Kinship Avatar

[Elindir]

Following on from our meeting earlier, I have managed to find a link to the website where you can create an animated avatar.

www.animine.com/index.html

It's pretty simple. Just upload the images you want to use and set the delay between each picture.

It'll be pretty cool if we can set it up so we all have an avatar on the MEO forums which shows both our own avatar plus the kinship logo which myself and Tin already use.

Here is an example of what you could make:

Unfortunately, those images are different sizes because I was unable to find any good free software that allows you to change the size of .gif files If anybody knows of one, I would be most grateful ;D

[Tinorfithiel]

I don't know whther it works with any other programs, but I can use Photoshop to change files to ".gif". I bring up the picture then I can shrink/enlarge to make the picture the right size, then when I got to "save as" I look at the list of what format I wish to save it in and choose gif. I'm not sure whether all other photo/picture programs can do the same, but I know that at least some others can.

[Elindir]

This special one I tried that changes an images size quickly and easily wouldn't accept .gif files

I don't think I have lying around Photoshop anywhere, the best I've got is either Microsoft Photo editer or Ulead Photo Express 3

Anyway, what do you think of the changing image? I need to find myself a second picture then I'll make an avatar for the MEO forums

[The Great Eye]

I think the changing avatar would be great!

But I need to upload the rest of my files with my dog avatar on it. (We had to crash our comuter a week or so ago).

But I don't know how that site works.


EDIT: I uploaded my avatar, but where can I find the kinship one?

AND how to I work that website. I am so lost.

[Elindir]

I haven't got a kinship one working yet. It's on my list of things to do. Anyway, on the site, you sign up then log in. There's a bar on the screen with the buttons 'browse' and 'add' next to it. Click browse and find the first picture on your computer. Click OK then click 'add'. The first picture of your avatar is now on the website. You repeat this for each image you want in your avatar (you can reorder them at the side if you want) When you've got all the pictures on there, just clik 'Animate' or whatever it is at the bottom and it'll make the avatar. You need to use the download option then upload it to whatever host you use

Oh, and you need to make sure that the images are roughly the same size (The MEO forums will scale them down for you )

Oh, and here's the logo if you want to shrink it and use it

forums.middle-earthonline.com/image.php?u=81212&dateline=1108136545

[Elindir]

And here is a 100x100 version of the avatar

uk.geocities.com/ross_mclellan88/logo_hope.gif

Edit: Actually that hasn't got the transparency I'll have another go at it

[Elindir]

*Drum Roll*

100x100 version of the logo: uk.geocities.com/ross_mclellan88/Cicle-of-Peace-Round_small.gif

100x100 version of the other logo: uk.geocities.com/ross_mclellan88/CircleOfPeace2.jpg

And finally, my new avatar ;D

[The Great Eye]

I still can't get the round avatar uploaded to the site. I type in the url your gave above, and it says it cannot add it.

[Elindir]

Here is a step by step guide to making an avatar

1. Save the kinship logo to your computer

2. Log into the above site

3. Click Browse and selcet the kinship logo from your hard drive

4. Click 'Add'

5. Repeat steps 1-4 for additional images

6. Click animate and then download to save the avatar to your computer

7. Either:
a) Upload the avatar to your own host
b) Upload the avatar stright onto the MEO forums
c) E-mail the avatar to Tali and I'm sure he won't mind hosting it

[bloodeye]

The avatars look cool, especially the one with the sliver ring, shows the opposite of the gold one, which is the one with like the most evil. They look great

[Elindir]

bloodeye said:

The avatars look cool, especially the one with the sliver ring, shows the opposite of the gold one, which is the one with like the most evil. They look great

It's a pity that we're not allowed to use our own avatars on the LOTRO forums anymore. It looked pretty cool when there were 4/5 of us posting with the same avatar

[bloodeye]

well I personally think as well that, that sucks. I mean you're besically showing your guild, it doesnt make any sense as to why they would not allow it, but then again some people abuse it.

[Tinorfithiel]

Yeah, I liked being able to show my kinship in my avatar

I suppose we ought to try and work out something to put in our signitures now, or something. Just a line so we can show where we belong.

[bloodeye]

Yeah something like in blue or green, Circle Of Peace Member, or Veteran whatever you are, then a Circle Of Peace motto or something..

[Tinorfithiel]

That's a point, do we have a motto?

Oh and Eli are you going to finish your history sometime so I can work on the end of the history? PS if anyone has any more comments please make them ^.^

[bloodeye]

So we dont have a motto...., d**n mottos are hard to come up with