Need help publishing AVS presets for WA2.9

Skins · 15th August 2003, 02:03

I can do everything but the pictures........it says there not Gif or jpg files......but im using gif files.......... I need help.

[edit] moved from WA2-TS to AVS by moderator --> DJ Egg [/edit]

S-uper_T-oast · 15th August 2003, 02:45

I don't understand what you are asking us to help you with,

Skins · 15th August 2003, 02:47

I cant publish the prests cause it is saying that the pictures are not Gif, or JPG files (the thumbnail and whatnot)

Pixelcraft · 15th August 2003, 04:19

They must be the wrong type of picture file. Change them to a gif or jpg file and then it will work. Just load them into a graphics program (photoshop or something) and then resave them as a gif or jpg file.

Skins · 15th August 2003, 06:00

did it........there both .GIF files
it still woulnt load

[Ishan] · 15th August 2003, 07:13

uhh. dude are you sure they are gif files

Magic.X · 15th August 2003, 07:25

Sorry, but this is a REALLY confusing request!

Are you having trouble with:

Adding Pictures to Presets?
Adding Pictures to your Installer?
Uploading Pictures somewhere?

The more precise your request is, the better we can help you.

jheriko · 15th August 2003, 08:17

Try using .jpg, after all .gif is a really crappy format.

blazer1504 · 15th August 2003, 12:08

hey, I had the same problem when submitted my pack. It says that the pic(s) must be in .jpg or in .gif format, I used jpeg file format but it just gave me errors claiming that the pictures are not in requested format. Then used gif format and it worked.... I think it could've something to do with the file size of picture, dunno..

shreyas_potnis · 15th August 2003, 13:11

Convert it to .gif or .jpg. Make sure you have not just renamed it:

eg:
mypicture.bmp (original)
mypicture.gif (changed name)

Skins · 15th August 2003, 13:39

ok....they are valid .gif files............maby ill try jpg files

Zana · 15th August 2003, 16:03

Quote:

Originally posted by jheriko
Try using .jpg, after all .gif is a really crappy format.

Yes, whenever I save something to a gif file it loses a lot of color information and looks super ugly.

Hey, does anyone know - Is there a difference between jpg and jpeg files?

jheriko · 15th August 2003, 16:18

Yes, the file extension of .jpeg is one of those gay four letter file extensions that offends people like me who still think that all file extensions should be <3 letters long... it took me long enough to get used to filenames being bigger than 8 chars!

Seriously though there is no difference, they both use the same encoding method.

anubis2003 · 15th August 2003, 16:24

I don't really like the long file extensions. They are a bit weird. Just kinda seem awkward whenever I see them. Especially when there are some that are 12+characters long.

jheriko · 15th August 2003, 16:31

.vcproj bugs me immensely and .activex, I still don't see what was wrong with the original .vbx

dirkdeftly · 15th August 2003, 19:21

< 5 letters == good, any more than four is just annoying. there is something to be said about descriptive extensions, but when the extension is longer than the filename itself it's fucking irritating.

jheriko · 15th August 2003, 19:45

Seriosuly though three letters = 26^3 = 17576 combinations... thats most likely more file extensions than those currently existing in use.

Zevensoft · 16th August 2003, 02:13

Heh yeah, I try to keep to 3 letters with my own file extensions I make (*.ava *.ztg *.zts *.zmc *.zsc *.zpc)

dirkdeftly · 16th August 2003, 06:28

yeah well how many of them are actually descriptive of anything? and what about things like .fuk and .sex and .cnt?

seriously, there's also conflicts between file extensions - like .sun could be a sun networks file, or it could be a super uber noobie. (okay, bad example.) you run into problems of being specific so you don't fuggle users' file associations but still being recognizable. hence the fourth letter. although there is NO excuse for nonstandardization of .html versus .htm or .mpeg versus .mpg....

jheriko · 16th August 2003, 18:02

.cnt files exist.

Zevensoft · 18th August 2003, 09:06

Well, I actually agree with HTML, mainly because it's just too mainstream compared to HTM to start changing.

Magic.X · 18th August 2003, 09:19

In fact, multiple use of the same extension is already widely spread.

Maybe someone should introduce standard file recognition tags, so we could skip extensions.

mikm · 18th August 2003, 15:10

*cough*backwards compatibility*cough*

Zevensoft · 20th August 2003, 07:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Magic.X
Maybe someone should introduce standard file recognition tags, so we could skip extensions.

Apple already thought of that. More than 10 years ago too.

Magic.X · 20th August 2003, 07:45

And most programs have a filetype tag within anyway, so what's the point?

