Old About Avatar's and How to get one!

[Lyonesse]

Originally posted by Raijer


That'd be nice, and one of these days...

Anyway, I do think it's a Mac deal. In order to double check this, if someone with a PC could drag the avatar image below to their desktop, check the file size, and then post the results here, I would very much appreciate it.

Here's the image:

Does the same thing happen if you save it to a folder and open it in photoshop? This is really wierd!

 

[Raijer]

Thanks Lyonesse (please thank your husband too) and Plexus... and yep, it's a Mac thing. I skipped the computer forum and went straight to the Mac gurus. tao filled me in.

Originally posted by tao
I suppose this is caused by the resource part. Macintosh files have 2 components: data and resource. The resource part is the icon MacOS displays in the various resolutions. IIRC from my MacOS 9 times, there are special utilities stripping the resource from files you want to use e.g. on websites. Once you download the file, MacOS generates resouce part anew.

Wow!!! 28k for icon resources.

As long as I know most people are getting them at the right size... and now we know that Mac users will probably have to resize anything they drag off of here back down to 4k.

Once again, I as a Mac user have have reduced to this:

@Håkan Eriksson: ok, I didn't reinvent the wheel here, I just kinda brightened up what you had...

 

[Vancouver 2010]

Originally posted by Lyonesse
@Vancouver2010....know its not what you REALLY wanted...but I'm "playing" around with some ideas here

I like it! It'll be the next avatar that I use!

Keep up all this good work!

 

[Lyonesse]

cool, glad you like it

 

[Lyonesse]

Okay, not sure what we're going for here but...

okay, sorry but I HAD to add flames to one of them (hope you don't mind)

 

[Gogf]

I'm getting photoshop envy now. I forgot to tell you guys, I won't be able to use my photoshop until tongiht at the earliest .

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Love Raijers one... if it weren't for the male symbols.. I think the "arrows" on it

 

[Raijer]

@Håkan Eriksson: Cool, thanks Håkan! I can change the male symbols, making them a bit slimmer (more like what you have on your avatar right now), or I can take off the symbols altogether... I'll post both options, but I'll have to do it later tonight, since I worked on your avatar on my home computer.

Originally posted by Gogf
I'm getting photoshop envy now. I forgot to tell you guys, I won't be able to use my photoshop until tongiht at the earliest

Wow, first Lyonesse, now you... we seem to have a bit of photoshop bad luck. Hope it's nothing catastrophic!

On that note: good to have you back in action Lyonesse!!

 

[Lyonesse]

I am so glad to be back! And on top of that....hubby got me Photoshop 7 [dance] !!!! (guess he was trying to "make up" for all the time it took getting my computer fixed )

BTW Raijer, and a bit off topic....are you going to enter the "image editing" this round (would LOVE to see what you can do)? either way...would like a professional (thats you! ) oppinion on my entry (learning more and more as that thread goes on, but no where near professional yet )

 

[Raijer]

Yay! Photoshop 7! Now your photoshop envy days are officially over !!

And yeah, sorry I haven't visited that thread for awhile, as RL responsibilities have really limited the amount of time I can simply "play" with my Adobe programs. Anyway, I will go there tonight in order to vote for my faves, even if I'm not sure I can compete myself...

 

[Raijer]

@Håkan Eriksson:

Ok, so here's three more, still goofing with your main riff:

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Could one of you make possibly me a new avatar? Preferably with a beaver on it.

 

[Raijer]

Ok SuBI, you'll have to forgive if my first effort qualifies me for Captain Obvious...

 

[Lyonesse]

LMAO I LOVE IT!!! Wouldn't be any doubt as to who's avatar that is

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Could you make it transparent?

 

[raen]

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

The third one is the best of those three, but I think Raijer's is tops so far

 

[Raijer]

Origianlly posted by SuperBeaverInc.
Could you make it transparent?

I can, although I'll have to do it tonight. All the art is on my home computer, and the work is already done. I'll hook you up as soon as I get home!

 

[Lyonesse]

Still like Raijer's better, but thought these were cute...

 

[Portuguese]

Just found this cause of RealGoober publicity...

It's so Coooooool !

Could you use Port "esfera armilar" (don't know it's name in English, but it is that yellow thing you see in the middle of Port flag...)
and put it in a 3D shinning yellow?

Background at your personal taste (including transparent if you prefer: you are the specialists ). Angle towards the viewer at your taste also.

I'll just pick the better at the end.

And thx so much guys
It's really cool to have MPs as you

EDIT: I just found raen is in this thread, so it is that symbol, but with no red and green in the symbol itself, but only a 3d shinning yellow.

EDIT2: Sorry, pal. No bad intentions on the back, I assure you
Don't take it too serious. Ppl keep calling me Portugeuse and I'm naming myself after a well-knowned worldwide word