Charles ([info]lechatron) wrote,
@ 2005-01-13 16:36:00
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Icon Maker
I created a simple tool that will allow you to easily create a livejournal icon. Not only does it resize an image below 100x100 but you can add a border and text to your icon. There are also bookmarklets that will allow you to instantly create an icon with the click of a button. Feel free to pass the link along.

http://co.ntagio.us/eljay/iconmaker/

Known Issues:
  • Cannot upload files over 8MB, That's per my host, I can't do anything about it.
  • Some special characters won't show up on the image and you may lose some of the text.

If you have any questions on the icon maker or find any problems please post them here.

FINALLY updated for FF 3.0 (is everyone happy now?)

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[info]elegantelbow
2005-01-13 08:00 pm UTC (link)
Nice!

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[info]lechatron
2005-01-14 09:34 am UTC (link)
thanks. :)

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[info]mikelikewhoa
2005-01-13 08:14 pm UTC (link)
It doesn't seem to work for image files that don't have extentions...what I mean is like the URL for my icon that I am using in this post is http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/8375647/745867 so it doesn't work.

Also, if you use an image that is less than 100 pixels in either the length or width, it does not edit the image size.

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[info]lechatron
2005-01-14 09:32 am UTC (link)
I took the easy way out when working with files, rather then checking the header to find out what file type it is I looked at the extension. So if it doesn't have an extension it doesn't know what file type it is and you get an error. I may update it later today to check the header, we'll see.

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(no subject) - [info]lechatron, 2005-01-18 03:51 pm UTC

[info]danceinacircle
2005-01-14 04:18 am UTC (link)
When I try, I get this:

Warning: getimagesize(/home/.chili/cheacock/youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/icon/ecf78e42a083ff529869d58aa4a2c9bf.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.chili/cheacock/youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/upload.php on line 17

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.chili/cheacock/youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/upload.php:17) in /home/.chili/cheacock/youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/upload.php on line 35

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[info]lechatron
2005-01-14 09:35 am UTC (link)
That error usually happens when uploading a file over 2MB.

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(no subject) - [info]lechatron, 2005-01-14 01:09 pm UTC

[info]lasunshine
2005-01-14 05:06 am UTC (link)
I get this error message when I upload images from my pc. http://www.youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/?error=extension

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[info]lechatron
2005-01-14 09:33 am UTC (link)
what kind of images are they? it currently only suppots .jpg, .gif, .png files.

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(no subject) - [info]lasunshine, 2005-01-14 09:47 am UTC

[info]rula
2005-01-14 11:41 am UTC (link)

hi - i commented in your lj_nifty post but decided to respond here instead..

the link to my photo is
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~rk629/central park 5-29-04.JPG
or, http://homepages.nyu.edu/~rk629/central%20park%205-29-04.JPG

thank you :]

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[info]lechatron
2005-01-14 12:51 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! you just helped me track down another bug. It wasn't recognizing the .JPG as a file because it was upper case. I fixed that and it seems to work.

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(no subject) - [info]rula, 2005-01-14 01:06 pm UTC

[info]housepoet
2005-01-14 12:49 pm UTC (link)
issue:


"Warning: getimagesize(/home/.chili/cheacock/youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/icon/e6f7c3eff4a6ff50925ad87f417fdb1c.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.chili/cheacock/youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/upload.php on line 17

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.chili/cheacock/youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/upload.php:17) in /home/.chili/cheacock/youfilthymonkey.com/iconmaker/upload.php on line 35"


it's not a large pic either. 254 KB

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[info]lechatron
2005-01-14 01:09 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, I took a closer look and the upload feature wasn't working for some reason *grumble* Try it again, it SHOULD work for you now. :)

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[info]eatandvomit
2005-02-23 03:11 pm UTC (link)
hey, do u have something similar to do an icon with more than one pic? or is there a way do it with that iconmaker?
thankyou

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[info]lechatron
2005-03-07 03:19 am UTC (link)
Do you mean make an animated image? This current iconmaker doesn't have that ability, but I'm working on adding it in a later release.

