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GhostRider
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PostPosted: 10:00 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Can someone resize this for my avatar Reply with quote

Tried myself, and if it aint the size its the pixel dimensions, so right now im close to launching my computer out the window to descend 3 floors onto tarmac.

Picture is this:

https://images.wikia.com/joinme/images/0/0f/Lazdoor_800x600.jpg

Much appreciated.

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PostPosted: 10:22 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Irfanview FTW.
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PostPosted: 10:42 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Too big at 15.68kb Sad

Thanks for the effort though!

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Mal
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PostPosted: 11:00 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here you go, it's really, really small now tho.

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PostPosted: 11:12 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol cheers, anyway to get a happy medium??

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PostPosted: 11:19 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just change the filetype to gif instead of making it smaller
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PostPosted: 11:54 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toby R wrote:
Just change the filetype to gif instead of making it smaller


Well done that man! Thumbs Up

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PostPosted: 12:45 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shouldn't do photos as gifs, should do them as jpegs.

Here's one that isn't all speckly.
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PostPosted: 12:52 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bendy wrote:
Shouldn't do photos as gifs, should do them as jpegs.

Here's one that isn't all speckly.


Why not?
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PostPosted: 12:57 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toby R wrote:
Bendy wrote:
Shouldn't do photos as gifs, should do them as jpegs.

Here's one that isn't all speckly.


Why not?


Cause they go all speckly? :S
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PostPosted: 13:04 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toby R wrote:
Bendy wrote:
Shouldn't do photos as gifs, should do them as jpegs.

Here's one that isn't all speckly.


Why not?


Dredging brain from uni 8 years ago here so forgive vagueness...

The gif algorithm is designed to look at sequential blocks of identical colour and encodes them in the form of (say) 10 black one white 10 black one white. Because of this, it doesn't cope too well with shading / photographs where each pixel can be a different colour - it just makes for a large filesize cos every pixel has to be recorded. Over compressing a gif means bits get lost, hence you get speckles.

The JPEG algorithm looks for more abstract patterns and chunks of colour in the image and encodes it in a completely different way. When you over-compress a jpeg you'll see it gets all blocky as it starts losing the data for the finer points of the shading.

Basically - gif good for flat colour, jpeg good for photos.
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PostPosted: 13:48 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh I agree when you're talking about professional quality images, but in this case where the image only has 4,800 pixels anyway, gif would be the better suggestion as it would also allow him to keep the larger sizing.

https://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/th0r0n/LazJpeg-1.gif

https://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/th0r0n/LazJpeg.jpg
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PostPosted: 14:43 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toby R wrote:


Larger sizing? Both 80 x 60 where I'm looking.
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PostPosted: 15:14 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, instead of making the file smaller, you could just use GIF to reduce the total filesize, they're both there to show that you can't tell them apart Smile (One's JPG, one's GIF).
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PostPosted: 15:19 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

It was speckly before. Razz
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PostPosted: 15:36 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bendy wrote:
It was speckly before. Razz


The ones I posted?
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PostPosted: 15:45 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

The one Ghostrider had after following your advice to change the filetype to gif. He's changed it now to one of the decent ones.

My 3k jpg, saved as a gif in photoshop is bigger, 3.8k. It all rather depends on a whole lotta settings. Technically, gif should be bigger for the same quality but in an 80 x 60 avatar its a bit of a moot point.
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PostPosted: 16:29 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok bendy wins the geek competition Smile... now get out more Mr. Green KTHNXBYE
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PostPosted: 16:42 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

djr wrote:
Ok bendy wins the geek competition Smile... now get out more Mr. Green KTHNXBYE


Beating toby in a geek competition. That's baaaad. Crying or Very sad

So, err, wanna go set fire to stuff and drink beer? Maybe go drive monster trucks...
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PostPosted: 16:48 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bendy wrote:
djr wrote:
Ok bendy wins the geek competition Smile... now get out more Mr. Green KTHNXBYE


Beating toby in a geek competition. That's baaaad. Crying or Very sad

So, err, wanna go set fire to stuff and drink beer? Maybe go drive monster trucks...


Hmm monster trucks sound fun Smile... unless you mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA7oADAI9lo one which looks pretty unstable to me Smile.

Drink beer... mebbe later... Set fire to stuff?... depends who's stuff Smile leave my car outta this, It's french - it'll probably set fire to itself given time Smile.
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PostPosted: 17:12 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oi, I've not been out-geeked, GIF was still the quickest/easiest way Wink
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PostPosted: 17:19 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toby R wrote:
Oi, I've not been out-geeked, GIF was still the quickest/easiest way Wink


'Quickest' and 'easiest' have no place in a true geek's vocabulary. Razz
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PostPosted: 17:21 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toby R wrote:
Oi, I've not been out-geeked, GIF was still the quickest/easiest way Wink

You so were!

Queen(King Wink) Bendy wrote:
The gif algorithm is designed to look at sequential blocks of identical colour and encodes them in the form of (say) 10 black one white 10 black one white. Because of this, it doesn't cope too well with shading / photographs where each pixel can be a different colour - it just makes for a large filesize cos every pixel has to be recorded. Over compressing a gif means bits get lost, hence you get speckles.

The JPEG algorithm looks for more abstract patterns and chunks of colour in the image and encodes it in a completely different way. When you over-compress a jpeg you'll see it gets all blocky as it starts losing the data for the finer points of the shading.

Basically - gif good for flat colour, jpeg good for photos.


Nuff said!
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PostPosted: 18:46 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol what have I started!?!

Cheers all, I went with bendys in the end because that was the first decent size one that werent speckly Thumbs Up

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PostPosted: 22:08 - 11 Sep 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

GhostRider wrote:
Lol what have I started!?!

Cheers all, I went with bendys in the end because that was the first decent size one that werent speckly Thumbs Up

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Oh yessum - sorry for the thread hijack.
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