CtP Avatars

[Locutus]

Since there are still no CtP avatars up, it looks like I'm gonna have to make them myself...

Question: what do I need to do to get them added? Am I right in assuming they have to be PCX files smaller than 10k and that I have to send them to Markos? Anything else I should know/do?

[MarkG]

thank you in advance locutus!

they have to be gif or jpt, under 10k and with under 60 pixes width and height. make them a zip and mail them to me

[Locutus]

Np. I'll assume that's gif or jpg. I'll start working on them as soon as I get home.

[Keygen]

As i see you have found the right Avatar for you Markos .

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Keygen
As i see you have found the right Avatar for you Markos .

yeap

[Locutus]

Testing...

[Locutus]

Damn, does anyone know how to get rid of that white background? Or will that happen automatically when Markos actually makes them into an avatar?

[MarkG]

hmmm you have to make it a transparent gif....

[Locutus]

Okay, let's try this then...

Edit: a different unit this time.

[Locutus]

What the difference between a regular gif and a transparant gif? I have the pic without background in PSP7 but if I save it as GIF, it shows up with a white background

[Locutus]

Damn, never mind. (I thought I'd edit this post before I'm accused of spamming )

[Keygen]

Locutus, normally gifs don't support trasparency though it seems that some programs can do it.

Try to convert it to jpeg. Then it will be easy to make it trasparent.

[Locutus]

Well, actually they both support transparancy, but not by default. I figured out Saving As isn't enough. I needed to Export it as GIF (or JPEG, that will probably work too). Thanks for the advice anyway.

Now I only need to adjust the exporter in such a way that it doesnt' insert that ugly orange or whatever it is...

[Locutus]

Hopefully this is the one... BTW, much thanks in advance to Immortal Wombat, who is helping me out with the CtP2 graphics.

Edit: trying out a new version

[Locutus]

Keygen (or anyone else for that matter), what graphics program do you know/use that can save JPEGs with transparant background? I can't get PSP7 to do it. GIFs work ok, but I'm rather dissappointed with the quality of the graphics, JPEGs look so much better...