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Title: Avatars
Post by: eatbrie on March 24, 2014, 08:36:45 PM: Just curious... how did you chose your APF Avatar?

I'll start with mine... I grew up obsessing with Nastassja Kinski in the 80s. She is still in my all time top 5. Beauty wise, that is. Although she was extraordinary in Paris Texas and Tess. Coppola's One From the Heart is also a movie I love. The Tom Waits songs and the general look of the movie.

T
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: crowzilla on March 24, 2014, 08:49:26 PM: Wait, that's not a dude in your avatar?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 24, 2014, 08:53:05 PM: (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/apf_avatar_ari.jpg) (http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,4055.msg69398.html#msg69398)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Silhouette on March 24, 2014, 09:22:05 PM: Bella is more photogenic than me.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: MoviePosterBid.com on March 24, 2014, 10:28:05 PM: I always thought this photo of me carrying a former girlfriend across an alien landscape was a good one
I look better when I'm photographed from the right
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 25, 2014, 02:39:52 AM: I think T is getting old, we had this before... Oh well humour him.. ;) there is some new members.

Mine is because of my love of the Universal Monster films, especially the Laemmle era.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 25, 2014, 02:45:33 AM: Quote from: paul waines on March 25, 2014, 02:39:52 AM
I think T is getting old, we had this before... Oh well humour him.. ;) there is some new members.

Yeah, I mentioned mine too
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Matt on March 25, 2014, 03:53:33 AM: < Rita Hayworth...she looks like a nice person.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 25, 2014, 03:56:48 AM: ^ A little more elegant than, was it > Elle?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Matt on March 25, 2014, 04:03:54 AM: ^ Times change and so does fashion.

At least there's no white squares or rectangles.....
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: MoviePosterBid.com on March 25, 2014, 04:06:52 AM: (http://www.comic-art.com/apf/avatar_159.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Matt on March 25, 2014, 04:16:04 AM: Quote from: MoviePosterBid.com on March 25, 2014, 04:06:52 AM
(http://www.comic-art.com/apf/avatar_159.jpg)

Looks like Rich and Bruce are in the same boat now, can you image the conversation with each other in a lifeboat?

BTW...Rich get your filthy white squares off my Rita. :P
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: MoviePosterBid.com on March 25, 2014, 04:19:46 AM: (http://www.comic-art.com/apf/avatar_159a.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Matt on March 25, 2014, 04:23:24 AM: gun1 gun1 gun1
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: MoviePosterBid.com on March 25, 2014, 04:32:17 AM: defacing Rita kinda turned me on (http://www.comic-art.com/apf/avatar_87.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 25, 2014, 07:47:25 AM: Quote from: Matt on March 25, 2014, 04:16:04 AM
Looks like Rich and Bruce are in the same boat now, can you image the conversation with each other in a lifeboat?

(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/emp_mpb_boat2.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Charlie on March 25, 2014, 07:59:45 AM: Quote from: paul waines on March 25, 2014, 02:39:52 AM
I think T is getting old, we had this before... Oh well humour him.. ;) there is some new members.

Mine is because of my love of the Universal Monster films, especially the Laemmle era.

Ditto...
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: jayn_j on March 25, 2014, 08:17:37 AM: Mine is because I love and own the poster, and the title seems an appropriate description :)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest4531 on March 25, 2014, 08:52:55 AM: Mine has been mine for years !! A blacky smily face, although I am a grumpy white guy :)

Inspired by Frank Zappa
"Hey, you know something people? I'm not black, but there's a whole lots a times I wish I could say I'm not white."
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 25, 2014, 09:01:26 AM: ^ TheBigBoss, Why are you the African Queen?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Mirosae on March 25, 2014, 10:41:37 AM: I guess I can skip answering this one :P
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Starling on March 25, 2014, 11:12:19 AM: I love Sissy Spacek. And the movie 3 Women. That led to this wonderful avatar.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: oldposterho on March 25, 2014, 11:48:20 AM: Because the camera never lies.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 25, 2014, 12:24:28 PM: Quote from: Mirosae on March 25, 2014, 10:41:37 AM
I guess I can skip answering this one :P

You Think.... ;) I Hope you don't..
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 25, 2014, 01:05:43 PM: What I do not get is why people do not crop/resize their avatars so that you can actually see the whole thing?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: archie leach on March 25, 2014, 01:20:05 PM: Some of us like it that way...