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Yo
[info]docsgirl
2005-03-08 08:42 am UTC (link)
Nice tool. I've been using it to make icons for my webpage bios, as opposed to LJ icons, but. . .
But something seems to have come up with the cropping feature. I can do the first click okay, but the image just vanishes and won't let me finish cropping. *is confused*

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Re: Yo
[info]lechatron
2005-03-08 09:09 am UTC (link)
This is a strange issue. I'm working on an update to the crop feature and hopefully it will help. If you want to create a new icon again and include your livejournal username I can track it on the backend and see if I can figure out what is happening.

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Re: Yo - [info]docsgirl, 2005-03-08 09:21 am UTC
Re: Yo - [info]lechatron, 2005-03-08 09:35 am UTC
Re: Yo - [info]docsgirl, 2005-03-08 09:48 am UTC
Re: Yo - [info]lechatron, 2005-03-08 09:55 am UTC
Re: Yo - [info]docsgirl, 2005-03-08 10:04 am UTC

[info]kels
2005-03-09 10:46 am UTC (link)
Some special characters won't show up on the image and you may lose some of the text.

An apostrophe is considered a "special character"?! if I type phrases that contain words like "It's" or "I've", none of the text shows up at all.

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[info]lechatron
2005-03-09 10:57 am UTC (link)
' is a reserved character in PHP, I can escape the character but then you'd end up with "It\'s" and "I\'ve." I don't know why NONE of the text shows up when an apostrophe is used. I haven't had a chance to make a work around for it yet.

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[info]rubberducky210
2005-03-22 03:38 pm UTC (link)
the pictures i have are bmp and when i try to make them my user picture for lj it says "Files of type BMP are not supported. You can only upload GIF, PNG or JPG files. Nearly all image/photo programs can do this conversion for you."
do you know what programs to use so i can make this conversion?

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[info]lechatron
2005-03-22 04:31 pm UTC (link)
On the PC you can use MS Paint to convert the files to .JPG. Just open them and choose "save as..." Then in the "save as" window you should see a dropdown menu that says "save as type:" Select "JPEG (*.JPG, *.JPEG, *.JPE, *.JFIF)" Then give it a name with a ".JPG" extension and click "save"

Hope that helps.

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(no subject) - [info]mako_anima, 2005-11-09 06:29 pm UTC

[info]sweetmisslissa
2005-05-06 10:56 am UTC (link)
ok, maybe I'm just ignorant, but, I did this and now I don't know where my icon is...

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[info]lechatron
2005-05-06 11:04 am UTC (link)
After you upload the image and you've made all the changes you want, click the finish button. It should bring you to a page that will let you upload the image directly to your journal. Or you can just right click on the icon and select "save picture as..." and save it locally. Then you can upload it here.

If that doesn't help, create another icon and be sure to include your lj user name in the form so I can track it. Then let me know at what point you get stuck and I can see if I can help you out.

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(no subject) - [info]sweetmisslissa, 2005-05-06 11:06 am UTC

[info]bigmo76
2005-05-11 02:19 pm UTC (link)
Dude, this is the shit!!!!

I just used it and I'll probably be abusing the hell out of this handy little site of yours a lot

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[info]lechatron
2005-05-11 04:06 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! Keep an eye open for version 2.0 launching soon. Many improvments and even a firefox extension for easier icon creation.

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[info]lamiaofthefaye
2005-05-19 12:23 pm UTC (link)
I've used your icon maker before but now when I try to upload it to livejournal I get this message:

The address for the picture to be uploaded does not look correct. It should start with http://

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[info]lechatron
2005-05-19 12:27 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for letting me know, it should be fixed now.

