A Mini-Guide to Getting Thumbnails
So... do you ever wonder how people get thumbnails here on Gaia?
For example:
Here's our basic preview in the MP, for the Black Sheep:
As a Monthly Collectible, it's supposed to have a magenta sparkle... but it doesn't. So, with my crappy pixelating skills, I added one!
Yes, this is important - because what you do is right-click on the image in the red square, rather than the larger preview (the arrow):
Once you have right-clicked...
arrow click "Copy Image URL" (Google Chrome)
arrow click "Copy Image Location" (Mozilla Firefox)
It will give you a URL:
http://s.cdn.gaiaonline.com/images/thumbnails/a67fda0812db6.png
But that's not very useful - what you get is this:
http://s.cdn.gaiaonline.com/images/thumbnails/a67fda0812db6.png
So you add image tags:
[img]http://s.cdn.gaiaonline.com/images/thumbnails/a67fda0812db6.png[/img]
And voila! You've got your thumbnail:
This can be done with any pose in the market - except the large previews.
If you go through this process on the large previews, you get one of these (depending on the item):