New avatar (sort of)

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-06-02 09:37am

I finally got my avatar properly masked, using PNG-24. If you're seeing an aliasing image on a gray background, you're obviously using a shitty browser with incomplete PNG support, such as Internet Explorer 6. All other browsers that I've tried (mostly Gecko- and KHTML-based) render it correctly. So use Mozilla or Firebird.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-06-02 10:31am

Very nice looking. Best transparency mask I've seen in a while.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-06-02 10:44am

Dalton wrote:Very nice looking. Best transparency mask I've seen in a while.

I love PNG.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-06-02 11:05am

Durandal wrote:
Dalton wrote:Very nice looking. Best transparency mask I've seen in a while.
I love PNG.

8-bit or 24-bit?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-06-02 11:23am

I think PNG-24 means 24bit...

LOL

EDIT: *right-clicks>properties>checks size... 2.3 KB!!??!!? W00tX0R!!!*

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-06-02 12:10pm

Ah, nice grey background at my school...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-02 12:26pm

I would be using PNG8 rather than JPEG for my avatar, but the noise pattern in the background increases the size by a bit.

And Durandal, you should try making that in SVG

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-06-02 12:47pm

Dalton wrote:
Durandal wrote:I love PNG.
8-bit or 24-bit?

24-bit. 8-bit PNG isn't capable of this, as it only supports 1-bit masking. For a comparison, see this little demonstration. The left is 24-bit; the right is 8-bit.

phongn wrote:I would be using PNG8 rather than JPEG for my avatar, but the noise pattern in the background increases the size by a bit.

Try using different dithing techniques.

And Durandal, you should try making that in SVG

Unfortunately, Safari doesn't support SVG yet. Though I would like to make it into a path so I can resize it with impunity eventually.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-02 12:53pm

Durandal wrote:Try using different dithing techniques.

I've been trying that - I could resize it to 65x65 like on SB and it'd be fine, but I like the larger 100x100 size.

And Durandal, you should try making that in SVG
Unfortunately, Safari doesn't support SVG yet. Though I would like to make it into a path so I can resize it with impunity eventually.

AFAIK, neither does Mozilla officially support it yet.