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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Never mind it seems it is working! :D It was just before it was messed up. Thanks for the help!]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Penguinking]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/2235/</uri>
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			<updated>2010-10-06T00:13:29Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Penguinking][quote=Noodle]In Photoshop, click File > Save for Web & Devices. The file size is shown in the bottom left corner. Mess around with the quality settings until you've got a file just under 10 kb.[/quote]

I did that and it worked but when I uploaded it to bricks in motion it did not have transparency and the image quality looked really bad.
I'll upload it again so you can see[/quote]]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Penguinking]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/2235/</uri>
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			<updated>2010-10-04T08:10:57Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/173499/#p173499</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Noodle]In Photoshop, click File > Save for Web & Devices. The file size is shown in the bottom left corner. Mess around with the quality settings until you've got a file just under 10 kb.[/quote]

Cheers dude I finally did it! :D]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Penguinking]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/2235/</uri>
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			<updated>2010-10-04T06:52:24Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/173496/#p173496</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[In Photoshop, click File > Save for Web & Devices. The file size is shown in the bottom left corner. Mess around with the quality settings until you've got a file just under 10 kb.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Noodle]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/26/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-10-03T02:07:27Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/173187/#p173187</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Brickyman]Use the "magic wand" tool to select the background colour.

Then click Delete, then save the image as "name.PNG".


It should then be transparent.[/quote]


Thanks guys ive got the trasparent thing going but now I need to get the file under 10kb]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Penguinking]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/2235/</uri>
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			<updated>2010-10-02T23:58:53Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/173157/#p173157</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Use the "magic wand" tool to select the background colour.

Then click Delete, then save the image as "name.PNG".


It should then be transparent.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Brickyman]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/110/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-09-30T11:02:50Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/172522/#p172522</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/172327/#p172327"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Noodle]What image-editing software do you have at your disposal? Photoshop? GIMP? Something else? Saving the file as a .png will allow you to maintain the transparency, and if you use your software's "Save for Web" option it's easy to get it under the 10 kb file size.[/quote]

I have photo shop cs4 and gimp]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Penguinking]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/2235/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-09-29T00:58:30Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/172327/#p172327</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/172173/#p172173"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[What image-editing software do you have at your disposal? Photoshop? GIMP? Something else? Saving the file as a .png will allow you to maintain the transparency, and if you use your software's "Save for Web" option it's easy to get it under the 10 kb file size.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Noodle]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/26/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-09-28T00:01:19Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/172173/#p172173</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/172161/#p172161"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=UniLego]It seems as though you already have an avatar with a transparent background. :eh:[/quote]

It is not transparent. I just edited that background colour onto my avatar. You will notice this when you go into my account :)]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Penguinking]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/2235/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-09-27T22:26:18Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/172161/#p172161</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/171946/#p171946"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Maybe he wants what I have, the subject only, as opposed to the subject and a slightly blueish background.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[mcoov]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/51/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-09-26T18:55:45Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/171946/#p171946</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Avatar help tips]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/171823/#p171823"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[It seems as though you already have an avatar with a transparent background. :eh:]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[UniLego]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[unilegostudios@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/653/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-09-26T01:49:21Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/171823/#p171823</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Avatar help tips]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I'm trying to figure out the best way to get your avatar to have transparent background :|  . I've noticed many people have this. Please tell how you guys do it. Also it is hard to get the file down to 10kb.
Thanks :)]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Penguinking]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/2235/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-09-26T01:29:48Z</updated>
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