Step-by-step Animated Avatar Guide

**RedRival** · 05-22-2003, 06:57 PM

Originally posted by Buzzar-d@19 May 2003 - 16:30
excellent tut redrival

I got a question for yaz...I was wondering if there was any software that can capture a selected scene of my choosing from a dvd and then convert it to mpeg or avi ..so i can make an animated avatar from that?

any help appreciated

Thanks for the compliments on the tutorial, but unfortunately, I'm a newbie myself and the guide was composed to the best of my knowledge. But the guidelines remain, that is, convert your file to a working .avi file and from there on you are able to make your own animated avatars easy.

I have no aptitude with DVDs whatsoever and have completely no idea how to derive playable video formats from CD to hard disk. Try searching the boards for a tutorial or some users' nicks have links to such tuts as well. BUt remember get it to avi always.

**Got_brains?** · 06-01-2003, 12:35 PM

I use Mpeg and it works (I have no avi decoder, and I cannot find one that works&#33

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Where do you find a decoder? I got Dvix and it dosent work still!

**DarkBlizzard** · 06-04-2003, 06:37 AM

Hey DarthInsinuate, I just wanted to tell you that u went over the " Avator / Signature Size " limit.

Signatures will be restricted in size and content. Signatures may not excede a 495x150 pixel area, this includes all images and text used. The total file size for all images contained in a signature may not excede 100,000 bytes. Signatures that do not comply may be removed or edited by a moderator or administator.

You went over by over 46,000 bytes (46 kb)

There's a few people that have gone over. UKman is another that has gone over my over 70 kb ( on the "Avator / Signature Size " page he wrote...

Good point VB - and i hope you dont get any bad feedback on this. Just hope they can accept the rules.

Peace
UKMan

But Not even He can accept the rules

**DarthInsinuate** · 06-04-2003, 09:30 AM

my calculator says 92,508 bytes

anyways, i've seen a few avatars over by about 200kb

**DarkBlizzard** · 06-04-2003, 09:33 AM

umm........yes way sonny..

just take off those 3 pics.....or make them PNG files or something i dont know.....or Gif files

**rpratt** · 10-22-2003, 09:27 AM

Love this guide and this is my very first attempt

**RedRival** · 10-26-2003, 06:39 PM

Originally posted by rpratt@22 October 2003 - 10:27
Love this guide and this is my very first attempt

thanks for the comments mate

hope it serves you good.

**RedRival** · 10-26-2003, 06:42 PM

Originally posted by rpratt@22 October 2003 - 10:27
Love this guide and this is my very first attempt

Anyways, your avatar seems a bit too big and has gone over the restricted size limit...the forums have been using up heaps of bandwidth and we must not forget about the 56k users.

Please Read the Rules here.

And thanks again for using my tutorial.