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animated gif help

I’m trying to post an animated gif as my avatar, but all i get is a still image when using the url method, help please?

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~Shie~ offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 139 #
Gloversville, NY, US | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (9 minutes after post)

make sure your animation is only 256 by 256 pixels..

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (15 minutes after post)

ah ok i’ll try that, thanks!

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (25 minutes after post)

what shie said

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Gilbert, AZ, US | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2 hours, 4 minutes after post)

I tried doing one, too, and it was under 256 x 256 pixels, but it still just stood still on the first image U_U

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2 hours, 6 minutes after post)

yeah, I tried again and it didn’t work. I guess it has to be exaclty 256 x 256 pixels or something

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Gilbert, AZ, US | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2 hours, 7 minutes after post)

hmmm let’s try, shall we?

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2 hours, 8 minutes after post)

yeah exactly, download gimp and use that

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Gilbert, AZ, US | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2 hours, 21 minutes after post)

SUCCESS!!!!

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (3 hours, 41 minutes after post)

Jebus Zeus (CoalMan) wrote:
yeah exactly, download gimp and use that

gimp bugs the heck out of me, it’s too hard for me to get used to after using photoshop for so long…

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Gilbert, AZ, US | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (4 hours, 10 minutes after post)

have you tried to change it to 256 pixels yet?

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (4 hours, 15 minutes after post)

Hasta Iguana! ^_^ wrote:
have you tried to change it to 256 pixels yet?

I don’t know how to change it, is there a program I need or something?

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Gilbert, AZ, US | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (4 hours, 18 minutes after post)

I downloaded a free trial of “easy gif animator”
I dont’ need it for anything else, so I just downloaded the trial and it worked fine

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (4 hours, 21 minutes after post)

k thanks, I’ll have to try it tomorrow, i’ve got to do other things before bedtime right now.

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