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Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1868 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Mar. 02 2006, 17:02 I noticed some members use huge images from tubular.net (or sometimes from somewhere else) for their avatars. Even if the avatar appears small, the browser actually loads the whole image, which slows down a lot the forums. So please do not use very large images for your avatars. Thanks! Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: Mar. 02 2006, 19:03 hyow can we tell how big they are? -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

stevenmd779 Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Mar. 02 2006, 20:18 Well, I just went and copyed the link in my profile and pasted it in yahoo to see the original image. Mine's big so I'll change it and I would like a new one anyway. -------------- "A people who would sacrifice liberty for security will lose both, and deserve neither." Ben Franklin Boogs is fo' da chode man. Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Mar. 02 2006, 20:54 How big is too big? I have just uploaded a new avatar so will check the size. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

MikeAholic Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Mar. 03 2006, 00:04 Quote (Ray @ Mar. 03 2006, 01:03) how can we tell how big they are? Right-click the avator in your browser, and choose 'properties'. You see the size of the image there. By the way: yours is 159976 bytes, which is very large for such a small image on screen. -------------- I sure hope that Mike realises what joy he brings to us ! Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Mar. 03 2006, 13:38 Mine is 359033 bytes and that mean big?   -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

MikeAholic Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Mar. 04 2006, 04:33 Quote (Tubularman @ Mar. 03 2006, 19:38) Mine is 359033 bytes and that mean big?   Yes it is. An avator is not meant to be animated. Since most forums accept GIF files you can use animated gifs but that increases the file size enormously. A typical avator is about 5000 to maximum 10000 bytes. Now since we all have our cache in the net browser, it must only be loaded once, but still ... a lot of people clear their cache on a daily bases, and not every one has broadband access. -------------- I sure hope that Mike realises what joy he brings to us ! Back to top

Sysiyo Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Mar. 04 2006, 04:55 Since the avatars here are always resized into a width of 64 pixels, it would be ideal if people used an image-editing program to resize the image which they wish to use into that width (as a result the image will look much clearer, in addition to being in smaller filesize), then upload the image into an image-hosting site on the web (I use Photobucket which is free and pretty reliable). Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Mar. 04 2006, 10:01 ok   so sad.. i didnt know.... Sorry Sentinelgard.. it looks like my avatar must be changed. You did so much art work. I will use them in other places, oke? -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Mar. 07 2006, 22:17 Quote (Sysiyo @ Mar. 04 2006, 04:55) Since the avatars here are always resized into a width of 64 pixels, it would be ideal if people used an image-editing program to resize the image which they wish to use into that width (as a result the image will look much clearer, in addition to being in smaller filesize), then upload the image into an image-hosting site on the web (I use Photobucket which is free and pretty reliable). Thats how I uploaded mine, so it's okay to keep it then? -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Mar. 07 2006, 23:29 Tracy, yours seems fine in pixel size and bytes. Nice image! -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

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