Members lucho_84 Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Anyone else try to ut an avatar o their dealy? I tried but nothing came up. Is it just me or is everyone's not showing anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gruvjack Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Mine works V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 So is an Avatar just a 100 DPI 1" x 1" JPG or GIF file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SilleeSpyder Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 I don't know, but its being a real pain in the ass... I tried 100x60 with a compression setting of 3 and it was still too big. I guess I'll have to upload it onto my webspace then have it pop up from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gruvjack Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Note: the maximum size of your custom image is 100 by 100 pixels or 5120 bytes (whichever is smaller). There is a 5kb limit, guys. V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Servant Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Mine's up.............I dunno. It's 100x100 and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fantasticsound Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Here's one of my Halloween favorites from back at the MP Forums. It's a picture I took of my daughter several Halloweens ago. I liked it larger, but with as many members as we have here, large avatars might crash the whole system. Don't forget to keep 'em work and family friendly. The mods have already mentioned they will delete any that go too far. Also, if you find they slow your page loading too much, you can always turn them off. I like 'em to easily scan threads for posts from people I know online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashivraj Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 test post. AS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scodiddly Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Avatars have one really nice use - it's easy to scroll quickly through an item looking for a particular author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ctardi Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Testing, testing, testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Looks like I pulled this one out of my ass??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dookietwo Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Trying this. Most likely won't stay with it. Just giving it a try.dookietwo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GigMan Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 I like my Prof. Frink (Simpsons character) just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Mine makes me look fat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strat2 Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Originally posted by abzurd Mine makes me look fat! Try wearing black!? But geee tell us how you get that sooo relaxed look... - - - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TexasJim Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 I'm trying to use my existing avatar, which is a bitmap. The system will only take gif or jpeg. Can anyone tell me how I can convert my 98 X 95 pixel bitmap to either a gif or jpeg? Texas Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fantasticsound Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Do you have a photo editor program on your computer? Most will allow you to "Save as" to many different file formats, the most common being .bmp, .jpg and .gif. The key, if you're a novice computer graphics person, is to open the .bmp in a program that can convert it via "Save as". It's possible your computer associates .bmp's with a paint program. Most limited paint programs save only to bit map file formats. I don't know why. {edit} I checked Paint in the MS XP Pro accessories folder and it now saves to multiple formats.{/edit} But nowadays most other editors can save from .bmp to .jpg or vice-versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Originally posted by TexasJim I'm trying to use my existing avatar, which is a bitmap. The system will only take gif or jpeg. Can anyone tell me how I can convert my 98 X 95 pixel bitmap to either a gif or jpeg?Texas Jim Assuming you're using a windows PC, you can open it in Paint. It should be in the Accessories folder in the start window or you can right click and go to "open with" and choose it there. you may also have other apps to do it from that menu. Paint isn't the best thing to resize with. I'm not even sure how to. If you need to resize you may have to download an image editor. There are many free ones out there. Picasa, from Google, gets great reviews in PC magazines and is free. It's a photo manager and editor. http://picasa.google.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fantasticsound Posted October 18, 2005 Members Share Posted October 18, 2005 Picasa is amazing, but you need to export your changes. Otherwise, they're simply a filter, of sorts, within Picasa's filing system. Otherwise, the changes appear within Picasa, but not outside of the program unless you "export" the adjusted photo. That's great for editing without changing the original data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lucho_84 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 As the OP I refuse to let someone steal my thread! Just playing, but obviously I got it to work. I don't know what was up earlier. Thanks for the help:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TexasJim Posted October 19, 2005 Members Share Posted October 19, 2005 Thanks, y'all! I think I finally got my avatar functioning. Opening it in Paint and saving as a gif worked. Texas Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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