Avatar and Signature Check Thread

[Sheep]

Hi, I have a question, is my current aesthetic too intense?

I'd say it's perfectly fine =)

 

[Crisbee Donut]

Is my new signature okay?

 

[Okido]

Is my new signature okay?

Yep, all good! It's exactly at our height limit.

 

[Giri]

Is the avatar alright?

 

[my imagination]

How can I make my signature banner to be more at the center?

 

[EternalPokéFanGirl]

Would this image be okay as avatar?

Spoiler

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

Is my new signature okay?

 

[lisianthus]

Is my new signature okay?

Sadly it isn't... the filesize of both GIFs add up to 6.8ish megabytes (6800 kilobytes), and we have a limit of 500 kilobytes here. Maybe try to use still images instead of GIFs maybe?

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

Sadly it isn't... the filesize of both GIFs add up to 6.8ish megabytes (6800 kilobytes), and we have a limit of 500 kilobytes here. Maybe try to use still images instead of GIFs maybe?

That's okay. I'm changing it anyway.

Edit: I changed it like I said I was going to. Is this new one better?

 

[lisianthus]

@CharizardFan7 it's still too big sadly! 1.2 megabytes...

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

@CharizardFan7 it's still too big sadly! 1.2 megabytes...

Is it the size of the gif, or the gif itself? If the former, I'll just make it smaller then.

 

[lisianthus]

Is it the size of the gif, or the gif itself? If the former, I'll just make it smaller then.

The gif's filesize, basically? not the dimensions but how much storage it takes up. We allow up to 500 kilobytes, and yours right now is 1.2 megabytes, which is 1200 kilobytes.

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

The gif's filesize, basically? not the dimensions but how much storage it takes up. We allow up to 500 kilobytes, and yours right now is 1.2 megabytes, which is 1200 kilobytes.

So basically, I gotta ixnay it completely then?

 

[lisianthus]

So basically, I gotta ixnay it completely then?

If you can find a way to compress it, that'd work! Some people do figure out how to do gif banners but well... it's hard sometimes I guess...

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

If you can find a way to compress it, that'd work! Some people do figure out how to do gif banners but well... it's hard sometimes I guess...

I'm not really sure I understand what you mean by "compress" it. But I do have one last question for you regarding alterations to its size. Is it okay now? Like, is it small enough?

 

[Okido]

So basically, I gotta ixnay it completely then?

Not necessarily! I've resized and compressed it to be within all our guidelines; this version of it is only 487KB, and still under 160 pixels tall. You can feel free to use this one in your signature, if you like!

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To copy-paste into your signature:
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/DkjS8y2.gif[/IMG]

Compressing images basically just means to scale them down and sometimes reduce the number of colors or frames in them. Stuff you can all do instantly with something like Ezgif!
Scaling images down with our forum signature editor will display them smaller, but it won't actually make the image file size smaller - it's still a big gif, just shown at a little resolution! By compressing it, it'll still retain most of its image quality, but will be much easier to load on slower connections.

 

[lisianthus]

I'm not really sure I understand what you mean by "compress" it. But I do have one last question for you regarding alterations to its size. Is it okay now? Like, is it small enough?

dimensions≠filesize.

that's your signature. the dimensions themselves are fine, and I think they were okay in your previous revisions too. that's not the issue? like, the... size of it. the storage space of the gif itself.

and there are online tools that might help you to compress it if you're really wanting that one, just look up 'gif compressor online' or something, and make sure the result is at or under 500 kilobytes~~

please disregard this, oki came to the rescue~

 

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

Not necessarily! I've resized and compressed it to be within all our guidelines; this version of it is only 487KB, and still under 160 pixels tall. You can feel free to use this one in your signature, if you like!

Spoiler

To copy-paste into your signature:
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/DkjS8y2.gif[/IMG]

Compressing images basically just means to scale them down and sometimes reduce the number of colors or frames in them. You can do all of that instantly with something like Ezgif!
Scaling images down with our signature editor will display them smaller, but it won't actually make the image file size smaller - it's still a big gif, just shown at a little resolution! By compressing it, it'll still retain most of its image quality, but will be much easier to load on slower connections.

Thanks so much for the assistance, I think I'll do just that.

dimensions≠filesize.
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that's your signature. the dimensions themselves are fine, and I think they were okay in your previous revisions too. that's not the issue? like, the... size of it. the storage space of the gif itself.

and there are online tools that might help you to compress it if you're really wanting that one, just look up 'gif compressor online' or something, and make sure the result is at or under 500 kilobytes~~

please disregard this, oki came to the rescue~

Thank you also for your help!

 

[Crisbee Donut]

Is my signature okay?

 

[Okido]

Is my signature okay?

Yep! All totally fine.