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Creating a Face image

1. Find an appropriate image (avoid many colors and high complexity) and use your favorite graphics software to scale it to 48 x 48 pixels.
2. Save it in the portable network graphic format (PNG) in non-interlaced mode with palette-based colors. Transparency increases the file size, so be sure to disable it if you don't need it.
3. Check the file size. If it is larger than 725 pixels, try to decrease the number of colors in the image (usually, 8 to 15 colors make the file small enough). Additionally, you can try command line tools like pngrewrite and pngcrush, which often further reduce the file size.
4. Open Tools -> Extensions -> MessageFaces -> Options. Select the desired identity and press the "Set Face" button. Select the image file, and press the "OK" button. (Note: the Face is saved directly into the identity. If you plan to uninstall MessageFaces but don't want to keep the Face, you have to remove it via the MessageFaces settings window before uninstalling the extension.)

Last updated: 2007-06-26
Author: Jens Bannmann (jens dot b at web dot de)