Scott Miller

This site is total BS. Every time I try to upload an image, it keeps up a loading screen for as long as I can take (1 hour is my record). That is, if the site comes up, which it won't do on FIrefox and barely ever does on anything else. Very badly done.

is the uploading supposed to take long?

woo hoo

its not working for me, did it take you this long to upload?

its taking ages...all i can see is a donut going round and round...how long is it spose to take... i'm not using internet explorer...i'm using mozilla firefox...am i doing anything wrong?

Maybe it takes so long because your picture is outsourced to workers that are drawing it as quickly as they possibly can.

The site fails often.

I found that it is VERY sensitive to picture size. Change your pictures to 640 x 480. It is also sensitive to contrast and background.

Are you registering? I tried it right away and had that problem. registered and it went right through

same here, first i cant connect and even if i can, it takes a longggggggg ass time to upload!

the donut is trying to hypnotize you lol

"SIMPSONIZE ME" is a horrible website. Even thought the results can be pheneomenal the site itself is really bad.Sometimes it doesn't work. I happen to use it when It was getting updated. After 30 minutes I checked back and all they did was add a UFO and other little details. Anyhow, i tired again and its not loading my picture (yes its at the right demensions and with a white background). I dont recomend it, my picture is loading as we speak and its been 10 minutes.

WTF? I did not create the Simpsonize site, you idiots!

I'm guessing it's so slow because Tom from myspace just made a bulletin telling people to go there.

yeah Bee, I'm thinking the same thing. now entire online myspace is adding his or hers photo. I'm having the swirling donut for more than three hours now, haha. does registering helps by the way?

this site worked perfect for me, i have no clue why you guys are saying it doesnt work

does it only work if ur registered?

i tried that site last night and it worked for a bit then i accidently clicked back and it all went to hell. maybe wait till tom's myspace announcement goes off then it won't be as busy.

DO PEOPLE SIMPSONIZE UR PICTURE OR DOES A COMPUTER DO IT. ITS TAKING FOREVER AND THIS IS MY 3RD TIME, BUT I HAVEN'T REGISTERED, AND IT STILL HASN'T WORKED

hey register for it it helps i went from 3 hours for a job to 10 minutes

hey

how do i save my picture? i have it but when i export it it does not go anywhere

What a drag! I followed the directions to the letter and when the site does actually come up, and you try to upload a photo, it justs goes into the eternal spinning donut. Great idea, lousy execution. Booooooooo!!!!!

Yeah, it sucks.
I put in a perfectly sized, professionally done picture of myself and the donut spun around for like 30 minutes then I had to sit for like another 20 while it generated it. And in the end, it came out in error!
It sucks! Maybe you have to register.. Seen no place to do it though! Maybe I'll try again later.. Yuck!

no, it still does NOT work. if i'm lucky enough to actually get into the site (instead of just getting the "try again" message), it takes like 20 minutes to upload a pic. and then i'll either get an error, or the simpsonized picture will be f'ed up. a couple times the parts of the face appeared randomly, and the one time i did get an actual face it was NOT the gender or skin color i selected! and yes, i'm using a pic with the right dimensions, no background, etc.

Everytime, I try to press UpLoad picture something with Document appears? What is that!?! I want to play but no.. doesn't let me

i got it too work but how can i save the pic asa jpg so i can open it? or how do i save the file as a jpg?

You can only save it as a png file

I'm sitting here staring into the donut as we speak.
Ahhhhhhhhhh!

is there any way to change it from a png file to a jpg?

i really want this

yea so did i.
This thing really sucks.
I get error every single time.

How do you check the pixel size of your picture, this is driving me crazy!!

I uploaded a pic of my boss the output looks like a chick (my boss is a dude)... hee hee...trying to export the file now.

I had the same problem, I updloaded a pic of a guy and it came out as a girl.... or it was blank.... I finally got it to work and had to hit print screen and paste to paintshop for it to save as a bmp file :P how can such a popular site have such low standards????

what is a png file??

I LOVE GANGSTA CHICKS

I WAITED 4 FLIP-PEN HRS AND STILL NOTING IM SOOOO OVER THIS

the donut is there to BS us all.

this is sooo stupid... waiting this long!!!! how did fucken tom get it so fast!!!!

It always says error for me too

It seems to be a cool idea, but i can't even get started because its too busy or something like that.... so i'll give more feedback as soon as .... well whenever it lets me! lol

ahhh im getting so mad

I can't get Simpsonized but at least I made it to the Kwikie-Mart!

how long des it take?!

swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

DONT EVEN WASTE UR TIME MAN

how do you register?

dude i simpsonized me and i wanna save it now but i need to register. everytiem i try to register it asks my b-day so i type it in and nothing happens...how do u save it and register?!!

Is the site's code crappy or is it just too crowded?

It's almost an hour now since I've uploaded my photo.. and the donut is still spinning.
How long does it usually take?

