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#1174291 - Mon Aug 28 2017 08:31 PM Local Avatar Hosting
RequiemCube Learning the ropes... Registered: Wed Dec 28 2011 Posts: 3 Loc: Denver Colorado USA	Eww. The new required local avatar hosting changes transparent backgrounds to white backgrounds when it converts PNG to JPEG. Now there are white boxes around the avatars in pages that aren't white. It breaks the a e s t h e t i c !
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#1174296 - Tue Aug 29 2017 03:00 AM Re: Local Avatar Hosting
HairyBear Mainstay Registered: Fri Sep 01 2006 Posts: 711 Loc: Florida USA	You have my sympathies. You can always try to convert a PNG to JPG elsewhere to try to preserve the transparent background and then upload it to FT. My complaint is that I like animated avatars, but the local hosting doesn't convert the animated portion to the correct size. Does anyone know or has anyone tried to upload an animated gif that was already the correct size to see if the animation was preserved?
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#1174339 - Tue Aug 29 2017 08:36 AM Re: Local Avatar Hosting
flopsymopsy Administrator Registered: Sat May 17 2008 Posts: 5470 Loc: Northampton England UK	You cannot have transparent backgrounds with JPGs, the format is not compatible. However, GIFs can use transparency and it is possible to convert PNG files to GIF format either online or using software like IrfanView. _________________________ The Hubble Telescope has just picked up a sound from a fraction of a second before the Big Bang. The sound was "Uh oh".
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#1174384 - Tue Aug 29 2017 05:01 PM Re: Local Avatar Hosting
RequiemCube Learning the ropes... Registered: Wed Dec 28 2011 Posts: 3 Loc: Denver Colorado USA	Originally Posted By: flopsymopsy You cannot have transparent backgrounds with JPGs, the format is not compatible. However, GIFs can use transparency and it is possible to convert PNG files to GIF format either online or using software like IrfanView. But the FT avatar hosting converts GIFs to JPEGs when they're uploaded too. That's the problem--everything getting converted to JPEG.
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