Contest: ENTER TV and Movie Avatar Contest: Hail to Chiefs

[the G-man]

Tomorrow is President's Day in the US, so this contest is about fictional depictions of real US Presidents in movies, TV specials and episodes, regardless of genre.

(NOT fictional presidents, so no Bartletts, Whitmores, Palmers, etc., please; no documentaries and please no candidates who didn't win, such as Bobby Kennedy, Ross Perot, Bob Dole, etc.).

Entries may not be bigger than 200x200 pixels and/or 1 Mb data, and must be safe-for-work. Also, please identify the source media of your entry.

Each user may enter the contest with up to two avatars.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#1

Frank Langella as Richard Nixon; Frost/Nixon (2008)

 

[Orac]

Lee Bergere as Abraham Lincoln on Star Trek:

Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012):

 

[auntiehill]

Brian Keith as Teddy Roosevelt in "The Wind and the Lion."

Henry Fonda as "Young Mr. Lincoln."

 

[vandevere]

Sam Waterston as President Lincoln

 

[Avro Arrow]

Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy, Thirteen Days

Michael Moriarty as Dwight D. Eisenhower, The Arrow
(An older Canadian miniseries that I'm guessing most of you have neither seen nor heard of...)

 

[auntiehill]

Sam Waterston as President Lincoln

That's a tad bit too large for an avatar.

It's an avatar contest. As stated in the OP, "Entries may not be bigger than 200x200 pixels and/or 1 Mb ."

 

[vandevere]

That's a tad bit too large for an avatar.

It's an avatar contest. As stated in the OP, "Entries may not be bigger than 200x200 pixels and/or 1 Mb ."

How can I make an Image Smaller?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

It's a pretty basic function of any image editor, like https://ezgif.com/ .

I also noticed that you hotlinked the image from the Getty Images website. You'll need to use another image hosting site, like Imgur, ImageShack or PostImage.

 

[vandevere]

It's a pretty basic function of any image editor, like https://ezgif.com/ .

I also noticed that you hotlinked the image from the Getty Images website. You'll need to use another image hosting site, like Imgur, ImageShack or PostImage.

I picked it up on a google Image Search How can I make sure my images are the right size?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Google Images should list the size of the image (pixel size, anyway) under the image itself. In any case, you can upload the image (works with image link, too) to EZGif and there they show the image size, and you can resize it there, as well. Crop it, too, if necessary.

 

[vandevere]

Google Images should list the size of the image (pixel size, anyway) under the image itself. In any case, you can upload the image (works with image link, too) to EZGif and there they show the image size, and you can resize it there, as well. Crop it, too, if necessary.

Is 314 X 390 acceptable? Found a photo of the same actor in the same tole...

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Is 314 X 390 acceptable? Found a photo of the same actor in the same tole...

All the rules are in the first post of the thread. And the maximum size is 200x200 pixels, so I'm afraid the image you found would need to be resized. Again, try https://ezgif.com/, it is really easy to use.

 

[vandevere]

I did what you suggested. Hope this works...

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I did what you suggested. Hope this works...

No, you need to resize it. Uploading it to the website isn't enough. In the toolbar on the website, there is the tool "Resize", where you upload the image, then you have the image as you uploaded it. You can then put the necessary pixel number in either the "Width" or the "Height" box, after which you click the blue "Resize image!" button. You then get the resized image in the space below. You then need to copy the image link and upload it on an actual image hosting site, like imgur.com , as EZGif will delete the image after a few hours.

I took the liberty of preparing two versions of the image as it should look:

Original version, but with the higher side sized down to 200 pixels

Square version cropped at top and bottom, then resized to 200x200 pixels

 

[vandevere]

No, you need to resize it. Uploading it to the website isn't enough. In the toolbar on the website, there is the tool "Resize", where you upload the image, then you have the image as you uploaded it. You can then put the necessary pixel number in either the "Width" or the "Height" box, after which you click the blue "Resize image!" button. You then get the resized image in the space below. You then need to copy the image link and upload it on an actual image hosting site, like imgur.com , as EZGif will delete the image after a few hours.

I took the liberty of preparing two versions of the image as it should look:

Original version, but with the higher side sized down to 200 pixels

Square version cropped at top and bottom, then resized to 200x200 pixels

I did resize it to 200. What did I do wrong?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I did resize it to 200. What did I do wrong?

Okay, in that case I suspect you copied the link of the wrong image.

 

[vandevere]

One more time. Resized to 200 Hope this works...

 

[Avro Arrow]

One more time. Resized to 200 Hope this works...

Looks good!

ETA: Oh, it looks like it's hosted on ezgif. I'm not that familiar with ezgif, but Kai mentioned that they will get deleted after a couple hours. If so, you might want to save a copy and upload it to a hosting service. I use PostImage, it's free, and you don't even need to register if you don't want to.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Well, my first entry was a really, really good movie, so for my second one, I'm going in the exact opposite direction:

#2

Kevin Kline as Ulysses S. Grant; Wild Wild West (1999)