messenger graphic guidelines

Hi ,
I would like to build emoticons, bg images, winks etc. for our users to
download to their messenger.

Do you have any guidelines for building these things?

Thanks,

Dan.

Greetings Dan,

Static (non-animated) emoticons are PNGs at 19x19.
Animated emoticons are GIF89a at up to 50x50 (doesn't have to be 50).
The size of the background is less as important as to what you're using as a background.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
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"Dan" <> wrote in message
news:77420DA8-F679-4587-BA76-...
> Hi ,
> I would like to build emoticons, bg images, winks etc. for our users to
> download to their messenger.
>
> Do you have any guidelines for building these things?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan.

Hi Jonathan,
Thanks alot for your answer.
How about backgrounds and winks, are there any guidelines for them?
Is there a manual for preparing an exe that can auto install all these add
ons to messenger?

thanks again,
Dan

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Dan,
>
> Static (non-animated) emoticons are PNGs at 19x19.
> Animated emoticons are GIF89a at up to 50x50 (doesn't have to be 50).
> The size of the background is less as important as to what you're using as a background.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "Dan" <> wrote in message
> news:77420DA8-F679-4587-BA76-...
> > Hi ,
> > I would like to build emoticons, bg images, winks etc. for our users to
> > download to their messenger.
> >
> > Do you have any guidelines for building these things?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan.
>
>