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Friday, July 20, 2007 1:13 PM/EST

Get Simpsonized!

Jim Rapoza SimpsonizedThere are some dreams that we have to admit to ourselves will never come true. I'll most likely never get the chance to travel to another planet. And my chances of becoming a world famous rock star get smaller every year.


But I have finally gotten the chance to fulfill one of my long-held dreams.


I am now a character on The Simpsons.


I know what you're thinking. How did you pull that off, Jim?


Well, I am now a resident of the town of Springfield, thanks to a great new Web application called the Simpsonizer. Using this simple application I was able to upload a photo of myself and with the help of the aliens Kang and Kodos I was converted into a properly drawn cartoon character from the Simpsons.


The application itself is simple enough and it provides plenty of appearance and clothing options (plus the ability to put yourself in scenes, like going to the Kwik-E-Mart).


Couple of tips. The site is busy so if you can go at off hours that will probably work best. Also, try to use a pure headshot without a lot going on in the background.


With a little luck, in no time you will see yourself in the same way that Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa would. I have to say, it is a very cool application.


Or to put it as famous Springfield news anchor Kent Brockman would, "Is the Simpsonizer the most important technology innovation of our time? This reporter says, Yes!"

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This is an incredible marketing and publicity tool! I went right to it and not only "Simpsonized" myself, but sent it to some friends. An incredible technology innovation for the Simpsons!

Cor Cor :

takes forever

Cory Breuer :

It does take along time, but, if you hurry and make your choices(cloths, skin, ect), it will take less time

Don Halvorson :

It is the best thing since the south park charecter designer. it almost make it worth having to work at the movie theater when 8 thousand a day for 5 days in a row. But hey that is only 10,000 diet cokes.

justin :

I think geting simpsonized is so cool iam going to tell all of my friends.

Martin :

wat iz site name so i get simpsonized!

Jim Rapoza :


The link is also above in the story but it's at
http://simpsonizeme.com/

josh kiah :

i've been trying to get on it all day but it's always crowded

Gerson :

its not working its not crowded but its shows a blue backround with a little wight box with a little red X in it at the upper left hand corner

Sandra :

what the fucxk it wont work?

Jessica :

It takes forever to upload a picture. I guess the site is really busy it's taken nearly a half and hour and it's still not done! I'm really getting sick of stareing at a spinning doughnut

Jaylee :

I am not going to tell my friends about this. This sucks! It does not work. I've been waiting 45 mins and still no photo. I've been trying to get on here all day and it did not want to let me or and the site did not want to load. I guess they get paid but how many people visit the site so what do they care if it works or not its money in their pockets.

Tyler :

this is takin soooo damn long
ive been waitin fer like 3 hours
and im gettin hungry lookin at the damn doughnut!

cory :

not working

rin :

how long does it normally take to get simpsonized?

i tink it's faster if i pick up a pen now and simpsonize myself

Jessica :

OMG THIS TAKES TOOOO LONG I HATE IT IM ALREADY %) YEARZ OLD DAMN I MISSED OUT ON MY 20's!!!

Jim Rapoza :

Like I said, best off trying this at off hours. Also, you really want a full close up of the face to get it to work.
They definitely could have done a better job with some of the failure feedback.

joshdawg :

it has been a week since i checked last and it si still full!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Chris :

How do you save it so that its big?

Jim Rapoza :

There's an Export link on the right side. Click that and it will give you multiple download options.

redd :

this sucks ive been lookin at it load since yesterday...

evan duncan :

how long did it take you to simpsonize yourself

Deon :

The donut has been spinning since yesterday! Its going on about 20 hours. This is really frustrating. How long does it take. I uploaded the picture and the donut has been spinning ever since. I went to work and school and the donut is still spinning. This is crazy!

Ray :

This is making me pissed. Its been over a hour now and the donut is still going at it. I really hope having fast internet will make it so it doesn't take a fricken week. just watch! I will wait for another 4hours then it will probably freeze or say error. What kind of internet speed do you all have? that its taking so long.

leao :

black,fine,

nay :

this IS taking a long time. im bored. www.myspace.com/simple013... go visit my page

Jim Rapoza :

If it takes more than a couple minutes with the donut spinning than it isn't going to happen. Another option that is still cool, though it doesn't work with your own picture, is the avatar maker at http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html

Lance :

it is always full

thomas :

this doesn't work! twice i got a blank white screen from my pictre... another time I got a woman! i picked a man and this woman didn't look anything like me! its like they gave me the wrong one and some lady in france is wondering why she got a boy back!