I look exactly like my avatar, but hairier...
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 25, 2014, 03:40:10 PM: I didnt mess with the gif's or Richh's .. But see how these look better cropped and centered? The least different would be T's

(http://snag.gy/rpaV3.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: erik1925 on March 25, 2014, 03:46:31 PM: Maybe Brian doesn't want to expose Sissy's pistol. ;D
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Silhouette on March 25, 2014, 03:54:14 PM: Quote from: fallenangel1 on March 25, 2014, 01:05:43 PM
What I do not get is why people do not crop/resize their avatars so that you can actually see the whole thing?

Why not get a bigger screen...they look fine on mine
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 25, 2014, 03:56:27 PM: Quote from: Silhouette on March 25, 2014, 03:54:14 PM
Why not get a bigger screen...they look fine on mine
Well bugger me .. I always thought it was due to size limitations on the site .. but if I change that I can see the whole image .. it makes sense now !! It was ME all along!! :P
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Charlie on March 25, 2014, 05:02:51 PM: Probably need to find a new avatar... Maybe back to "Crazy Mel Gibson"...

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zENuDflPejY/TC0jYU1epdI/AAAAAAAAEi8/9X0GeOpBt84/s640/mel-)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Charlie on March 25, 2014, 05:03:16 PM: I think I used this one too:

(http://i.dlisted.com/files/melgibsonhitthebaby.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 25, 2014, 05:33:43 PM: Hey, where's my Aeroplane gone...? :o
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 25, 2014, 06:55:06 PM: Quote from: paul waines on March 25, 2014, 05:33:43 PM
Hey, where's my Aeroplane gone...? :o

haha .. sorry I never see it and I assumed no one did .. so I just cropped the globe out .. here is what I see..
(http://snag.gy/YFFqt.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: eatbrie on March 25, 2014, 09:10:35 PM: Quote from: archie leach on March 25, 2014, 01:20:05 PM
Some of us like it that way...

I look exactly like my avatar, but hairier...

Is it your pet, Archie, or something you found on the net?

T
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: archie leach on March 25, 2014, 09:55:10 PM: Quote from: eatbrie on March 25, 2014, 09:10:35 PM
Is it your pet, Archie, or something you found on the net?

Found, but I knew that it had to be my avatar the instant I came across it...
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 25, 2014, 10:50:41 PM: What is it? A pet of some sort

(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/fallen_avatar_what_the_heck_is_it.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: erik1925 on March 25, 2014, 11:23:57 PM: That be a tall 'n thin avatar view, steve.

A true mystery. ;D
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 02:41:17 AM: Quote from: fallenangel1 on March 25, 2014, 06:55:06 PM
haha .. sorry I never see it and I assumed no one did .. so I just cropped the globe out .. here is what I see..
(http://snag.gy/YFFqt.jpg)

You must have a really small......screen as all the Avatars I see fully on my 27" imac. Even on a 15 " they are all there. My smallest screen, 13" does what you have posted.

Maybe you just need a bigger one. Biggest is Bestest, you ask Mel. and Steve. ;)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest4531 on March 26, 2014, 02:45:20 AM: Quote from: 50s on March 25, 2014, 09:01:26 AM
^ TheBigBoss, Why are you the African Queen?

Good question :p
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 26, 2014, 02:57:00 AM: Quote from: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 02:41:17 AM

You must have a really small......screen as all the Avatars I see fully on my 27" imac. Even on a 15 " they are all there. My smallest screen, 13" does what you have posted.

