Anime Avatars

Hiei21 · Post by **Hiei21** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:38 pm

How do u get a avartar on u'r post's?I'm new sorry I don't know anything.

f_r_E_a_K · Post by **f_r_E_a_K** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:39 pm

*inverse* wrote:Have you tried making one? You could always use paint to resize or crop a picture. I'll be glad you make you a few if you'd like ^__^

love the banner.

yeah, making them isn't really all that hard once you get used to makin' them. The only problem I have with making MY banners/avatars/icons/etc. is that with Paint it's programmed to default-save as a BITMAP. [Duh, you can change this, of course.] But, the thing is that you want to change it into a JPG/JPEG so you can actually use it as a banner/avatar/icon/etc. without being resized...which is what the computer system does to the BITMAP. But now the problem is that some of the things in the original picture..well...here...I'll show you an example:

BITMAP(note: due to the small size of this example, it wasn't resized by the computer...)

JPEG/JPG

hmm...wow...this was long...

...or...you could just turn it into a GIF...never know what that'll do...

f_r_E_a_K · Post by **f_r_E_a_K** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:42 pm

Hiei21 wrote:How do u get a avartar on u'r post's?I'm new sorry I don't know anything.

ah, Hiei is so awesome. Kurama's awesome-er though.

1. click on Profile at the very top of the screen. [shows up when you're only in the forum area.]
2. scroll down until you see "Avatar control panel"...and then upload something that fits the exceptions from your computer...

...haha...don't worry...I'm new too and I was like that a couple of hours ago TOO...

Denka · Post by **Denka** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:42 pm

*inverse* wrote:Have you tried making one? You could always use paint to resize or crop a picture. I'll be glad you make you a few if you'd like ^__^

Really?! That'd be soo awesome! What do I do? ((LOVE your avatar by the way ^__^! I actually also love the pic on your profile, its soo kawaii!))

Scrumptious · Post by **Scrumptious** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:46 pm

Go to Yahoo!

J-0080 · Post by **J-0080** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:08 pm

Using premade avatars off the interweb is the easiest way, but you can easily make your own.

If you have a DVD-ROM drive on your computer and a bunch of anime DVDs you already have good source footage. Just go through, find a scene you like, hit the capture button (assuming you don't use Win media player to watch stuff on) then crop/resize. (That's how I got my current Kite ava.)

I would also suggest not resizing in paint, as it gets quite distorted, but it's cool for any simple edits.

*inverse* · Post by ***inverse*** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:21 pm

Here's how to make simple avatars and here's how to make simple signatures. If you'd like to create something that's more advanced, you can download a trial version of Paint Shop Pro here.

J-0080 · Post by **J-0080** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:28 pm

*note to the above village photos is no longer offering free hosting.

I'd suggest you use ourworld if you need to.

*inverse* · Post by ***inverse*** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:36 pm

Oh yes, and Photobucket and ImageShack are great as well.

TheKorovaMilkbar · Post by **TheKorovaMilkbar** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:00 am

I can help as well if you want.

lol I just got done creating 5 avatars because I didn't know which one I would want to use so I just sized all 5.

PM if you need help.

btw welcome to the forum f_r_E_a_K