24-06-2001 21:06									#1
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How do I get a 131x82 3,300 byte jpg image to conform to the 65x65 pixel requirement for using as an avatar?

	24-06-2001 21:17									#2
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i think paint shop pro can do it ... i might have a paly this week and improve my own avatar /.. perhaps a nude Rasputin image j/k

	28-06-2001 07:07									#3
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Thanks Raz, but for now I only have stock windows 95 stuff including regular paint, and a really neat (at least I think so)
avatar which is yet a little too big.

	28-06-2001 11:16									#4
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Why don't you just attach the image to a post? I'm sure someone will transform it for you.

	28-06-2001 21:55									#5
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Yeah...just pass it...I can resize it for you

	29-06-2001 00:27									#6
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Thanks very much for the offers!! Here is the styalized Pictish Boar image I would like to have resized to use as my Avatar.

	29-06-2001 01:02									#7
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Something like this?

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	29-06-2001 02:51									#8
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Very nice!! Many thanks Hueij!

	29-06-2001 11:09									#9
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Hueij...how did you get the background to be transparent...?

	29-06-2001 11:51									#10
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Test post to see if the image I uploaded will work.

(edit - image has to be 64x64 in .gif format)
(user agent tag and referer cannot be blocked by firewall to upload)

Last edited by Qilue on 29-06-2001 at 12:06

	30-06-2001 09:52									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Zopper Hueij...how did you get the background to be transparent...?

Ehh... by making it a transparent gif

In Photoshop I selected the background with the magic wand with 40% tolerance (or something, can't remember exactly) and deleted it. Then a quick check against both colors background it can appear in and optimising in Image Ready et voila...

	30-06-2001 10:55									#12
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damn clever !!!

	01-07-2001 04:00									#13
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The same thing can be done with Paint Shop Pro as evidenced at left. Thank-you for the idea. .

	01-07-2001 08:18									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Hueij Ehh... by making it a transparent gif In Photoshop I selected the background with the magic wand with 40% tolerance (or something, can't remember exactly) and deleted it. Then a quick check against both colors background it can appear in and optimising in Image Ready et voila...

Thanks, mate...gonna try it sometime later...now I'm off to bed

	04-07-2001 21:22									#15
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i jsut got a copy of paint shop pro so wil ltry and come up with something nifty this weekend

	05-07-2001 05:22									#16
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I have very little decent software for doing this kind of stuff. I could do to download PSP at some point. Adobe Photoshop would be even nicer I hate having to improvise with other cacky software...

	05-07-2001 08:39									#17
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i like mijne its thew real me !!!

	11-07-2001 00:28									#18
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Can some kind soul help me make the background transparent in my new avatar?

I succeeded in making my previous avatar background transparent, but now all of a sudden I can't get it to work.

Please?

	11-07-2001 01:00									#19
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I got my avatar down with PSP, cersion 4 (that must be pertty old), but I have lite-style, so can anyone please tell me if it shows up, and if it looks crap..?

Also, ditto to winston's request about transparent background... I need to know too.

	11-07-2001 01:14									#20
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In Paint Shop Pro, there are essentially two ways to do it: (a) remove the background the way described above or (b) colour it a single unique colour and then use the Export as GIF wizard to select it as your BG colour. (v. 6 and above) or use the "set palette transparency" function (all versions). For best results on these boards select a grayish colour and fill the relevant area before resizing, to ensure nice antialiassing with the board colours.

	11-07-2001 01:55									#21
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I use a program called PolyView, but it seems to work the same way you described, Snapcase. I'll give it another go, but I think I did it that way already.

Do you have any way of doing it for me?

	11-07-2001 02:06									#22
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Well, I seem to have made it on my own. The trick for me was to "resize" it (actually leaving it the same size but clicking OK instead of Cancel in the resizing menu) before selecting the transparent colour - and then proceed to export the image to a different file name.

I'm still not fully aware of how it works, but I'm a happier man than before!

I hope you'll be able to make it too Gibsie.

	11-07-2001 02:14									#23
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If you only want to make transparent gifs, Adobe Photoshop is too much work. It eats space and memory. Get PSP.

I have both

	12-07-2001 04:40									#24
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I could never figure it out before and me a bloody 3D Graphics artist

Test

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	12-07-2001 04:53									#25
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aww only have PSPro 4. I have Micrografx Picture publisher does anyone know if you can use that and how??

	13-07-2001 02:04									#26
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Just trying...

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	13-07-2001 06:02									#27
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If you used PSPro how did you do it? Can I do it in PSPro4?