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pupbenny · #1 10-04-2012, 07:40 AM

Can anyone tell me why my new avatar is in worse quality than my previous one? It's the same image and everything, I used the same program, everything. The only difference is I added something to the image and for some reason, on the forums, it's in worse wuality than my previous.

Varrok · #2 10-04-2012, 08:08 AM

Image quality? Because it's a gif and it's limited to 256 colours

OANST · #3 10-04-2012, 08:51 AM

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Can anyone tell me why my new avatar is in worse quality than my previous one? It's the same image and everything, I used the same program, everything. The only difference is I added something to the image and for some reason, on the forums, it's in worse wuality than my previous.

Because you made it.

Nepsotic · #4 10-04-2012, 08:52 AM

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Image quality? Because it's a gif and it's limited to 256 colours

Yeah, when you upload them they're converted to GIF and look shitty.

Varrok · #5 10-04-2012, 08:53 AM

It wasn't perfect even before, as OANST pointed out

pupbenny · #6 10-04-2012, 08:55 AM

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Because you made it.

No, it's the same quality as the previous one, which appeared in more quality than the new one.

Nepsotic · #7 10-04-2012, 08:55 AM

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It wasn't perfect even before, as OANST pointed out

Just like his sigpic. I mean, look at the pixelation on that slig!

Varrok · #8 10-04-2012, 08:59 AM

Being dicky has apparently become too mainstream for me, so I'll stop criticizing for now

Manco · #9 10-04-2012, 09:28 AM

Lookit this poser right here.

MeechMunchie · #10 10-04-2012, 09:53 AM

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I mean, look at the pixelation on that slig!

I think you'll find that's aliasing.

pupbenny · #11 10-04-2012, 10:02 AM

When I compare both my avatars on the forums they look different qualities.

Phylum · #12 10-04-2012, 05:37 PM

What program are you using to save the GIF?

***Nate*** · #13 10-04-2012, 06:36 PM

Because it probably is lower quality.

Now, let's say that you saved it as a jpeg at 90% quality. So your first image was 90% of the theoretical 'perfect' image. Then you took that image, made changes, and then saved it at 90% quality. The new image is 90% of the first image, and thus 81% of the 'perfect' image.

Phylum · #14 10-04-2012, 08:06 PM

MS paint is the only program I know to compress GIFs like that. It seems to be the origin of the myth that GIFs are awful. I've never had any issues with the GIMP or Photoshop.

I haven't played around too much with the nifty features in Photoshop, but I know the GIMP handles GIFs really, really well.

pupbenny · #15 10-05-2012, 08:16 AM

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Because it probably is lower quality.

Now, let's say that you saved it as a jpeg at 90% quality. So your first image was 90% of the theoretical 'perfect' image. Then you took that image, made changes, and then saved it at 90% quality. The new image is 90% of the first image, and thus 81% of the 'perfect' image.

I probably saved the previous one at 90% but this one I saved at 100% to make sure. It's still low quality.

Daxter King · #16 10-05-2012, 10:41 AM

I thought your name was pube penny the entire thread.

pupbenny · #17 10-05-2012, 10:51 AM

No, it isn't even spelt like that. :P

Varrok · #18 10-05-2012, 10:57 AM

I pronounce this as 'poypbeenie'. Am I doing it right?

enchilado · #19 10-05-2012, 12:39 PM

I've always subconsciously pronounced it as "poopbunny".

Nepsotic · #20 10-05-2012, 12:48 PM

I always pronounced it Pub Benny, but now I'm going to call him pube penny because Daxter made me laugh.

Wings of Fire · #21 10-05-2012, 01:03 PM

I never cared.

pupbenny · #22 10-05-2012, 01:58 PM

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I never cared.

Nice.

***Nate*** · #23 10-05-2012, 05:35 PM

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I probably saved the previous one at 90% but this one I saved at 100% to make sure. It's still low quality.

I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think that jpeg compression is slightly lossy even at 100%.

Phylum · #24 10-05-2012, 07:13 PM

I have never seen a jpeg saved without some kind of visible difference from the original non-jpeg.

Save things as PNGs. It will change your life.

Also, what program are you using to save it?

Nepsotic · #25 10-06-2012, 12:45 AM

Actually, while we're on the subject, My sigpic is slightly lower quality than it used to be, andi haven't done anything to it.

Varrok · #26 10-06-2012, 01:37 AM

When you were away for a day, we hacked into your account and changed the sigpic into a cartoon drawing of a penis, and we kinda messed up this current picture while we were reuploading it

Nepsotic · #27 10-06-2012, 01:39 AM

Oh, you guys

pupbenny · #28 10-06-2012, 02:56 AM

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I'm not 100% sure about this, but I think that jpeg compression is slightly lossy even at 100%.

Ah.

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I have never seen a jpeg saved without some kind of visible difference from the original non-jpeg.

Save things as PNGs. It will change your life.

Also, what program are you using to save it?

Paint.NET

pupbenny · #29 10-06-2012, 07:40 AM

Sorry for double posting but I've done it!

I checked what file my previous avatar was and saw it was PNG file. So I merely saved the slig one as a PNG file and Alf's your uncle. It's done.

Nepsotic · #30 10-06-2012, 12:24 PM

Now I know there's something different here...