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Creating a Face image
- Find an appropriate image (avoid many colors and high
complexity) and use your favorite graphics software to scale
it to 48 x 48 pixels.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.)