Computer whizzes!

[Charlesbusa]

I have 5 pics of the "radbusa" that I want to use for my avatar.  I want to have my avatar alternate between the five pics.  How do I do that??

Also, the pics I have are 717X525X16.7 million (approx)  61k  and I shrunk them to 96X96X16.7 million 14k for the avatar but they aren't sharp any more.  They're blurry.  If I let Hayabusa.org shrink it for me, same result blurry.

How can I resize the pics, but not have them get blurry.
 

For the small blurry pic, look at my avatar.  Here's what the pic looked like before resizing.......not blurry.

Thanks



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[bass boss]

To make a .jpg smaller use Paint. Use "edit" then "stretch and skew" to decrease the size of the image.



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[Charlesbusa]

To make a .jpg smaller use Paint.  Use "stretch and skew" to decrease the size of the image.

Haven't tried paint's stretch and skew, here I go....

 

[fstbusa]

find a gif maker.

a gif is a style of pic that can move. you can use a gif maker to create the 5 images alternating between them with a certain time limit between rotations



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[Charlesbusa]

find a gif maker.

a gif is a style of pic that can move.  you can use a gif maker to create the 5 images alternating between them with a certain time limit between rotations

I haven't even heard of a gif maker...
where do I find one??

 

[Charlesbusa]

To make a .jpg smaller use Paint.  Use "stretch and skew" to decrease the size of the image.

Haven't tried paint's stretch and skew, here I go....

Stretch and skew definately is an improvement. Still a little blurry, see avatar, but much better than before!! Now for a gif maker, hmmmmmmmmm.

 

[DAB]

Like this one:

http://www.jhepple.com/gif_animator.htm



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[Charlesbusa]

Like this one:

http://www.rocketdownload.com/details/inte/4282.htm

Thanks, the download won't work, but at least I know what it is now!!

 

[DAB]

Thanks, the download won't work, but at least I know what it is now!!

Yep I tried it too. Try this one instead:

http://www.jhepple.com/gif_animator.htm

 

[DAB]

And here's some simple instructions:

http://www.scs.sk.ca/vol/Guides/gif_animator.htm

- ignore the bit about Image Composer, just fire up Gif Animator...



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[Charlesbusa]

Thanks, the download won't work, but at least I know what it is now!!

Yep I tried it too. Try this one instead:

http://www.jhepple.com/gif_animator.htm

You da man, thanxs! Since I had to goto gifs, the color is just a little off. But, hey there it is, I'll have to work on it some more...

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[Charlesbusa]

Another question, anyway to change a jpg over to gif without messing the colors up a little??

 

[DAB]

The problem with gifs is that they can only have a maximum of 256 colors, whereas jpgs can have thousands.

You can try reducing the number of colors in the jpg before conversion (e.g. turn the image into a black and white version and "paint" it with some simple colors from the gif palette), or tweaking the gifs palette after conversion. The Gif Animator program has various "dither" routines that might improve the colors, but you'll have to experiment.

Another freebie program, IrfanView (Download) will let you reduce the number of colors in the image, convert it to greyscale etc.



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[Charlesbusa]

The problem with gifs is that they can only have a maximum of 256 colors, whereas jpgs can have thousands.

You can try reducing the number of colors in the jpg before conversion (e.g. turn the image into a black and white version and "paint" it with some simple colors from the gif palette), or tweaking the gifs palette after conversion. The Gif Animator program has various "dither" routines that might improve the colors, but you'll have to experiment.

Another freebie program, IrfanView (Download) will let you reduce the number of colors in the image, convert it to greyscale etc.

Thanks,

,I'll keep playing with it.

 

[shenoyp]

check out download.com they should have a .gif maker

 

[fstbusa]

good job... looks good... should try and make the pics about the same size so when they rotate you don't see the other pic behind another.... but still pretty good for the time spent.

 

[Charlesbusa]

good job... looks good... should try and make the pics about the same size so when they rotate you don't see the other pic behind another.... but still pretty good for the time spent.

Yeah, its still a work in progress....