Only problem with that theory Paul is that next to no one expands their browser to full screen like 27" (my screen is 27" too), for one, reading someones comment from left to right across 27" thereabouts is unreadable. My browser is about half that width so I can readily see all other browsers and applications around it on the screen at the same time.

So, what I am trying to say is nearly everyone's avatar is cropped, as near everyone browse's wrong, except me. I browse right.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: kovacs01 on March 26, 2014, 03:14:51 AM: My laptop has an 18.4" screen and some of the avatars are slightly cut off, though none look like that screenshot.

Oh, and I change mine all the time and throw up whatever I suits me when I get bored with the one I have.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: MoviePosterBid.com on March 26, 2014, 04:07:10 AM: except for one or two, everyone's avatars fit just fine on my 23"
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 26, 2014, 05:50:48 AM: everyones avatar fits fine on my 108" monitor and its so easy to read a post

(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/apf_big_1400.jpg)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 26, 2014, 05:59:46 AM: Quote from: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 02:41:17 AM

You must have a really small......screen as all the Avatars I see fully on my 27" imac. Even on a 15 " they are all there. My smallest screen, 13" does what you have posted.

Maybe you just need a bigger one. Biggest is Bestest, you ask Mel. and Steve. ;)

I do pretty much everything on a 15" laptop .. I'm fairly certain it isn't the physical screen size but the resolution you view everything at. The max resolution on this laptop is 1366x768 and with my browser at 100% that is what I see .. however is I zoom my browser I can get the avatars to show just fine but at that point the text looks like it does on Steves big screen! :P
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Mirosae on March 26, 2014, 08:56:28 AM: Quote from: 50s on March 26, 2014, 05:50:48 AM
everyones avatar fits fine on my 108" monitor and its so easy to read a post

(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/apf_big_1400.jpg)

everyones..?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 26, 2014, 09:01:34 AM: ^ Judging on all that empty space and knowing the size of everyone's Avatar, they would all fit. Not leaving you out!

Notice at the bottom, MPB avatar bit the dust (that was on purpose)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Mirosae on March 26, 2014, 09:37:49 AM: I thought you were leaving me out... :'(

meandmebogie (and that other woman in the pix )
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 12:24:55 PM: Maybe you need Glasses Fallen? ;)

I must say Steve, I do almost have my screen over 3/4 of the total screen, it's great to see posters at a larger size. Plus I don't really have more then 3 open at once.. I leave that to you young'uns..
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 26, 2014, 12:34:43 PM: haha .. I do wear glasses !! :P However if I change the zoom level on my browser to 67% I see things like this ..

I can read posts ok, although if it was a long post there may be some eye strain.. but notice the text at the top in the menu bars and all that are virtually unreadable.

I also left hte text in the address bar to give some kinf od perspective to the size of that text vs everything else on the screen.

http://snag.gy/vnWaD.jpg

Sorry its a link .. when I embed the photo it shrunk it.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 12:53:27 PM: Maybe it's time to change my Avatar then, everyone seems to be doing it...

Now to spend the next 3 hours working out how to.. :-\
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 26, 2014, 01:03:38 PM: I havent changed min in forever! :) I abhor change! :P
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:08:32 PM: I don't have one now......Can't get one to up-load... :P
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:13:05 PM: O.K. How do I get a pic up...?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:13:50 PM: How do I get that on Jeff?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:22:05 PM: My Plane isn't working, can you give me a push..
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: erik1925 on March 26, 2014, 01:22:52 PM: You're frozen... hmmmmm.... not sure why. :-\
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:25:50 PM: I see why the pics weren't loading, too large..
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Mirosae on March 26, 2014, 01:28:31 PM: Heheheheeheh mine is moving
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:34:42 PM: Hold that Plane while I get on..
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Mirosae on March 26, 2014, 01:35:48 PM: Quote from: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:34:42 PM
Hold that Plane while I get on..

oh oh.. flop.. i can't change my avatar.. i am ....

PAULA WAINES
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: erik1925 on March 26, 2014, 01:36:25 PM: Quote from: Mirosae on March 26, 2014, 01:35:48 PM
oh oh.. flop.. i can't change my avatar.. i am ....

