How do I get a moving avatar?

**Pancakes** · 21st September 2005, 12:14

I want something cool for my picture since I chose my name as my user name and everyone else has cool stuff like BugJuice etc. Can you techno guru's clue me up? Can I change my name but keep my rep and posts etc? But what would I change it to?

**Waylander** · 21st September 2005, 12:18

Don't know about the moving avatar thing but to change your name you can P one of the senior mods or administrators and they can get it done for you.

**bugjuice** · 21st September 2005, 12:27

it's nothing special. Just find a .gif file that's moving and then make sure it doesn't exceed 80 x 80 or 100k and then just upload it. If it does exceed either one of those, you won't be allowed it. Just flick me a pm/email with it, and I'll reduce it so it'll fit

unless you're any good at drawing or make something up yourself

**Biff** · 21st September 2005, 12:29

There are several ways of making a moving avatar. By far the easiest way is by making an animated gif. There are some good free animated gif development tools out there.

Basically an animated gif is just a series of gifs strung together. So each of the images are played in order - like an animnation funnily enough.

Need any further pointers just ask.

Good luck.

**Pancakes** · 21st September 2005, 12:32

Thanks guys, now I'm on the search for something cool. I never knew when I put my name down that I'd end up spending all my time at work perving at bike porn.

**Coyote** · 21st September 2005, 20:47

The lollerskates and roflcopter were gif's that I had to modify so they were under 100x100 pixels, the ninja one was fairly basic to make as its a pic of a ninja then an inverted colour pic, the paper towel one is possibly the most random thing I've ever found, I copied the sherlock emoticon and made it have bubbles and the MJ one I got off an old sega game as its the most hilarious thing I've ever seen

I've used several animated gif programs, but the free trial version of Easy gif animator is the best so far. You have to reinstall it after every 30 times it's opened since it's a trial version

**SPORK** · 21st September 2005, 20:52

Originally Posted by alarumba

The lollerskates and roflcopter were gif's that I had to modify so they were under 100x100 pixels, the ninja one was fairly basic to make as its a pic of a ninja then an inverted colour pic, the paper towel one is possibly the most random thing I've ever found, I copied the sherlock emoticon and made it have bubbles and the MJ one I got off an old sega game as its the most hilarious thing I've ever seen

I've used several animated gif programs, but the free trial version of Easy gif animator is the best so far. You have to reinstall it after every 30 times it's opened since it's a trial version

Far out, I can't even remember what mine is at the moment... That reminds me, Alarumbabababa, get on MSN! Stat!

**aff-man** · 21st September 2005, 23:31

use a free gif animator

**Big Dave** · 22nd September 2005, 00:06

Originally Posted by aff-man

use a free gif animator

Listen curly, the question wasn't 'how do i make people motion sick with my avatar'.

**Slipstream** · 22nd September 2005, 07:54

Originally Posted by BrianGB

I want something cool for my picture....

I have a moving avatar

And I tell ya, my life has just gotten betterer and betterer since I got it.

**aff-man** · 22nd September 2005, 10:31

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Listen curly, the question wasn't 'how do i make people motion sick with my avatar'.

ahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha

**Badcat** · 22nd September 2005, 10:56

yep - just google "xxx animated gif" and replace xxx with what you want the gif to be.
leave is at xxx - het a lot of porn animated gifs (prolly not the best idea).

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