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Gecimen (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 6/27/2020 16:52

Hi koto_O; I never get into public discussions but since you asked publicly, I'll answer in the same manner. The ones that I rejected, this and this have clear signs of photographic color reduction. I know you probably passed over every pixel manually but still it's a color reduced photograph and it's very much visible.

This was me answering as the mod.

As a person who's been pixelling since the end of 80s, I've gone through the same thing when I came to Pixeljoint 10 years ago. I thought placing a new pixel on a non-pixel art image would make it pixel art. That didn't help me getting any better at pixel art and now that I look at it, they add nothing to my gallery or the site itself.

What do you need to get your pieces accepted here? Make normal pixel art, don't paint over photographs. You may be angry with us now, you may just quit PJ or pixel art all together, but if you keep pixelling, there's a chance you'll thank us one day as I did Jalonso and the other old moderators.


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ParkerBabyDiaperCompany (Level 2 King Checker) @ 6/27/2020 13:24

Yeah, a couple of mine were declined a while ago too. I'm still upset about it.


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DioShiba (Level 4 Shoggoth (The Mountains of Madness)) @ 6/26/2020 16:53

Koto, I'm not anyone important in this case but I would question whether or not it's the QR code that you pixeled in as a signature.

From the looks of the previews I see nothing wrong from the two that were declined however I'm wondering if that is the case in which scenario it probably isn't helping the pieces get accepted. It's also a little difficult to tell without seeing the detail files with the zoom function on PixelJoint =/.


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koto_O (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 6/26/2020 16:26

Two of my pixel art works were declined with the following: 'Pieces must exhibit intentional pixel placement over the entire image. Scribbles, unrefined drawings, careless "spray tool" effects, uncorrected color reductions, uncontrolled anti-aliasing, etc, will be denied entry into the gallery. Note that it is possible to have intentionally messy pixel placement and such cases may be allowed into the gallery.'

I confirm, that every pixel it that works is placed intentionally and all the antialiasing is done by hand. What do I have to do in order to get these works approved?

One of them is my avatar I would like to use on PixelJoint forum, by the way.


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DioShiba (Level 4 Shoggoth (The Mountains of Madness)) @ 6/26/2020 14:30

Done, and done. Thank you!


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/26/2020 12:22

I only get logged out when I log in on another device/browser. Which is still very very annoying, but I don't think there is a fix :(


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ParkerBabyDiaperCompany (Level 2 King Checker) @ 6/26/2020 10:23

Is anyone else getting logged off of your account all the time? It used to be that I'd log in and then stay logged in forever unless I cleared my cookies or something. But now I'm logging in again every time I open the browser even if I check 'stay logged in.' I'm wondering if it's a problem on my end or if other people have the same issue.


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/26/2020 10:03

Hi Diogalesu, this can be done, once. Send me a private message with your requested name change and we'll arange it!


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DioShiba (Level 4 Shoggoth (The Mountains of Madness)) @ 6/26/2020 09:19

Can admins change usernames of anyone on pixel joint upon request?

Hoenstly been wondering this as of late since my username on a majority of other sites has changed but if it isn't already clear that users can't really do this on their own so can't really do much on my end there.


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Gecimen (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 6/24/2020 15:32

Still, we watch out for not having 2 pieces from the same artist on the front page at the same time.


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/20/2020 04:48

The limit is no longer in the rules. Often when these kinds of large numbers come in it is easy to approve a whole bunch at once, and then not leave them on the front page for too long!

Also a glitch in the admin panel prevents mods from approving old works in the queue if the list gets too long, so this is a quick solution to be able to access the pieces that have been waiting for longer again :)


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skamocore (Level 11 Dolphin) @ 6/20/2020 01:15

Pretty sure it was 5 per person per day. Also, I remember when I was a mod, it, um, kind of ended up being a bit of a flexible number when someone had submitted a lot of things in a day...


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DawnBringer (Level 10 Maniac) @ 6/20/2020 00:55

What happened to the max 4 accepted images per day limit?


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Theoden (Level 10 Operative) @ 6/19/2020 01:19

@Jinn

I was wondering why Fixel Joint worked on Chrome after I press the "send feedback" option at the bottom. 

Turns out it  changes the site URL to "http" when I do it and it starts working. Mystery solved lol.


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/19/2020 01:10

Right. I see those nearly every day, but I think I must have developed some kind of blindness for them...


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Theoden (Level 10 Operative) @ 6/19/2020 00:50

Eye of the Beholder is free on GOG: 

https://www.gog.com/game/forgotten_realms_the_archives_collection_one


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Jinn (Level 11 Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)) @ 6/18/2020 15:42

Yeah, but only if you use "http" instead of "https". So some links break the extension, unfortunately. 

As for the bot, it shows when someone comment/reply/fav a piece.

8JH2Lx3.png (205×212)


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/18/2020 15:39

Hahaha

Where is that thing still being used, btw?

Also, I just noticed that fixeljoint does still work on chrome, in case you're interested!


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Jinn (Level 11 Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)) @ 6/18/2020 14:56

That being the case, pls pls pls pls make this  a thing! pls pls pls!


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Mathias (Level 6 Garbage) @ 6/18/2020 14:53

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


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Amorph (Level 4 Sea Turtle) @ 6/18/2020 14:46

Woohoo!


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/18/2020 12:59

Just a tiny announcement: With some more time on my hands these days, I've been asked to return on the mod team. So you'll probably see me around some more again!


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Jinn (Level 11 Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)) @ 6/17/2020 16:17

Speaking of underground PJ graphs, I miss those juicy halloween trophies


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Theoden (Level 10 Operative) @ 6/17/2020 12:41

Yeah I totally agree with that, reminds me of Karateka lol.


