25 Pixels
ResizeRocket25x25.JPG http://imgur.com/wEyUgHa
I get Sucuri error !!!
I try again 20x20 Pixels
ResizeRocket20x20.JPG http://imgur.com/hEfYi3U
I get Sucuri again !!!
_..
Etc....... etc....
Finally I had to go down to 5x5 Pixels
ResizeRocket5x5.JPG http://imgur.com/gughanf
Try a few odd, dimensions, not a great deal of difference in results..
So it works but might be too small to be of much use
So the conclusion is along the lines....
If your .gif is much too big it will likely upload but will be unanimated.
After that it is a bit varied.
Eventually as you keep reducing in size, you should find a size small enough that will work.
The Sucuri error is probably because something is not set up right.
You will need to experiment a bit with different gifs, until you find one that will still look big enough to be readable , but which will also upload
EDIT:
Sandys rocket works for me too – How strange
Try some different dimensions
W50h39 = 14.53KB – still sucuri
W39h50 = 15.52KB – still sucuri
weird
download Sandy’s and resize ( a resize site I found https://ezgif.com/resize ) w50h40 – KB goes to 36.96 strange ( and error Your file of 37.0 KB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 19.5 KB for this filetype. )
Edit: Resize Imran’s site
Resize Imran by his site ( http://gifmaker.me/resizer/ ) for 50x50 (5kB) - works
Resize Imran site I can get up to 70x70 ( 8k) before Sucuri pukes up at 9Kb for 80x80
But 70x70 ( 8k) is then not animated
Resize Imran Site 60 x60 6kB also works but not animated
Resize Imran Site 50 x 50 and is animated
Clearly a bit of fiddling around necessary, But get there in the End:
Once again
Question:__ How to upload an animated avatar
Answer: Assuming you are entitled: ( https://www.excelforum.com/forum-rul...rum-rules.html Valued Forum Contributor : 120 days registered and 300 posts and 150 reputation points...you will be able to upload an animated avatar. )
Try a size likely to be a bit too big: Assuming it either does not upload or is uploaded as non animated, proceed as follows:
Try a few sites out to resize the gif, gradually reducing in size ( https://ezgif.com/resize http://gifmaker.me/resizer/ ) Fiddle around until you get a size which both comes out animated and also is of a size and dimensions to be as readable as you would like.. )
Last edited by Doc.AElstein; 05-01-2017 at 10:55 AM.
Thanks sir Sandy
Its working now.
Problem was really the size.
I resized it here.
http://gifmaker.me/resizer/
Sir Doc would you like to retain it? And I should try another one?
You are welcome
btw. Standard tools from windows cannot be used for animated gif.
You will need special software (special is too big word I think ) to do that.
I wont list here any software because I'm not sure if this is in line with forum rules
OK sir Doc
It is possible that OP's may give me rep points thinking I were you.LOL. .many OP's have avatars in their imagination to recognize the members here.
No rocket-envy.
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