Someone asked me a while ago what settings they need to make their gif to have it work as a profile picture here and I couldn't remember how at the time.
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some apps don't show them animated though like Tusky.
Edit.... If they are not working on your app or browser you probably need to enable this in your preferences. I was shit talking Tusky for no reason.
@alipunk your avatar is animated and I'm on Tusky
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@alipunk your avatar is animated and I'm on Tusky
@djghettoredneck ooooo weird maybe just on my phone lol
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Someone asked me a while ago what settings they need to make their gif to have it work as a profile picture here and I couldn't remember how at the time. I have advice now but I can't remember who asked me. Here is what I have learned:
You need to make the image you are using, or your gif into a square (no portrait or landscape) 1:1 aspect ratio. Then make it small. It has to be UNDER 2 MB so make it 216x216 or less (as a recommendation) and adjust the quality until it's under 2mb.
@alipunk I had no idea that was a thing! My Firefox isn't animating it until I mouse over your profile pic - makes me wonder how many other animated profiles I've missed.
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@alipunk I had no idea that was a thing! My Firefox isn't animating it until I mouse over your profile pic - makes me wonder how many other animated profiles I've missed.
@tehstu oh crazy!!!
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@alipunk your avatar is animated and I'm on Tusky
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@djghettoredneck ooooo weird maybe just on my phone lol
@djghettoredneck @alipunk it's a preferences setting, I'm not sure if it's off by default (I've got it off)
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@tehstu oh crazy!!!
@alipunk Oops.. I have "Auto play animated GIFs" turned off in my Mastodon profile. I thought that would be helpful for my timeline, but I guess less so for profile photos.
So I guess FYI, for anyone else reading this!
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Someone asked me a while ago what settings they need to make their gif to have it work as a profile picture here and I couldn't remember how at the time. I have advice now but I can't remember who asked me. Here is what I have learned:
You need to make the image you are using, or your gif into a square (no portrait or landscape) 1:1 aspect ratio. Then make it small. It has to be UNDER 2 MB so make it 216x216 or less (as a recommendation) and adjust the quality until it's under 2mb.
@alipunk
**EDIT** This is wrong. Avatars are GIFs.
The looping advice is still true for content.<del>Pretty sure you can use an mp4 instead of a gif, which makes it much easier to get good quality under 2mb.</del> Gif compression is trash.
To play looping you have to ensure that the mp4 has no audio streams (not just silent, you have to strip them out entirely). -
@alipunk
**EDIT** This is wrong. Avatars are GIFs.
The looping advice is still true for content.<del>Pretty sure you can use an mp4 instead of a gif, which makes it much easier to get good quality under 2mb.</del> Gif compression is trash.
To play looping you have to ensure that the mp4 has no audio streams (not just silent, you have to strip them out entirely).@stib thank you
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@stib thank you
@alipunk Oh, nope, I was wrong. MP4s for content, avatars are gifs.
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