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"Exceed the Banner Limit, please!"

Dear staffies...

Is there any way that you could increase the banner limit for the banner contest (EE GAD Feb)??

Perhaps increase it to around 25/30 kb instead of 15!

I have spent a long time making banners but cannot make a decent one under 25k!

I obviously can use jpegs in animation shop but it makes the image a much lower quality and I don't think SR wants pixelly banners that look worse than the first quake game!

If anyone else feels that the limit should be exceeded please says here and Snuggly may give in.

Cheers - Ky.

Kyz22 wrote:

> I love my Hitz one and its 25k :(

It's big because it's 4 frames with a pretty complex picture in it...

Try and make it only change twice, then you'll have a nice small size...

AfroJoe wrote:
> I don't see how most of those can be over the limit.
>
> There doesn't seem to be THAT much colour in them, and you've not made
> more than 4 different screens on any... hmmm...
>
> Some of mine are a lot more detailed (although probably not better
> :-D), and still fit in.

I love my Hitz one and its 25k :(

You need small banners otherwise they take ages to load...

My world class banner I made was under the limit and it's gonna win...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/phillip.hudson23/01.jpg

It's easy, don't have too much on a banner and it will compress fine...

but...freeola!

I don't see how most of those can be over the limit.

There doesn't seem to be THAT much colour in them, and you've not made more than 4 different screens on any... hmmm...

Some of mine are a lot more detailed (although probably not better :-D), and still fit in.

Noooo, it's been 15kb since forever.

www.geocities.com/thekyzzone3/srbanners - they are all there. I think a few might be within the limit but most are over.

Tóm - could you do a few for me please?

There are plenty of image optimisation programs out there that will do a great job of putting the banners under the 15k limit without making them look rubbish.

I managed to get every single one of Hercules' banners under 15k using an image optimization program, and an online animation optimization program.

There is still ages left til lthe competition deadline and I stated by a sensible amount (eg 25/30 kbs)