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[info]skiplogic
2005-05-20 06:51 pm UTC (link)
you should make icon-maker display in your personal lj style... then lj should buy it from you for 1 mil USD

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[info]lechatron
2005-06-14 01:57 pm UTC (link)
lj should just hire me to take over [info]whitaker's job on the ScrapBook. ;)

ohh yeah, and pay me 1 mil USD

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(no subject) - [info]skiplogic, 2005-06-14 02:06 pm UTC
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[info]nirvanagal22
2005-05-21 12:46 pm UTC (link)
it says i ned to be logged in to use it.. but i already am.. tis kinda weird

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[info]lechatron
2005-05-21 01:16 pm UTC (link)
I don't have access to the cookie left by livejournal to tell that you're logged in. The note about needing to be logged in is just to let you know that if you try to upload the image directly and you're not logged into lj it won't work. If you're logged in there is no problem automatically uploading the image (if you have an empty slot for another icon).

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[info]haleyelise
2005-05-25 12:13 pm UTC (link)
how do i get my pic smaller than 40kb what pixel size should it be?

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[info]lechatron
2005-05-25 03:00 pm UTC (link)
I found the image you had done that was over 40K and shrunk it down so it was below 40K. Here is the link to it. (if it still says it's over 40K try clearing your cache and reloading hte page) Eventually there will be a button you can click if your image is over 40K and it will atempt to resize the image down enough so it's below 40K. In this case the pixels didn't affect the size, it was the compression of the originial JPG image.

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(no subject) - [info]haleyelise, 2005-05-26 07:58 am UTC
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[info]lechatron
2005-06-14 01:52 pm UTC (link)
you're welcome so much! :)

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[info]wahooweena
2005-06-01 09:12 pm UTC (link)
I've used your icon maker to make a bunch of icons, and I love it! Thanks so much. All of your improvements are great!

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[info]lechatron
2005-06-14 01:53 pm UTC (link)
Hopefully I can put out a new version with even MORE improvments soon!

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[info]antisocialiting
2005-06-09 03:28 pm UTC (link)
thanks this is great and very useful

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[info]lechatron
2005-06-14 01:53 pm UTC (link)
no prob! it was fun. :)

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[info]rtms
2005-06-12 08:50 pm UTC (link)
Great little program, I've always wanted to make icons for my journals and such but they never came out well.Your program makes it so easy. May I make a few suggestions for the next version? Perhaps add some filters, like emboss, sepia, oil paint or negative etc, to make the picture look different. And more text fonts would be nice.

Again a great program!

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[info]lechatron
2005-06-14 01:54 pm UTC (link)
yeah, I've thought about adding photo effects. I may have to include some with the next build. the current build is mostly bullet proof so maybe it's time to add some "fun" to it. :)

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[info]sxdnp
2005-06-13 02:15 am UTC (link)
I just got it. I like it.

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[info]lechatron
2005-06-14 01:54 pm UTC (link)
awesome!

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[info]sarcazm
2005-06-15 09:23 am UTC (link)
which fonts are you using from top to bottom?

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Don't understand how to use
(Anonymous)
2005-06-20 11:19 am UTC (link)
Hi.

I like the concept of your extension. However, I have tried to make an icon, and I go through the steps until I get to "done" or "finish," or whatever it says.

Where does the icon go and how can I access it to use it?

(email address: Janis@maxson-accounting.com)

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[info]danny_752
2005-06-22 04:26 pm UTC (link)
The text on mine is all blurry no matter the amount or type I use.

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[info]lechatron
2005-06-22 05:19 pm UTC (link)
Try some different colors and with or without a border on the text. Some colors won't stand out enough to be readable.

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cool extension
(Anonymous)
2005-07-05 09:17 am UTC (link)
Just looking for the best way to create the icon for any use.

Thanks!

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Re: cool extension
(Anonymous)
2005-11-06 01:34 pm UTC (link)
I want my icons to have a transparent background and I don't know what to do.

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