PAULA WAINES

laugh1 laugh1 laugh1
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:36:58 PM: Quote from: Mirosae on March 26, 2014, 01:35:48 PM
oh oh.. flop.. i can't change my avatar.. i am ....

PAULA WAINES

No, that's me on weekends.... ;)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 26, 2014, 01:41:26 PM: Paul your image isnt moving because youve saved it as a jpeg and it has toe be a gif to have motion.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:44:16 PM: Well back to normality me thinks...
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: erik1925 on March 26, 2014, 01:45:22 PM: And your little propeller is showing now, too. ;)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Mirosae on March 26, 2014, 01:46:19 PM: Quote from: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:44:16 PM
Well back to normality me thinks...

Sip.. :D
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:48:22 PM: Quote from: fallenangel1 on March 26, 2014, 01:41:26 PM
Paul your image isnt moving because youve saved it as a jpeg and it has toe be a gif to have motion.

So, how do I save them as gif ?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: guest8 on March 26, 2014, 01:58:32 PM: Quote from: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 01:48:22 PM
So, how do I save them as gif ?

here you go .. right click this and save it and then just dont change anything.
(http://i.imgur.com/KiwDRfq.gif)

When you are saving it be sure the line under the file name says GIF .. or type the file name like this in quotes "name.gif"
http://snag.gy/mImrs.jpg
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: eatbrie on March 26, 2014, 02:13:10 PM: I like this one so much better.

http://www.youtube.com/v/WFa_Lbqgun4

T
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Charlie on March 26, 2014, 02:16:10 PM: I like this one...

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/5874e8196092932b36d6d09e837def37/tumblr_n17o4qD3651tsy264o1_500.gif)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Charlie on March 26, 2014, 02:26:28 PM: (http://media3.giphy.com/media/afJ74NFU0BOaQ/200.gif)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 02:28:48 PM: I like this recent one that harks back to the late 30's-40's

http://www.youtube.com/v/BNK2adCXmeo
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: erik1925 on March 26, 2014, 02:55:25 PM: I will change mine just depending on what strikes me.

Right now, its an image (gif) from one of me favorites of all time. thumbup
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on March 26, 2014, 03:31:45 PM: happy1
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 26, 2014, 07:39:18 PM: Here you are Paul, I recreated it from the youtube clip you posted

(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/Universal Pictures_old.gif)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: 50s on March 27, 2014, 03:53:52 AM: Done more mods to the gif so the black pause is removed...

(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/universal_pictures_old_2.gif)
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: erik1925 on March 28, 2014, 04:07:36 PM: Is this another of those "great minds think alike" occurrences?

Or just some creepy kind of deja vu? ;D

http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,6871.0.html
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: CSM on March 28, 2014, 04:21:14 PM: Who will be the first to use something like "~~Banned~~" as their avatar?
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: MoviePosterBid.com on March 28, 2014, 04:23:11 PM: mine farted
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: jayn_j on March 28, 2014, 04:36:41 PM: Quote from: erik1925 on March 28, 2014, 04:07:36 PM
Is this another of those "great minds think alike" occurrences? ;)

Or just deja vu?

http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,6871.0.html

I liked yours so much, Jeff, that I am using it for a bit on a different forum.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Hallucination Generation on April 03, 2014, 07:04:49 PM: I'm Scottish, not English or British. Scottish, so my avatar clarify's that point in a subtle, understated way.
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: CSM on April 03, 2014, 11:21:33 PM: Quote from: Hallucination Generation on April 03, 2014, 07:04:49 PM
I'm Scottish, not English or British. Scottish, so my avatar clarify's that point in a subtle, understated way.

I guess we know how you'll be voting in the referendum
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: paul waines on April 04, 2014, 11:27:31 AM: And I thought you were just a Dr Who Fan...
Title: Re: Avatars
Post by: Hallucination Generation on April 11, 2014, 12:33:48 PM: Never voted, never will.

And Dr Who is shite! :)