I need a really quick favor

wiggidy_wacko · **Posted:** Sun Jun 13, 2004 12:03 am

I really need your help! i want to find a picture of homestar running, like my avatar, only without him moving and a bigger picture too. i dont want the one with just sort of the outline of him running on the screen, i just want the one in my avatar. i searched on google but i didnt get anything. if one of you guys could do it for me, that would be great! i hope you guys can help me out! thanks!

wiggidy_wacko · **Posted:** Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:24 pm

can someone pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me out?

TheBigKnife · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:37 am

I'd enjoy making one, that kind of thing is in my intrest. But you'll have to wait a day before my computer becomes well, do you mind?
Just how large do you want it? 100 by 100 is the average amount, is that good?

Tom · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:17 am

TheBigKnife wrote:

Just how large do you want it? 100 by 100 is the average amount, is that good?

Err... it's more like 100 pixels by 100 pixels is the maxium.

http://forum.hrwiki.org wrote:

...its width can be no greater than 100 pixels, the height no greater than 100 pixels, and the file size no more than 10 KB.

TheBigKnife · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:22 am

Really? Well, when she said she wanted it larger than the one she had, I thought of 100 by 100. I'm working on it now, and it seem a good size, including the border in the image.

TheBigKnife · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:29 am

The URL is here:
http://ma-blader.iwarp.com/images/homestar-running.gif

Tell me if anything should be different.

wiggidy_wacko · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:25 am

Yes, I love it! if you have any extra time on your hands maybe a little bigger will work better but its no problem this is fine to work with.

(and just so you know, i wasnt going to use it for my avatar, i just need it for a...project, we can say for now. lol. its hard to explain)

but thanks again! I really appreciate it!

TheBigKnife · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:40 am

That's fine. How big do you want it, in inches? 1.5"? 2"? I can go up to 5"; that's how big I can get the toon to go on my screen. (For the record I got the picture from SB Email 97, When homestar is about to put pants on, but gets distracted by Thinkkaman!)

Gemini · **Joined:** Mon May 10, 2004 6:40 pm **Posts:** 273

InterruptorJones wrote:

Inches? Um.. you do know that what's an inch on your screen could be just about any size on his screen, depending on his resolution, right?

It's a she, not a he.

Upsilon · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:59 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

Inches? Um.. you do know that what's an inch on your screen could be just about any size on [mumble]'s screen, depending on his resolution, right?

You forgot to "mumble" the second "his".

wiggidy_wacko · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2004 5:51 pm

TheBigKnife wrote:

That's fine. How big do you want it, in inches? 1.5"? 2"? I can go up to 5"; that's how big I can get the toon to go on my screen. (For the record I got the picture from SB Email 97, When homestar is about to put pants on, but gets distracted by Thinkkaman!)

as big as you can make it!

TheBigKnife · **Posted:** Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:50 pm

No no no, you see, I'm not judging by how big it looks on my screen, I'm judging by how big Photoshop tells me the image size is. She said it was for a project, and if my assumption is correct about it being a visual project, then inches will matter on the pages layout.

And I'll make the new Pic. Oh and about the shadow I gave it? I added that because Homestar's legs blended in with a white background, so I gave it a shadow to stop it from blending in. Should I leave it out this time, or kepp it, or do another type of border?

Gemini · **Joined:** Mon May 10, 2004 6:40 pm **Posts:** 273

InterruptorJones wrote:

TheBigKnife wrote:

She said it was for a project, and if my assumption is correct about it being a visual project, then inches will matter on the pages layout.

Even so, inches are still irrelevant unless you also designate a resolution. 1.5" could mean 108 pixels at 72dpi, or it could mean 450 pixels at 300dpi. That's a huge difference.

You're not understanding what he's saying. He's talking about printable size, which is going to be the same regardless of screen resolution. In Paint Shop Pro (the program I use) 72 dpi is standard, and that's the same for all the photo editing software out there, and that's what it'll print out as. If you were to create an image, give it a resolution of 450dpi and set it to 5 inches x 5 inches, it wouldn't come out as 5x5 on the paper, it would come out much larger. That's what he's asking about. Printable size, not relative size on a screen.

Gemini · **Joined:** Mon May 10, 2004 6:40 pm **Posts:** 273

InterruptorJones wrote:

How big Photoshop tells him it is is still irrelevant without resolution, defaults or no.

No it's not, because it'll print at that size.

wiggidy_wacko · **Posted:** Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:56 pm

TheBigKnife wrote:

No no no, you see, I'm not judging by how big it looks on my screen, I'm judging by how big Photoshop tells me the image size is. She said it was for a project, and if my assumption is correct about it being a visual project, then inches will matter on the pages layout.

And I'll make the new Pic. Oh and about the shadow I gave it? I added that because Homestar's legs blended in with a white background, so I gave it a shadow to stop it from blending in. Should I leave it out this time, or kepp it, or do another type of border?

thanks! the shadow is good, i like it how his legs dont blend in.

TheBigKnife · **Posted:** Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:37 am

OK! *Whew* that was fun! here's the awsome result. Let's do this again sometime!

http://ma-blader.iwarp.com/images/Homestar-Running.gif

It's really funny how much longer this thread is than it needs to be =P

Stu · **Posted:** Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:32 am

Other then the fact that it is a gif...

It looks great. (In my mind anyway)

wiggidy_wacko · **Posted:** Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:32 am

Yes! thank you so much! that is absolutely perfect! i'm not kidding! i luv you!

I know, it was because of all the "well no an inch means this" yatta yatta people were arguing about.

TheBigKnife · **Posted:** Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:28 am

Haha no problem! It was fun! And I needed something to do wtih my life anyway. :grin:

Enjoy!

wiggidy_wacko · **Posted:** Fri Jun 18, 2004 5:09 am

it was so perfect for what i need to do that i hate having to complain a bit...its really strange, the link for it worked the first time i opened it and now it wont. idk why. i hate to ask anything more, but if you could just maybe email the picture itself to me??? my address is Nickel_Creekster88@yahoo.com ... if you could possibly just do this ONE thing, i promise i'll never bother you again! ...probly... :grin:

i really appreciate this still!

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