I tried about 6 times. Got it to work twice, but no matter what, the image will not save down. GRRRRRRRRR.

According to Fast Company, the Simpsonize site had 153 million hits and only 4 million could successfully do the picture. It is sponsored by Burger King and they had to increase servers from 18 to 38 and it still is not enough.
http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2007/07/24/doh_the_plot_to_simpsonize_america.html?partner=rss

Worst marketing campaign, ever.

when i finally got done it didn't look any thing like me at all it sucks

I like the simpsons!

I waited 5 hours with the spinning donut and nothing then got kicked off!

Mine worked out pretty good, although it took me a long time. It's too bad it wouldn't generate an animated GIF instead of a PNG file though, because when you're working on your character he blinks the whole time. It would be cool to have a GIF of my Simpsons guy blinking, instead of a still photo.

Damn thing won't work for me everytime I upload the pic it says something about the site is crowded well don't make a damn website that is gonna be crowded everytime someone wants to upload there character.

If you ppl happen to have your pics generated and you can save hit the Print Screen/PRT SCR/(SysRq) button on your keyboard and paste in Paint, that way you can have your pic on your computer too. In Paint, select the area you want and copy it again and paste it in a new file and save that version.

I finally got it to Simpsonize me, but then I couldn't download the photo. I sent an e-card by e-mail, and it's pointing to the wrong saved character. When I try to go back to log in again, the site is now too busy. URRRGGGHH!

I have to say, my character was cool! I will post if I can get back into my acct.

ive simpsonized myself but it doesnt let me save it or register what the??? im going crazy how do i do it .. plzzz can some1 let me know am i doin something wrong???

Okay - I got mine to work again (but I had to start over). Here's what I did to get it to work. This link seems to work better - www.simpsonizeme.com/index.php - Try that.

I had to take a photo of me wearing a colored shirt on a white background (self portrait is fine - try to get at least a 1mb photo).

I registered before I simpsonized myself successfully. I think logging into an account improves success for the photos. If you cannot register but can still Simpsonize yourself, just copy your character (see below) and don't worry about saving it on the site. Once you've copied it, then you have time to play with it in case the site crashes (I got three varations of myself saved before it crashed on me).

Do as another poster suggests - once you get your Simpsonized character, press Prnt Scrn and paste into Paintbrush and once in there, save as .jpg and then crop later in photo editor.

Good luck and keep trying.

ive tried taking the pic with a white backround, colored t-shirt, adjusted size. Every picture has come up with an error, i don't know what i am doing wrong

Yeah, John, exporting doesn't work. Hit the PRNT SCRN button and copy into Paintbrush and save it to your PC that way. This site is no reliable at all, so these workarounds are necessary. I am trying to simpsonize my husband today, and I haven't been able to get back on.

HERE IS HOW TO REGISTER:

ENTER YOUR NAME:****** *******

ENTER COUNTRY:*****

INSTEAD OF ENTERING AGE, ENTER EMAIL: ****@*****.***

INSTEAD OF ENTERING EMAIL, ENTER PASSWORD: ******

ENTER PASSWORD: ******

FOR SOME REASON THE LINES GOT MESSED UP....

I PROMISE THIS WILL WORK... I FIGURED IT OUT LIKE 20 MINUTES AGO...

THIS WEBSITE CAN BE A BIG WASTE OF TIME. SOMETIMES IT LOOKS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE YOU (DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE) BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT TAKES HOURS AND USUALLY ENDS UP NOT LOOKING AT ALL LIKE YOURSELF. MY ADVICE IS TO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME UNLESS YOU LOOK SIMILAR TO A SIMPSON THAT ALREADY EXSISTS.

I am trying to do my hubby, and it recognizes the photo, but he keeps being simpsonized into a chick (I think the male simpsonization is not working right now) even though I select male and 5 o'clock shadow and everything.

If you cannot scroll down, keep re-loading the site. It should work.

And YES, registering and logging in tends to garner more success.

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I got it to work. Heres what I did.

*First off, the website doesn't work with the AOL browser. You need to use Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. If you try it with the AOL browser you will be staring at the donut indefinately.

*If you are using dial up, you can probably forget about Simpsonizing yourself (sorry).

*I went to http://simpsonizeme.com/index.php# instead of simpsonizeme.com. If its still clogged up, hit refresh until it works. I only had to hit refresh a few times.

*Another tip: I have had great luck using it early in the morning (less people on).

*Once the Simpsonizer loads NEVER hit the back button on the browser to go back because you will have to start all over (and you may not be able to get back in so be careful). Use the buttons on the simpsonizer to navigate.

*Follow the Simpsonizer directions. It's not difficult.

*When you get done Simpsonizing yourself, click on "register" on the right side, under where it says "save your character". I just registered with no problem.

*Once you are registered, save your character (there is a save button)

*When I tried to export/download the pic, it wouldn't save no matter how many times I tried.