Microsoft & Co just needs to pull up some standards and make Windows use em. This would be way easier to find the prog a file has to be opend with. Furthermore the tag could contain information about where the prog can be found on the net if it is not available.

dirkdeftly · 20th August 2003, 23:10

mmk here's your problem right here:

Quote:

Originally posted by Magic.X
Microsoft & Co just needs to [...] This would be way easier [...]

Magic.X · 21st August 2003, 05:55

LOL!

Deamon · 21st August 2003, 08:26

pretty damn big problem that is...

jheriko · 23rd August 2003, 13:59

On the original problem of .gif and .jpg not being recognised by winamp.com, I'm now having it.. with mspaint saved .gifs and .jpgs too... what could be more standard?

Who do I pester to get this fixed?

Zevensoft · 24th August 2003, 01:41

That's funny thinking MSPaint's file formats would be 'standard'. If there is any format breaker, it's Microsoft. Try finding a copy of Paint Shop Pro 4, since it's old and most of it's formats are accepted. It can even edit masked PNG's, but not the stupid Microsoft format ones, the proper ones.

jheriko · 24th August 2003, 10:10

Ironically I used PSP 3.11 to originally save the .jpg, then mspaint afterwards assuming it would be more standard.

Magic.X · 25th August 2003, 06:03

Quote:

Originally posted by jheriko
Who do I pester to get this fixed?

One of them!

15th August 2003, 02:03	#1
Skins Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Six Feet Under Posts: 104	Need help publishing AVS presets for WA2.9 I can do everything but the pictures........it says there not Gif or jpg files......but im using gif files.......... I need help. [edit] moved from WA2-TS to AVS by moderator --> DJ Egg [/edit]

15th August 2003, 04:19	#4
Pixelcraft Wildly Confused (Major Dude) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,204	They must be the wrong type of picture file. Change them to a gif or jpg file and then it will work. Just load them into a graphics program (photoshop or something) and then resave them as a gif or jpg file. "It's like saying give a man a Les Paul guitar and he becomes Eric Clapton, and of course that's not true, give a man an amplifier and a synthesizer and he doesn't become...whoever; he doesn't become us." - Roger Waters

15th August 2003, 07:13	#6
[Ishan] Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: India Posts: 1,156	uhh. dude are you sure they are gif files Amateur AVS'er. All over again. Last AVS Pack : Resurgence

15th August 2003, 07:25	#7
Magic.X Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Leipzig / Germany Posts: 859	Sorry, but this is a REALLY confusing request! Are you having trouble with: Adding Pictures to Presets? Adding Pictures to your Installer? Uploading Pictures somewhere? The more precise your request is, the better we can help you. -=[The Ultimate VJ-Tool for AVS]=- Hotlist 2.3 developement thread (old)

15th August 2003, 08:17	#8
jheriko Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: a twist in the fabric of space Posts: 2,150	Try using .jpg, after all .gif is a really crappy format. -- Jheriko 'Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers'

15th August 2003, 02:45	#2
S-uper_T-oast Forum King Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fnord?! Posts: 2,657	I don't understand what you are asking us to help you with,

15th August 2003, 02:47	#3
Skins Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Six Feet Under Posts: 104	I cant publish the prests cause it is saying that the pictures are not Gif, or JPG files (the thumbnail and whatnot)

15th August 2003, 06:00	#5
Skins Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Six Feet Under Posts: 104	did it........there both .GIF files it still woulnt load

15th August 2003, 12:08	#9
blazer1504 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: .fi Posts: 155	hey, I had the same problem when submitted my pack. It says that the pic(s) must be in .jpg or in .gif format, I used jpeg file format but it just gave me errors claiming that the pictures are not in requested format. Then used gif format and it worked.... I think it could've something to do with the file size of picture, dunno..

15th August 2003, 13:11	#10
shreyas_potnis Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 787	Convert it to .gif or .jpg. Make sure you have not just renamed it: eg: mypicture.bmp (original) mypicture.gif (changed name) http://home.iitb.ac*****~shreyaspotnis

15th August 2003, 13:39	#11
Skins Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Six Feet Under Posts: 104	ok....they are valid .gif files............maby ill try jpg files

15th August 2003, 16:18	#13
jheriko Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: a twist in the fabric of space Posts: 2,150	Yes, the file extension of .jpeg is one of those gay four letter file extensions that offends people like me who still think that all file extensions should be <3 letters long... it took me long enough to get used to filenames being bigger than 8 chars! Seriously though there is no difference, they both use the same encoding method. -- Jheriko 'Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers'

