Animated PNG and Animated Avatars

[sprucemagoo1]

Also you can have animated png files, but not animated jpeg. APNG's are a handy way of getting round not being able to use a animated gif on websites like deviant art, or as avatars on forums, unfortunately not this forum. I'm not sure why animations are not allowed for avatars if there is a file size restriction placed on them.

 

[Gaussian]

I moved this to it's own thread in site suggestions.

We DO allow animated avatars, but they need to be equal to or less than the maximum pixel dimensions of 150px W x 250px H or else they will be resized and the animation will be lost.

If you have additional questions let me know.

 

[sprucemagoo1]

No I didn't check the file size after converting from gif to png. I'll have to do one with less frames in so I can get more detail in.
Thanks for pointing it out, though I must look a bit stupid making such a school boy error.

 

[davidphotoshop]

i try to upload .gif avatar 59 x 50 and the size is 6 kb

"You may not upload animated images."

lol... it's ok..

 

[admin]

Hi david, thanks for letting me know. I'll check into this because it should be possible for you to have an animated avatar.

 

[SeniorS]

I've got the same message. 16kb avatar. Maybe there is restriction of frame count (it have 105, but image size fit to rules)?

 

[stev25]

Animated PNG format or APNG is not very well supported by browsers. Use Flash or GIFs.

How to create an Animated gif (Video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93Z1v5dy…

Also you can have animated png files, but not animated jpeg. APNG's are a handy way of getting round not being able to use a animated gif on websites like deviant art, or as avatars on forums, unfortunately not this forum. I'm not sure why animations are not allowed for avatars if there is a file size restriction placed on them.