iceman77 18 Posted November 20, 2014 Hi. How do I get my current forum avatar (.png) to act like a .png? (lol??) As you can see it now has a white BG when I upload it here. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProfTournesol 956 Posted November 20, 2014 Hi. How do I get my current forum avatar (.png) to act like a .png? (lol??) As you can see it now has a white BG when I upload it here. Thanks. Use .gif instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greenfist 1863 Posted November 20, 2014 My avatar is transparent (I think). It was a normal png with transparency. Created in photoshop. Does this work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iceman77 18 Posted November 20, 2014 Thanks guys. I use Gimp atm. It's no PS, but still I don't know why the heck exported .png doesn't work on the forum here. Maybe something to do with alpha channel / layer? Meh.. Saving it as a .gif works on my end atm. So that's fine. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vegeta897 13 Posted November 20, 2014 It's because the avatar you see is not the raw image you upload, but a PHP script that scales the image down for display. Apparently this script does not handle PNG transparency. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iceman77 18 Posted November 20, 2014 Okay. Thanks for the in-depth explanation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SaOk 112 Posted January 22, 2015 Uploading new avatar and profile pic is broken currently. It says the upload fails. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
