Xatools by 3men2

Tools for Xat

@Marv (1997)
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Animated avatar for xat: effects, HD borders and quill

Animated avatar for xat

Your photo with blink and effects, or your name written with a quill. GIF or 160 px PNG strip ready for xat, with a direct link to upload it.

Framing · drag and use the wheel
Result
The preview appears here once you load an image.
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xat muestra el avatar hasta 160 px al ampliarlo (y 320 en el perfil): con 160 px lo escala y se ve borroso. Con 160 px el GIF y la tira PNG se ven nítidos en todos los tamaños.

Quick styles
Effects · tick the ones you want; options appear when enabled

The image switches off and back on every so often.

Star-shaped sparkles that appear and fade.

Starts in black, appears and fades out again at the end (like the classic GIFs).

Brightness pulse (darken ↔ brighten) or colour pulse (colour ↔ black and white).

The photo in black and white, high contrast or sepia as the base of the animation.

Branching bolts falling from above with a white flash.

The image is born from a dot, grows to fill and holds.

Row of hearts top and bottom with a glow running along the row.

Hearts, stars, flowers, snowflakes or petals falling gently.

The photo goes from black & white to color with a diagonal wipe, spins shrinking to a point, grows back and returns to gray.

Animated decorative ring around the photo, in the style of avatar decorations: 72 original designs in 6 collections. Pick one in the Frames tab.

Circular shutter that closes to a dot and opens again.

Fog clouds drifting slowly across the image.

Everything dark except a spotlight that roams the image and opens up at the end.

Butterfly silhouettes crossing the image flapping their wings. "Double" adds a second, smaller flock in another colour.

Golden dust twinkling all along the edge (round, square or rectangle) and a sparkle running around it, Disney style.

Small hearts that float up and beat.

Light beams spinning from the centre and bursting into flashes.

A wave of fire rises, covers the image and falls.

A ring of light bursts from the centre with particles.

A halo that pulses around the shape.

A colour veil cycling through the whole rainbow.

Crisp border: solid, gradient, spinning, glitter or neon. Adjustable width.

Two generators in one. "Blink and effects" turns any image into an animated avatar in the style of xat 2D gifs: round or square shape, zoomable framing and combinable colour effects (blink, star sparkles, fade, brightness or colour pulse, black and white, lightning, circular zoom, hearts frame, rain of hearts or stars, butterflies, hearts, light rays, flames, explosions, rainbow tint) plus a high-definition border with adjustable width and solid, gradient, spinning-gradient, glitter or neon styles. "Quill" writes your name or nick letter by letter with a quill and ends with a shine, blink or fade, in eight fonts. Everything is generated in your browser and downloads as GIF or lossless PNG strip.

Frequently asked questions

Which format do I upload to xat: GIF or PNG strip?+

Both work. The PNG strip (one 80×80 frame per cell, side by side) keeps all colours losslessly; the GIF uses 256 colours per frame with dithering and is more shareable.

How do I get a well-defined border?+

Turn on "High-definition border", pick the width (1–12 px) and the style: solid, two-colour gradient with angle, spinning gradient, glitter or neon. The border is drawn at triple resolution and downscaled with smoothing, so it stays crisp even at 160 px.

Does the image get distorted?+

No. It is cropped in "cover" mode (fills the square without stretching) and downscaled in steps with high-quality smoothing. Drag and zoom to choose what is visible.

How does the quill work?+

Type your name, choose font, colours, outline and tilt and press Generate: the quill runs across the letters and when done the text shines, blinks or fades before looping. You can hide the quill so the text simply appears.

Can I change the colour of butterflies, hearts and rays?+

Yes. Each effect has its own colour, amount, size and intensity controls; butterflies and hearts are soft-glowing silhouettes like in classic xat avatars.

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