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I was wondering if animated gifs are acceptable? I was thinking of making animated gifs showing the animation of say a spell being used. While I know we have video support on the wiki, I feel gifs would have certain advantages over videos (various networks block Youtube, Youtube is beyond our control, etc). --Zenoxio 19:19, 16 May 2007 (CDT) So long as they don't otherwise violate policy, go ahead. --Chrisjander 19:27, 16 May 2007 (CDT) Is there a certain filesize I should try to stay under? I know gifs can get quite large if they are long. --Zenoxio 19:29, 16 May 2007 (CDT)

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  • I was wondering if animated gifs are acceptable? I was thinking of making animated gifs showing the animation of say a spell being used. While I know we have video support on the wiki, I feel gifs would have certain advantages over videos (various networks block Youtube, Youtube is beyond our control, etc). --Zenoxio 19:19, 16 May 2007 (CDT) So long as they don't otherwise violate policy, go ahead. --Chrisjander 19:27, 16 May 2007 (CDT) Is there a certain filesize I should try to stay under? I know gifs can get quite large if they are long. --Zenoxio 19:29, 16 May 2007 (CDT)
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  • I was wondering if animated gifs are acceptable? I was thinking of making animated gifs showing the animation of say a spell being used. While I know we have video support on the wiki, I feel gifs would have certain advantages over videos (various networks block Youtube, Youtube is beyond our control, etc). --Zenoxio 19:19, 16 May 2007 (CDT) So long as they don't otherwise violate policy, go ahead. --Chrisjander 19:27, 16 May 2007 (CDT) Is there a certain filesize I should try to stay under? I know gifs can get quite large if they are long. --Zenoxio 19:29, 16 May 2007 (CDT) Try to keep it less than 50 KB if you can, less than 100KB if not. --Chrisjander 19:30, 16 May 2007 (CDT) What file formats are allowed? Just GIF and JPG? can I use PNG? Tahngarthor 22:44, 13 June 2007 (CDT) You can use png, but watch your file size, as they can get pretty big. -- 23:04, 13 June 2007 (CDT) Well, I suppose I'm DL$S, but I do have advice for anyone who wishes to use the PNG format for their images. I Believe I've proven time and again against what Chrisjander said on 20070613 regarding PNG images, that they can get "pretty big" My advice is as follows: * Make certain the program you are using to take screenshots is outputting either BMP or PNG, because... * Conversion from JPEG to PNG will make compression difficult. It is better to have a JPEG than a PNG from a JPEG source * there exist programs which can recompress PNG images. your best bets would be AdvanceCOMP advpng and PNGOUT * keep an eye out for artifacts. some PNG images were converted from JPEG. in this case, a new source image will be necessary. * PNG performs best on non-photographic images. this is why most of the images i've submitted have been item description boxes. * in cases where animation is not required, GIF should be avoided, as, in cases where an image has 256 or fewer colors, PNG provides better compression, and in the case of greater than 256 colors, preserves all color values. --Pandora Xero Is Not A Bot 09:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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