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Color |
For 6 letter color codes |
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Color |
Text Gradients |
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Images |
Put images online |
https://imgbb.com/, or also https://imgur.com/ |
Images |
Joins images together (for banner) |
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JPEGs |
Resize/Optimize JPEGs only |
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Images |
Edit Images and GIFs (see section below) |
https://www4.lunapic.com/editor/ |
Tables |
For formatting Large Tables: ="[color=Mediumslateblue]"&E2&"[/color]" ="[color=Mediumslateblue][b]"&E2&"[/b][/color]" ="[background-block=#F5F5F5][color=Mediumslateblue][b]"&E2&"[/b][/color][/background-block]" ="[url="&E2&"]"&E2&"[/url]" ="[url="&E2&"][size=300]"&E2&"[/size][/url]"3. Autofill whenever tags need to be repeated. |
Excel~ |
Tables |
4. Copy and paste the new tagged cells to tableconvert website >>> |
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Synonyms |
Garnished word choice |
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Emojis long list |
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Internal (NationStates) Links:
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Function |
Website |
Dispatch, of Table Types |
Table Manipulation |
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Hexadecimal Code Color Names |
Hexadecimal Color names |
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Helpful Dispatches List |
BBCode Help |
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Helpful Dispatches List |
Specific BBCode Help |
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Font Images fontmeme Dispatch |
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Helpful Dispatches List |
Dispatch Templates |
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Helpful Dispatches List |
N-Day and Z-Day |
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Helpful Dispatches List |
Region Help |
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Formatting Notes:
A spoiler cannot be put into a pre, and a pre (that has a table in it) cannot be put into a table.
Sometimes, a font name needs to be capitalized for it to work. If it still doesn't work, add another font.
Word's Find and Replace can edit repetitive parts of BBCode
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Last Updated: 4 Feb 2024
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Height |
Size |
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JPEGs PNGs |
535 |
355 |
if below 150 kB |
(wide) |
JPEGs PNGs |
321 |
568 |
if below 150 kB |
(tall) |
JPEGs PNGs |
428 |
284 |
if above 150 kB and/or doesn't fit width/height of two previous categories |
will BE RESIZED to this |
GIFs |
321 |
213 |
if below 150 kb |
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GIFs |
if above 150 kB and/or doesn't fit width/height of previous category |
will BE CONVERTED to a static image and RESIZED |
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SVGs |
"those images might be rejected as being too large even after compression" |
Sometime before 20 August 2023, the resizing of GIFs was wrote to be at 428 pixels width and 284 pixels height. This has been removed.
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For Images and GIFs, Resizing and Optimizing can be done in:
Optimizing an image means to change the file size. An image should be resized first before optimizing. (This is because once the image is resized, it might become the right file size. Also, resizing after optimizing could cause an increased file size again.)
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Resize |
Optimize (reduce file size) |
JPEG only |
JPEG only |
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1 option |
1 option (Not working on 5 Feb 2024) |
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2 (Gifsicle, ImageMagick) |
3 (Lossy, Color Reduction, Drop Frames) |
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5 (None, Linear, Cubic, NoHalo, LoHalo) |
GIF only |
It is useful to try different combinations of the options above, to find the best outcome. (Find the best Resize, and then go to the best Optimize.)
First Example:
The first set of GIF's demonstrates how each handles color variation (gradients on star groups).
✽ If color banding (lines of color) is acceptable, then GIMP's Cubic is best (has better detail despite this flaw).
✽ If avoiding color banding altogether, EZGIF's Imagemagick is best.
Second Example:
The second set of GIF's demonstrates how each handles detail (the stars).
✽ GIMP's Cubic and EZGIF's Gifsicle are nearly identical as the best here (but I still think GIMP's Cubic has a better earth outline at top and land color saturation).
✽ There is a remarkable difference between EZGIF's Gifsicle and Imagemagick. Here, it becomes obvious that Imagemagick's blur is good for correcting mistakes, but it removes detail.
