Why do the avatars get messed up?

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Dr_Delta Send message Joined: 29 Dec 03 Posts: 4 Credit: 32,648 RAC: 0	Message 25298 - Posted: 11 Sep 2004, 22:03:23 UTC Last modified: 11 Sep 2004, 22:13:53 UTC
	Why do the avatars get messed up? I have made a pixeled, clean avatar. I have saved it as a png file but when it is uploaded to the server the server turns it in to a ugly jpeg? Why? my file is 100x100 pixels and less then 4k. Original: Edit: tried to show picture... (and it worked)
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Heffed Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Mar 02 Posts: 1856 Credit: 40,736 RAC: 0	Message 25311 - Posted: 11 Sep 2004, 22:49:24 UTC
	Try using a .jpg to begin with. Then it won't have to convert.
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Dr_Delta Send message Joined: 29 Dec 03 Posts: 4 Credit: 32,648 RAC: 0	Message 25436 - Posted: 12 Sep 2004, 7:13:28 UTC Last modified: 12 Sep 2004, 13:27:24 UTC
	I have saved it as a png because i don't want it to be saved as a jpg. jpg messes up my picture. --- (I know is is amazing to see what peoply (like me) get upset about. These avatars have zero influence on the seti-science. The reason why we all paticipate in this project.) Edit: spelling
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Heffed Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Mar 02 Posts: 1856 Credit: 40,736 RAC: 0	Message 25578 - Posted: 12 Sep 2004, 17:44:27 UTC - in response to Message 25436.
	> I have saved it as a png because i don't want it to be saved as a jpg. jpg > messes up my picture. OK then. > (I know is is amazing to see what peoply (like me) get upset about. These > avatars have zero influence on the seti-science. The reason why we all > paticipate in this project.) I have them blocked.
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JigPu Send message Joined: 16 Feb 00 Posts: 98 Credit: 506,133 RAC: 0	Message 25634 - Posted: 12 Sep 2004, 20:06:18 UTC Last modified: 12 Sep 2004, 20:07:32 UTC
	They probably convert it either because they want the avatars viewable on more browsers (why would the even care...??) or becuause the new forum back-end that was ported over just included it. Either way, I agree that PNGs (or whatever filetype you upload) should not be converted. Some pictures compress better with different algorithms, and it shouldn't matter what format it's in (so long as it IS a picture file =D). But upgrading from a forum with NO avatars, even converted ones are an improvement. _______________________________ Proud Member of the Overclockers.com SETI Team!<p>
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Janus Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 4 Dec 01 Posts: 376 Credit: 967,976 RAC: 0	Message 25817 - Posted: 13 Sep 2004, 6:12:36 UTC - in response to Message 25634.
	> They probably convert it either because they want the avatars viewable on more > browsers (why would the even care...??) or becuause the new forum back-end > that was ported over just included it. First of all the forum improvements have not been ported over, they have been written from scratch. Secondly JPEG was decided on (as Puffy rightfully states) because PNG isn't supported by older Internet Explorer browsers and a few others. The reason why even 100x100 images are converted is due to security. If (somehow) there is a virus in the image (I know it sounds crazy, but it has happened) then the conversion will kill that virus by rewriting the headers with valid ones etc. So I'm sorry that you will have to "pay" for this by being forced to have your image end up in recompressed JPEG (it's not that bad is it? The avatar looks ok to me?).
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