Animated Avatars

tgibbsjr · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:55 pm Post subject: Animated Avatars View Single Post

I know I've been here for a bit, and I should know the answer to this question. But I do not. And since I don't mind asking for directions when I'm lost, I'm going to throw this question out there for the experts.

I have noticed that some of you have animated Avatars. How do you get your animated avatars to work? I've tried downloading animated material to the pc, but that doesn't work out. Any ideas?

Thanks again, everyone!

lil duck · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: View Single Post

I only can get it to work if I upload it to photobucket or imageshack, then from there you can pick the appropriate url to update your avatar

There was no special trick when I had an animated avatar

pkdmrd · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: View Single Post

I got my animated avatars from iconator.com They have a selection of animated and non-animated. I just put it on my computer (follow web page instructions) and loaded in the toonfile as usual. Hope this helps. Very Happy

Goofo · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: View Single Post

I get all my avatars from Iconator. They have a huge selection and the animated ones are great. Razz

Scarlet · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject: View Single Post

Hmmm.. you are not changing the file type are you? Animations must be saved in .gif format. I'm sure you already know this but, all you need to to do is right click on the animation, choose save picture as, then navigate to where you want to save the image. You can change the file name but do not change the file type. There is no reason for an animation not to animate as long as it IS saved as a gif.

lil duck · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject: View Single Post

Scarlets Avatar is really cool! Do you make complete pic or did you insert your toon in the pic? It looks fun......and your sig rocks too

Princess Boo Boo · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: View Single Post

lil duck :

Scarlets Avatar is really cool! Do you make complete pic or did you insert your toon in the pic? It looks fun......and your sig rocks too

I agree, very, very nice Scarlet!!

lil duck · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: View Single Post

Princess Boo Boo :

lil duck :

Scarlets Avatar is really cool! Do you make complete pic or did you insert your toon in the pic? It looks fun......and your sig rocks too

I agree, very, very nice Scarlet!!

Well your avatar is one of my favorites too Princess Boo Boo.... It makes me laugh because for the longst time my 9yo son couldn't for the life of him think of what he wanted for xmas Confused

However, now his list includes a laptop, a dirt bike, skis, you know inexpensive stuff like that Shocked

And my 2 1/2 yo only requests stickers! Razz

lol

Doctor Goopy · Daisy's Garden Toon Age: 49 Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 317

Mine was put together as a multi-frame .gif. I found a free download by searching google hits and followed the directions. It allowed me to put together still frames and set the timing between the flips and format size. It saved to a single animated file that was easily added to the TTF file. Unfortunately, i have forgotten the location address, and out machine hard drive melted down some time ago. I no longer have the installer for the program. If you can't find one you like at one of the Pre-made on-line locations, you might try this. If it works out, you may wind up with a One-of-a kind avatar. I hope this is more help than frustration. Blessins...

Scarlet · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:39 am Post subject: View Single Post

lil duck :

Scarlets Avatar is really cool! Do you make complete pic or did you insert your toon in the pic? It looks fun......and your sig rocks too

The background is part of an image I did last Christmas and I added my toon, shadows, and then the snow. As far as my sig, its wrong, lol and I'm trying to redo it. Just keep getting sidetracked.

Thanks!

tgibbsjr · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject: View Single Post

Scarlet :

Hmmm.. you are not changing the file type are you? Animations must be saved in .gif format. I'm sure you already know this but, all you need to to do is right click on the animation, choose save picture as, then navigate to where you want to save the image. You can change the file name but do not change the file type. There is no reason for an animation not to animate as long as it IS saved as a gif.

Thanks for sharing. I went to a site that had animated GIFs and I saved as the file name. Careful not to change the extension type. When I go to open it, it is no longer animated. The weird thing is that when I saves it, it shows it saving as " .GIF (Document)". And there is no other .GIF options. I'm running xp pro. Does that make a difference?

tgibbsjr · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: View Single Post

Bump.....Bump

Loopy Nicklegoose · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: View Single Post

For this sake, correct me if I'm wrong, you want to take an animated pic that you see on the net and use it as your avie? In that instance, I right click it, save picture as and put the picture either online or upload it, depending on the website I'm using the avie on. That being said - many sites have limits to what the picture can be, in size (say 100 X 100) or size (45k for instance).

If you are trying to make your own image - no clue there in how to do that Smile