Author Topic: Why my Avatar is so messy? (Read 2389 times)

Jonzu95 · « **on:** October 20, 2010, 09:45:34 AM »

I saved my Avatar as .PNG and this is the result? Messy Avatar... Why some of the guys has good quality Avatars?

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2010, 09:52:14 AM »

Was it .jpg before? Switching from jpg to png doesn't fix the mess of jpg.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2010, 10:01:23 AM »

Jpeg is a heavily compressed format once saved the damage is done.. this appears to be such a situation based on the look of the artifacts

Noodle · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2010, 12:14:04 PM »

If you would I could take the picture and try to clean up the artifacts in Photoshop, but I can't guarantee that it'll fix everything. JPEGs can thoroughly ruin images for good.

J · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2010, 12:25:54 PM »

My guess is GTM has to cutback on bandwidth.
So lower-quality images would be needed for that.

....Or something like that, I'm not really sure.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2010, 02:23:58 PM »

Posting here to check whether mine's messed up too...

edit:

G.K. · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2010, 03:09:33 PM »

Checking.

NFX · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2010, 05:07:34 PM »

JPEG works a lot better on large photographs than it does on small avatars like yours, with well-defined edges and sharp colours.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2010, 05:14:48 PM »

My Avatar normally looks good, but GTM Turns it messy...

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 20, 2010, 05:23:45 PM »

Sounds annoying, Jonzu. Sometimes, I'd have that problem when I used to try and post GIF avatars.

NFX · « **Reply #10 on:** October 20, 2010, 07:46:37 PM »

Something else I've noticed about avatars, is they're not being shrunk anymore. Pwn's is only slightly too big to fit in the regulation 150x150 space, but Nar's is just taking the piss. =P

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 20, 2010, 07:48:05 PM »

I just noticed that too...

Badnik96 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 20, 2010, 08:26:32 PM »

Hey! Why is my avvy so small?

NFX · « **Reply #13 on:** October 20, 2010, 08:28:17 PM »

Because it's not being resized anymore. Which is why Nar's avatar is ridiculous.

Little lost bot · « **Reply #14 on:** October 20, 2010, 11:44:01 PM »

What I'm wondering is why one AV (its always random right now) is out of size now, it started today.

NFX · « **Reply #15 on:** October 20, 2010, 11:47:56 PM »

It seems as though avatars aren't being automatically resized to 150x150 anymore. Which is why some avatars look different.

Little lost bot · « **Reply #16 on:** October 21, 2010, 12:01:23 AM »

Wonder why. I guess ACAMS might be trying some thing new? happened to the: Show unread posts since last visit. Show new replies to your posts feature. When some thing new was put into that. Just thinking aloud.

NFX · « **Reply #17 on:** October 21, 2010, 12:02:53 AM »

Yeah, the Active Members was shown at the top for a moment there as well, saying "this is a test". I imagine he's just trying out some new ideas with the forum to see if they work.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #18 on:** October 21, 2010, 12:18:01 AM »

Quote from: NFX on October 20, 2010, 11:47:56 PM

It seems as though avatars aren't being automatically resized to 150x150 anymore.

lazy people :P I make mine to 150x150 myself

NFX · « **Reply #19 on:** October 21, 2010, 12:30:43 AM »

As do I. And mine does things. =P