Animated .GIF Avatars

[EricNoah]

Urg, yours is so bad that I have used my ad blocker to permanently "cloak" your avatar so I never see it again. No offense, but that much flashing is just bad! And can't it give certain people siezures?

But I don't mind animated avatars as a rule if it's not just flashing like yours was.

 

[Ferret]

I don't mind ones that move, but flashing stuff is too distracting to be worth it.

 

[Faerl'Elghinn]

All right. Well, thanks for the feedback. I changed it to one that still kind of flashes, but much slower. I can't create anything that moves without making the file size too large... I'm new at this, just experimenting. Sorry to annoy. I think the real problem is with the background color changes, so I've eliminated that. Better?

 

[Xath]

I'm a fan of the new avatar. The motion is still a bit distracting, but I'm willing to overlook that because I'm such a fan of OotS.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I have been told that when people realize mine is moving it freaks people out.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

All right. Well, thanks for the feedback. I changed it to one that still kind of flashes, but much slower. I can't create anything that moves without making the file size too large... I'm new at this, just experimenting. Sorry to annoy. I think the real problem is with the background color changes, so I've eliminated that. Better?

Much better. Thanks for changing it!

 

[Ferret]

That is much better. Although I miss the quotage.

 

[GlassJaw]

Hmm, I never really considered the annoyance factor, I just thought it was cool. I have noticed that not many people have animated avatars, thus adding to their coolness IMO. I'm open to opinions though if it really bothers people.

 

[Desdichado]

No, mostly it just takes too much memory. I'd like a real subtle, only occasionally moving avatar (like Piratecat's -- you have to watch it for a while to realize it's doing anything) but I could't create one with unFREEz that wasn't 50k. Is there a way to make it stay on one frame for a long time and then does two or three frames in quick succession after that? I have Photoshop 6, but I've never tried to use the animation function, and I'm not sure how to do it. Maybe it can be done there?

Anyway, I whipped up the following just to try it, and it's still not really what I want, as it flashes too often, but here's the general idea: