I finally have an icon that really and truly expresses how I feel on Oh So Many Occasions....

[lagilman]

EtA: drat. The gif isn't gifing as an actual icon. Anyone know how to troubleshoot it?

EtA2: alas, too large for LJ. Foo.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I believe you'd have to recut the whole thing down to 100x100p and re-animate it. You can't just shrink an animated gif, because it's a bunch of different images, and just shrinking it only captures one of them.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Yes, this.
There are on-line services, however!

I found this one: http://www.online-image-editor.com/
I experimented with yours, and got this:

[lagilman]

Hrm. No, still static. And I've uploaded animated gifs before! Ah well.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see why, too - it's too big, nearly 200 k, and LJ wants something littler. Hold a moment...
ETA: not sure how to get it down to the size they want without making it too teeny to see. Alas!

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Well, this one is just plain too high-rez. It weighs in at 195K, and the file size cap is 40K.

[lagilman]

*sads*

Oh well. I can still use it elsewhere. Because it really is perfect.

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't give up just yet! You may be able to drop the resolution on the gif without losing too much fidelity. I'll take a closer look if you'd like. (after I get the toddler to fall asleep! Wish me luck!)

[paulliver.livejournal.com]

You mean a perpetual "oh my god"? I'm on board with you.