Handy Online Tools

Some bits n pieces to keep you entertained for five minutes...

Avatar Creator Tool

This is a tool that'll let you upload any image from your website, crop it where you want and have it resized and stylised into an avatar image that would be suitable for most online communities.

Here's some examples:

The format was originally based on the 'official' avatars on the Sony SWG website - I thought the choice there was pretty poor, so I figured I'd build something to let people have their own custom avatar that still fit into the style of the site without needed any photoshop skills.

Mobile Wallpaper Creator Tool

Just a quick crop and sharpen tool to let you create wallpapers for mobile devices from your own images. It's newer than the avatar tool, and has the features to allow you to either upload an image from your hard drive or alternatively, copy and paste in the URL of an image.

For example, here's one to fit my HTC Tattoo:

These online tools are created either by a need to have something, or (more frequently) the thought "I wonder if I can...", which generally results in frantic coding for the next few hours!

Hopefully, you might find something useful in there - if not, either check back at a later date, cos I'm always messing around, or give me a shout on Twitter or email me and let me know if you have a suggestion for something I could put on here...