✽ GIMP's None shows the brightest stars (sharpened details) but the earth is too distorted by this detail. It might be used to sharpen a blurry GIF then.
First Example |
Second Example |
Information |
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https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tools-transform.html#gimp-tool-interpolation-methods |
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None |
"The color of each pixel is copied from its closest neighboring pixel in the original image." |
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Linear |
"The color of each pixel is computed as the average color of the four closest pixels in the original image." |
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Cubic |
"The color of each pixel is computed as the average color of the eight closest pixels in the original image." |
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NoHalo |
use if image was sharpened on gimp |
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LoHalo |
use if image was sharpened on gimp |
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Gifsicle |
"(faster, smaller file size)" |
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ImageMagick |
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1 option |
First Example:
✽ GIMP's Optimize (for GIF) does not have a way to control the amount of optimization, so EZGIF's Lossy could be better simply because of the choice to control the amount of optimization.
Second Example:
✽ The three GIFs of the second set look the same; however EZGIF's Color Reduction has some color loss when zoomed in to land, and some color glitching. It is possible that if a GIF has few colors and frames at start, then EZGIF's Color Reduction could be a good option to preserve the highest file size below 150 kB.
✽ The first set has 16 frames and the second set has 10 frames. Less frames will also reduce GIF size, and this can also be done with EZGIF's Drop Frames if you have many frames.
First Example |
Second Example |
Information |
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Resize used before: GIMP, Cubic |
Resize used before: GIMP, Cubic |
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Optimize (for GIF) |
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Lossy |
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Color Reduction |
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GIFs have 256 colors. Reduces the amount of colors. |
Drop Frames |
Not tried |
Not tried |
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1 option |
Not working (5 Feb 2024) |
Not working / also resizes (26 Apr 2024) |
For GIFs, Editing the Frames and their timing can be done in:
Program/Website |
Edit Individual Frames/Images? |
Timing and Choosing of Frames? |
EZGIF (website) |
No |
Yes |
GIMP |
Yes |
Yes |
PowerPoint |
Yes |
Unpredictable, but possible |
In ppt, slide times are located at: Transitions > Timing, Advance Slide, After
16 images at .1 sec (in PowerPoint) totals 3.13 sec in a GIF. 16 frames at 100ms (in GIMP) totals 1.6 sec in a GIF. Ratio of 1.96, or if rounded is 2. So, 00:00.10 in ppt corresponds to about 200ms in GIMP. Then maybe:
.10 in ppt = 200ms in GIMP.
.06 in ppt = 120ms in GIMP.
.07 in ppt = 140ms in GIMP.
.09 in ppt = 180ms in GIMP.
2 images at 1 sec (in PowerPoint) totals 2.2 sec in a GIF. 2 frames at 1000ms (in GIMP) totals 2 sec in a GIF. Ratio of 1.1. So, 00:01.00 in PowerPoint becomes slightly higher once a GIF is created, but GIMP is exact at 1000ms meaning 1 second.
In conclusion, the times in GIMP are accurate/exact (16 x 100ms= 1.6 sec, 2 x 1000ms=2 sec). The times on PowerPoint are HIGHLY INACCURATE. So, it is best to use the estimates above as a starting point to find similarly matching frame times when converting to GIMP.
Website to compare times of GIFs: https://onlinegiftools.com/analyze-gif
If you don’t like GIMP, you can edit frames in PowerPoint and then use EZGIF or GIMP for timing the frames. These are the free options for GIFs, but paid programs, like Photoshop, might work better for GIFs.
Free Websites
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Instructions |
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JPEGs |
https://imageresizer.com/ |
This is the easiest website to use, but it only optimizes JPEGs, so if your image is a JPEG, use this site. |
JPEGs PNGs GIFs |
Optimize:
Save Image:
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JPEGs PNGs GIFs |
Optimize:
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GIMP (for GIFs)
ElectroShackle-Futuristic
If any of these are useful to you, then please use them. If you have any images to add to this list, then telegram me.
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