15th August 2003, 16:24	#14
anubis2003 Forum King Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: middle of somewhere Posts: 5,564	I don't really like the long file extensions. They are a bit weird. Just kinda seem awkward whenever I see them. Especially when there are some that are 12+characters long. [Over The Monkey] \| [My DeviantArt] \| [Se ti] \| [Atmo Digital Design Forums]

15th August 2003, 16:31	#15
jheriko Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: a twist in the fabric of space Posts: 2,150	.vcproj bugs me immensely and .activex, I still don't see what was wrong with the original .vbx -- Jheriko 'Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers'

15th August 2003, 19:21	#16
dirkdeftly Forum King Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cydonia, Mars Posts: 2,651	< 5 letters == good, any more than four is just annoying. there is something to be said about descriptive extensions, but when the extension is longer than the filename itself it's fucking irritating. "guilt is the cause of more disauders than history's most obscene marorders" --E. E. Cummings

15th August 2003, 19:45	#17
jheriko Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: a twist in the fabric of space Posts: 2,150	Seriosuly though three letters = 26^3 = 17576 combinations... thats most likely more file extensions than those currently existing in use. -- Jheriko 'Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers'

16th August 2003, 02:13	#18
Zevensoft Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ballarat, Australia Posts: 529	Heh yeah, I try to keep to 3 letters with my own file extensions I make (.ava .ztg .zts .zmc .zsc .zpc) 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 3W \| 4W W

16th August 2003, 06:28	#19
dirkdeftly Forum King Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cydonia, Mars Posts: 2,651	yeah well how many of them are actually descriptive of anything? and what about things like .fuk and .sex and .cnt? seriously, there's also conflicts between file extensions - like .sun could be a sun networks file, or it could be a super uber noobie. (okay, bad example.) you run into problems of being specific so you don't fuggle users' file associations but still being recognizable. hence the fourth letter. although there is NO excuse for nonstandardization of .html versus .htm or .mpeg versus .mpg.... "guilt is the cause of more disauders than history's most obscene marorders" --E. E. Cummings

16th August 2003, 18:02	#20
jheriko Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: a twist in the fabric of space Posts: 2,150	.cnt files exist. -- Jheriko 'Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers'

18th August 2003, 09:06	#21
Zevensoft Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ballarat, Australia Posts: 529	Well, I actually agree with HTML, mainly because it's just too mainstream compared to HTM to start changing. 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 3W \| 4W W

18th August 2003, 09:19	#22
Magic.X Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Leipzig / Germany Posts: 859	In fact, multiple use of the same extension is already widely spread. Maybe someone should introduce standard file recognition tags, so we could skip extensions. -=[The Ultimate VJ-Tool for AVS]=- Hotlist 2.3 developement thread (old)

18th August 2003, 15:10	#23
mikm Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: somewhere else Posts: 1,286	coughbackwards compatibilitycough powered by C₈H₁₀N₄O₂

20th August 2003, 07:45	#25
Magic.X Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Leipzig / Germany Posts: 859	And most programs have a filetype tag within anyway, so what's the point? Microsoft & Co just needs to pull up some standards and make Windows use em. This would be way easier to find the prog a file has to be opend with. Furthermore the tag could contain information about where the prog can be found on the net if it is not available. -=[The Ultimate VJ-Tool for AVS]=- Hotlist 2.3 developement thread (old)

21st August 2003, 05:55	#27
Magic.X Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Leipzig / Germany Posts: 859	LOL! -=[The Ultimate VJ-Tool for AVS]=- Hotlist 2.3 developement thread (old)

21st August 2003, 08:26	#28
Deamon Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Arnhem, the Netherlands Posts: 927	pretty damn big problem that is... .:HyperNation @ winamp:. .:DeviantArt:. Thermal is now available for download at DeviantArt.

23rd August 2003, 13:59	#29
jheriko Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: a twist in the fabric of space Posts: 2,150	On the original problem of .gif and .jpg not being recognised by winamp.com, I'm now having it.. with mspaint saved .gifs and .jpgs too... what could be more standard? Who do I pester to get this fixed? -- Jheriko 'Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers'

24th August 2003, 01:41	#30
Zevensoft Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ballarat, Australia Posts: 529	That's funny thinking MSPaint's file formats would be 'standard'. If there is any format breaker, it's Microsoft. Try finding a copy of Paint Shop Pro 4, since it's old and most of it's formats are accepted. It can even edit masked PNG's, but not the stupid Microsoft format ones, the proper ones. 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 3W \| 4W W

24th August 2003, 10:10	#31
jheriko Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: a twist in the fabric of space Posts: 2,150	Ironically I used PSP 3.11 to originally save the .jpg, then mspaint afterwards assuming it would be more standard. -- Jheriko 'Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers'

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