CARI BERRY :

COME ON I WANNA BE SIMPSONIZED

CARI BERRY :

COME ON I WANNA BE SIMPSONIZED

jon :

hey man, i tried and tried and tried to find out how to even just get to the site to do it and it just dont work...

Nick :

i can only find basic clothes,i see peoples with skull shirts and stuff, how do i get those?

Robert :

wat are the off hour that u are talking about i think such thing doesnt exist

gary :

this is so cool but its always so fuckin crowded

Juice :

Okay, here's a couple of things you can do to make it work better and not get the donut to spin forever:

*crop the photo, so that you can have a perfect size pic and it wont fail once you get through the donut spinning process.
*reduce the file size. Do this by opening the pic in any program that will allow you to change the photo's settings and change it to something like 640x480.

Doing this will give you a perfect sized picture that should be able to upload to the site in around (or less) than a minute. Assuming the site's not full.

Juice :

Oh, one more thing. That http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html
site works well also. It may not use a photo but you can work with it to create yourself, or even a brand new character.

I actually liked the one I created from simpsonsmovie.com better, while my wife liked the one she created from simpsonizeme.com better.

aimie cayiyi :

i am the talk show host of simsons of america.com
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Lori W. :

How do I actually export it? It implies I've exported it but there are no options, etc. All I have is a file named my_file.png and I can't open it with Photo Editor or anything.

jermaine :

wat the fuckkkkkkkkkkkk fuck the simsons
shitttttttttttttttttttttttttttt fuck spideer pig

jermaine :

wat the fuckkkkkkkkkkkk fuck the simsons
shitttttttttttttttttttttttttttt fuck spideer pig fuck u tom

Karla C. :

It is SOOOOOOOOO slow.. The counter has been stopped at 1 for about 30 mins.. You really shouldn't advertise something that isnt working quite well yet!

Kayla :

i have been on the site for like a half an hour and it brought me to the page were you pick your age and skin color and age and so on, and it has been saying analyzing photo for a LONG time and everytime it gets down to 2 on the countdown it goes right back to 12 and counts down over and over again, why is this?

josh :

man.. i finally got it to say 'simpsonize and like the aliens 'simpsonized' it but the box was white and it didnt show my picture so i was like 'wtf!! wut a burn!'

Juice :

dudes, read my post above. It will help you, trust me.

i like weed, snoop dog, pink floyd, cats, and trippy things

mark :

fat lazy man who loves pies and donner kebabs


he likes to eat and watch tv
favourite snack is donuts

your mom :

DiS iS KeWl. I kInDa LiKe It. IdK. mAyBe I'lL lIkE tHe AvAtAr ThInG bEtTeR. iT mIgHt RuN fAsTeR. tHaNkS fOr PoStInG iT.

gilberto :

how could i get simpsonnizied

Jacob :

This thing took for ever and it didnt even work man f@*k this thing

This is basically the most rad thing probably since pre-shredded cheese. Pretty positive I should be on the Burger King commercial, too!

Nick :

Worked great for me! Just tried it. Took 5 minutes. Off hours, though I suppose. Around 6AM EST.

Joe Raimondi :

hiiii

geoffrey :

that was awsome! i went on it with my sis and we were on for hours makin simpsonized people, and i would rate the simpsonizer a five star game type thing......... GO SIMPSONS

dude :

I want to do it so bad, the dang thing is so full

brenna :

hi

mireya romo :

omg i luv this

Jenelle Ward :

It wont work for me wtf is the deal i've tried multiple photo's all large enought but it says there too small???

well mine didnt look like me atall!
it was done in about 2mins and i got 12meg broadband

zoie :

i can't simpsoniz my self it will not work it be gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

tre :

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IT WOUNT FUCKIN WORK MOTHER

deonte :

this is major fun, add me on myspace dalord06@aol.com is my email for myspace

deonte :

this is major fun, add me on myspace dalord06@aol.com is my email for myspace

Hey this thing is totally awsome its great and fun !!!and totally easy to use sure it make take time but its worth it for sure!!!jst chill and have fun with it!!!well luvs ya ♥

diz isnt workin
but simsonz iz an awesum show
xD

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