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Jão (Level 9 Nidan) @ 6/17/2020 05:58

Still dig the little karate dudes. Can certainly picture then moving in a rotoscope-like way, like out of this world or something.  


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Theoden (Level 10 Operative) @ 6/17/2020 03:28

It has been ages since I saw those icons.


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/17/2020 02:12

And this would be what you'd get for winning the monthly top:

PJ has come a loooongg way :p


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skamocore (Level 11 Dolphin) @ 6/17/2020 01:52

Remember the old challenge icons?

https://i.imgur.com/vgO1GDP.png


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Jinn (Level 11 Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)) @ 6/17/2020 01:15

NOW WE'RE TALKIN'


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/17/2020 01:00


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Jinn (Level 11 Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)) @ 6/17/2020 00:09

Now we need to revamp this little dude: 


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Irenaart (Level 9 Dagon (Dagon, also Philistine mythology)) @ 6/16/2020 08:38

Yep, deleting cookies helps. Now it's bright and clean. (on Firefox)


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Theoden (Level 10 Operative) @ 6/16/2020 02:36

Cleaning downloaded cached images and files from Chrome seems to fixed it for me.

Now the icon looks nice and clean.


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Jinn (Level 11 Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)) @ 6/15/2020 13:54

That's a shame :( After FixelJoint, I can't stand browsing PJ Vanilla anymore.


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/15/2020 13:50

I can't even get fixeljoint to work on firefox :(.


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Jinn (Level 11 Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)) @ 6/15/2020 13:46

Unrelated, is there a way to make Fixel Joint work on Brave?


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Mathias (Level 6 Garbage) @ 6/15/2020 13:44

Omitting the 24x24 helped. Who knows why. Browsers constantly changing. fml


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DawnBringer (Level 10 Maniac) @ 6/15/2020 13:16

Yay! 

(Using Brave it worked right away in Win7, but in Win10 I had to clear the cache)


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Jinn (Level 11 Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)) @ 6/15/2020 13:09

Working fine now! Thanks!


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/15/2020 13:08

I haven't tested Opera, but Chrome works now. Just a hard refresh might not work, instead try and do a hard refresh on this icon (ctrl + f5) and then on the home page, and then you'll see a nice 16x16 PJ nerd :)


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Mathias (Level 6 Garbage) @ 6/15/2020 07:44

YEP. Icons are a pain.


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ParkerBabyDiaperCompany (Level 2 King Checker) @ 6/15/2020 07:30

I have had a ton of icon issues in the past, making a bunnch of different icon sizes for my game's exe. And then it still behaves in a way I don't expect. It's a pain.


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Mathias (Level 6 Garbage) @ 6/15/2020 06:57

wait what now my bookmarks icon is this

cursed . . .


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Mathias (Level 6 Garbage) @ 6/15/2020 06:50

balls. Tried again and you're right - the ICO in use is the new one. Glad you pointed that out. Gotta love browser caching. 
Checked Opera. Thought it was maybe scaling/cropping the 32x32 PNG to create the botched 16x16.

Try nixing the PNGs altogether. Remove them from the equation. I'm not aware of any devices that require them and can't just use the standard ICO.

Here's another ICO with the 24px version removed. Hacky, but maybe it'll solve the issue.

!fun with favicons!


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/15/2020 06:08

You forgot to hard refresh the favicon ico, it is the new ico definitely. Where else would it get the cropped version from?


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ParkerBabyDiaperCompany (Level 2 King Checker) @ 6/15/2020 04:27

On chrome I have the same issue.


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Mathias (Level 6 Garbage) @ 6/15/2020 03:43

24x24 version hasn't been implemented - only 16, 32, and 96. This means devices/browsers have less choices to pick from and may have to choose the "next best" choice, which will result in bilinear scaling.

Here's what I did with the new favicon image when outputting the new final files for the site to use:
--new PJ icon sheet--
These are the standard icon sizes you can expect to be used by various devices (more if the icon is to be used in Windows system trays, due to UI scaling settings). Some sizes are used more than others. When you want to be thorough and ensure all users see the correct icon you should output each of these sized so the device can properly decide.
(sorry not trying to be mr. knowledge dropper here, for some god awful reason I got into web development so I happen to know this stuff)

Problem is server side. There's some confusion with the files used.
--A quick look at the page source--

1) Lines 12,13,14 - new PNG icon files are in use. Might as well add the other 6 if the favicon is being handled with individual PNG files.

2) Line 18 - Still using old blurry favicon. This ICO file only contains a 16x16. The new ICO file I uploaded contains all 9 sizes.

3) Line 19 - Wrong format extension used so link is broken. If manually changed to GIF, the image does exist, but is using the oldie.

I don't know how pixeljoint.com is administrated so I can't really give good specific recommendations.
I'm guessing it has some sort of primitive custom CMS.

But, I would try removing the PNG favicons (lines 12-14) and using only the new ICO file - it has all 9 sizes embedded in it.


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Theoden (Level 10 Operative) @ 6/15/2020 01:58

I am having the same issue with Chrome Version 83.0.4103.97 (Official Build) (64-bit).


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 6/15/2020 01:39

That sucks, its the 24x version scaled down to 16x >.<.

I'm no expert, but it seems like the 24x version was not uploaded individually, however it is packaged in the .ico file so it must be from there. Why would your chrome and opera prefer the 24x version and then scale it down? . I


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skamocore (Level 11 Dolphin) @ 6/15/2020 01:12

https://i.imgur.com/2p15U8t.png

Similar thing in Opera




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