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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 
It seems as though you already have an avatar with a transparent background. 
Maybe he wants what I have, the subject only, as opposed to the subject and a slightly blueish background.
It seems as though you already have an avatar with a transparent background.
It is not transparent. I just edited that background colour onto my avatar. You will notice this when you go into my account
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.
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.
I have photo shop cs4 and gimp
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.
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.
Thanks guys ive got the trasparent thing going but now I need to get the file under 10kb
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.
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.
Cheers dude I finally did it! 
Noodle wrote: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.
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
Never mind it seems it is working! It was just before it was messed up. Thanks for the help!
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