Avatars— please

Talk about anything and everything related or unrelated to the FreeOrion project, especially Strategy Games.

Moderator: Oberlus

Message
Author
User avatar
pd
Graphics Lead Emeritus
Posts: 1924
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:17 pm
Location: 52°16'N 10°31'E

#16 Post by pd »

I'm not sure what you are talking about. But if there is a fly on your screen I recommend smacking against it :)

marhawkman
Large Juggernaut
Posts: 938
Joined: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:34 pm
Location: GA

#17 Post by marhawkman »

:lol: good one.... It's a housefly?

want me to find you a pic of a mutant housefly?
Computer programming is fun.

User avatar
pd
Graphics Lead Emeritus
Posts: 1924
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:17 pm
Location: 52°16'N 10°31'E

#18 Post by pd »

Yeah, it's a houselfy(musca domestica) and it's actually a rendering from the top of this fly :)

User avatar
eleazar
Design & Graphics Lead Emeritus
Posts: 3858
Joined: Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:09 pm
Location: USA — midwest

#19 Post by eleazar »

In a vaguely related topic,
i'd recommend that signatures use a smaller type size, (9 or 10) and/or be colored grey.

The way this forum is set up, ease of scanning through volumes of text is important. Since the signatures aren't well separated from the body copy, that just makes more lines to drag your eyes over.

Code: Select all

[size=10]This is a small sig.[/size]
[color=#888888]This is a grey sig.[/color]
[color=#888888][size=10]Even better, this is a small, grey sig.[/size][/color]
=

This is a small sig.
This is a grey sig.
Even better, this is a small, grey sig.

User avatar
utilae
Cosmic Dragon
Posts: 2175
Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:37 am
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

#20 Post by utilae »

Forget Grey, I got me some Blue. :)

Chaz Turbo
Space Krill
Posts: 6
Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:46 am

Re: Avatars— please

#21 Post by Chaz Turbo »

I was wondering, are there any limits on the file size or pixel dimensions of an avatar for this forum? Part of my thinking is that other forums I go to allow avatars up to 100 by 100 pixels and I was wanting to use the same avatar when/if I make one.

User avatar
Geoff the Medio
Programming, Design, Admin
Posts: 13587
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:33 am
Location: Munich

Re: Avatars— please

#22 Post by Geoff the Medio »

Avatars seem to be rescaled to 80x80 pixels. If uploading is working (there were some issues earlier, and I don't know if they've been resolved), anything larger will be shrunk to that size.

Chaz Turbo
Space Krill
Posts: 6
Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:46 am

Re: Avatars— please

#23 Post by Chaz Turbo »

Geoff the Medio wrote:Avatars seem to be rescaled to 80x80 pixels. If uploading is working (there were some issues earlier, and I don't know if they've been resolved), anything larger will be shrunk to that size.
Well, thanks for the answer.

User avatar
heng_di
Space Krill
Posts: 4
Joined: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:13 pm
Location: China

Re: Avatars— please

#24 Post by heng_di »

Avatar - Done :P

User avatar
Robbie.Price
Space Kraken
Posts: 161
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:00 pm

Re: Avatars— please

#25 Post by Robbie.Price »

Goodmorning all,

For myself I've no avatars prepared, but am more then willing to add one, I didn't see a link to doing so though, if somebody wants to give me three step instructions and an appropriate photo I'll add it.

Best wishes all
Price

User avatar
pd
Graphics Lead Emeritus
Posts: 1924
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:17 pm
Location: 52°16'N 10°31'E

Re: Avatars— please

#26 Post by pd »

Go to the user control panel and choose 'profile' and then 'edit avatar'. There is a gallery with some pictures that you can browse. You can also use pictures from the web or from your hard drive.

User avatar
Robbie.Price
Space Kraken
Posts: 161
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:00 pm

Re: Avatars— please

#27 Post by Robbie.Price »

done and done

User avatar
utilae
Cosmic Dragon
Posts: 2175
Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:37 am
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Re: Avatars— please

#28 Post by utilae »

Ah finally I've got my avatar back up. That error that prevented uploading avatars is gone now apparently :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111oneoneoneoneone

User avatar
MikkoM
Space Dragon
Posts: 318
Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:32 pm
Location: Finland

Re: Avatars— please

#29 Post by MikkoM »

utilae wrote:Ah finally I've got my avatar back up.
Nice to see your old legendary avatar again. :D

User avatar
utilae
Cosmic Dragon
Posts: 2175
Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:37 am
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Re: Avatars— please

#30 Post by utilae »

Ha ha, thanks.

The reason I went to change it is cause I had a different version of the same face, but couldn't upload the new one (bugs!!!) and now that the bugs are fixed, I changed my mind and like the old one, lol.

It's good when people keep familiar avatars, it's how you recognise them. :D

Post Reply