[Good Quality] How to resize a GIF File [Good Quality]

Introduction

Hey people of Sythe! I've actually made this guide because many people don't know how to do this and 150x150 is the maximum width and height you can have as your avatar if you are a donor or staff. I am aware that there are guides already on this subject but I have my own personal method. This guide is useful for Donors and Mods. Read through the guide carefully.


Step One



First, find the .gif image you wish to use as your avatar. I recommend the following websites:

• http://www.gifs.net
• http://www.gifmania.co.uk
• http://www.sevenoaksart.co.uk/

Found a sweet .gif to use as your avatar? Great! Right click the image and click 'Save Image As'






Make sure the File Extension is set to GIF File (.gif)






Step Two


Next, you will need to download the following program in order to resize your .gif image.
http://www.ashongsoft.com/download/GiFResizer.exe

Now open the program.






Step Three


With the gif resizer open, click the browse button (Displayed in the picture below)




After you open the .gif Image, the width, height and frames are automatically set. You can see the GIF Image is too large and you might get infracted for it, so now we will change it to an appropriate size.




Next, you will need to decide where the new, resized GIF will be saved and the file name. After this, you will need to untick 'Keep Aspect' and tick 'Good Quality (Slower)'. You will need to adjust the Width to 150 and the Height to 100, then click Resize.







Step 4

Now, you will need to upload the image using http://www.tinypic.com.

Click Choose file, then go to the location of the Resized GIF you saved and click open.






Now, copy the IMG Code.






Step 5


As you can't upload it directly by yourself, you will need to contact a Global Moderator, the Mods and Admins can be found here. There will be a section for Global Mods






Now, Click 'Send PM' to a Mod that is Online and don't be rude as they don't have to do this for you. In the Private message, copy the IMG Code from Tinypic which you did in an earlier step. After that, click send and be patient.






There you have it! I hope this helped.