*Take the advice from people above. To copy:
* Get your simpson on the screen the way you want.
* Right click your Simpson and click "zoom in".
* Center your Simpson by holding the left mouse button, drag
* Hit the PRNT SCRN button on your keyboard
* Open Paintbrush, right click and paste into paintbrush.
* Save, and then you can crop your simpson out later.

*It worked for me this morning really quick. Good Luck!

Read what that guy said about swapping the things round becuase they got messed up it works =]
I had one other problem i had to change the end of my email from a .co.uk to a .com even though thats not my adress for it to work

ok everytime i try 2 do it, it always says error and its talking bout my picture aint right and im always taking the perfect picture. can someone please tell me wut im doin wrong????

To save to your PC, you have to hit the Prnt Scrn key and paste into Paint - then crop in photo editor. Read previous posts for more detail.

I've tried for days to get it to export and e-mail. Neither works right or at all.

i created mine, early in the morning and it took about 5 min. and i tried one a little later in the day and was unsuccessful.

I did mine in the morning with no problem! I actually did 5! It went real fast. Then as the day went on I tried to do some for my friends with no luck!!!!!!!! My pics download but when it's time to simpsonize I get a plain white screen! They really need to work on this!

0K 2DAY WAS A G00D DAY 4 SIMPSONIZING! I MADE ALL MY FRIENDS N MY KIDS! JUS 1 PROBLEM-A COUPLE I SAVED BY EXPORTING BUT THE REST U HAVE 2 PRESS THE PRINT SCREEN THEN PASTE IT IN PAINT 2 CROP!

Ok everyone heres how you save your simpson as a jpeg file. (basic picture) When you press download on the page and the little download box comes up, name it whatever you want, but then at the end add .jpg for example My Simpson.jpg
I hope this helps. Later!

Ok everyone heres how you save your simpson as a jpeg file. (basic picture) When you press download on the page and the little download box comes up, name it whatever you want, but then at the end add .jpg for example My Simpson.jpg
I hope this helps. Later!

it worked for me tonight, but it really doesn't matter what your pic is, I used my daughter in law and made the end product look like me once I got in there, no big deal. Thanx for the info about saving, IE was closing everytime I tried. maybe trying in the middle of the night would work better? good luck it's fun!

This is indeed a waste of time. BK has proven itself inept on this one. (And their burgers suck too.)

OK so I was successful after a few tries but my new problem is my background. I was able to finally save it and when I see it theres a white background but, when I post it on my myspace page under pics the background is black. Now, I've read some of the things others hav writin on her and tried saving it under my Paints and still can't fix it. What else can I do?

The background is not white, it is transparent. If you put it on a black background web page it will look black. You would have to open it in a paint program and paint the background some other color if you don't like transparent.

For all you guys trying to save, maybe you should just downlaod it to your desktop. That's what I did. I did the whole fam last night (me, husband and two kids) and it took about five hours. Good luck. BTW, does anyone know if the 31st was the cut-off? Site is missing today, August 1st.

i have been trying for hours i get it to the point where my image is in the first box and than the second box is blank and says 0% underneath does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?

Wow it seems to be giving you guys lots of trouble mine came out pretty fast and perfect the first time.

worked just fine for me - I've been playing on it at work all night.

ok so yeah i have tried to get this too work but i cant scroll down to where i need to get its like too big for my computer screen wat do i do?

does it work on safari?

i love simpsonize

Works fine for me probably just overwhelmed with traffic when it first came out. Haha my dad looks like mr burns when he gets converted to a simpson character he is not best pleased

when I try to use it, I click on the upload photo and select a photo and nothing happens, the screen just stays as the first screen, I try doing the upload photo thing like a million times and still nothing happens. I don't even know what you guys mean by the donut, because I have never seen it! help??

i want a pic like that

ARGGGHHH!!!! Everything loads in a jiffy for me, but then in the end the picture is blank!!! Wtf

this is shite when it uploads my picture it shows up as blank

Yea same here, everything loads fine but my picture just turns up blank... :(

thanx "geeks with blogs" 4 forewarning me b-4 i wasted my creativity on this non-responsive site....

Wow, mine came out pretty fast. ...Except that it looks NOTHING like me. XD

Works great for me... you just need a big enough photo

im pimp

its good

it does not work it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First, when we choose an image that is not good, they say the place is crowded, instead of saying the image isn't good.
Then, I try to download the Simpsonized photo and I save it in my PC and it doesn't appear. Concluding: it sucks and it's used in order to annoy people.

it scans my pics pretty fast but when it simpsonizes it its just a blank page >:[
i tried it yesterday and it worked perfectly. (im trying to simpsonize all my old classmates and put them in an album on facebook) :(

It worked for me but it took 5 tries.

uuu! k chido

every single time i try to upload a photo it doesn't even do anything!!!

grrr, i can't even register. it takes to long and the continue butten doesnt work