# Animated avatar not allowed

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-avatar-not-allowed/174411>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [January 5, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-avatar-not-allowed/174411 "2006-01-05T14:48:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Hommer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hommer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hommer)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animated-avatar-not-allowed/174411/1 "2006-01-05T14:48:39Z")

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Why the \*\*\*\* does it say ‘You may not upload animated images.’ when I try to upload my new avatar.  
It is only 3,22KB (.gif) and also I kept the (50\*50)px that is allowed. I actually tried loading the avatar from my own web-space at that.