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Takenbythrive
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#1 · Posted: 12 Feb 2010 20:25
I have a question. I'm a newbe and I want to upload a avatar. I have chosen a .gif image of 60 X 60 pixels large, so I know it's not too big. The problem is- I can't upload the thing. Do I need to remotely store the image somewhere (Like photobucket). Once I do that, there's noplace to paste the url of the picture.
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Vishal P. Rao
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#2 · Posted: 12 Feb 2010 23:21
Takenbythrive: I have chosen a .gif image of 60 X 60 pixels large
The avatar has to be exact 80x90px (WxH) and less than 10KB, else you'll not be able to upload it. If you need help, you can send the original (un-resized) pic to me and I'll upload it.
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mountainmom5
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#3 · Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:32
Vishal P. Rao: The avatar has to be exact 80x90px (WxH) and less than 10KB, else you'll not be able to upload it. If you need help, you can send the original (un-resized) pic to me and I'll upload it.
Vishal had to help me with mine too - he's awesome.
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Vishal P. Rao
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#4 · Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:40
mountainmom5: Vishal had to help me with mine too - he's awesome.
Thanks Viola  I'm flattered!
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talfighel
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#5 · Posted: 14 Feb 2010 13:12
There was a site that I found on Google that actually re-sized my image to 80x90px which is a requirement here in the forum for uploading a picture of yourself.
I don't remember that site's name but it can be done.
Tal
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bosco
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#6 · Posted: 23 Mar 2010 14:24
I thought the pic I used was accepted, but I didn't know anything about it needing to be certain dimensions.
Turns out I didn't have the avatar. Glad I checked out this thread.
Here's how I fixed it.
I had already downloaded the irfanview tool at irfanview.com
So I opened it. Cicked FILE. Navigated to the picture on my hard drive.
Clicked IMAGE
Clicked RESIZE / RESAMPLE
Kept the setting in the PIXEL default button
UNchecked the KEEP ASPECT RATIO BOX
Typed in 80 in the width box
Typed in 90 in the height box
Clicked OK
Then to save it I clicked FILE again
Clicked SAVE AS
Navigated to the folder on my hard drive where I wanted to save it
Changed the name of the file to differentiate between the original
Clicked SAVE
Then I uploaded that new picture here in the forum
Now I actually have the avatar that I was so unobservant
that I thought I already had here.
Chris Farrell turned me on irfanview. I learned so much from
that cat, it ain't even funny. I used to have a mental block that said I couldn't learn skills, but I'm over it now.
Sometimes it takes me longer than average to learn, but I can learn.
Irfanview can do so much more than resize. It's fun to play around with it. You can crop pictures to blow up certain sections. You can create all kinds of effects.
You can add writing. Paint over sections.
One thing I used it for was an image for something I promote that said, "CLICK HERE" at the bottom. I wanted to use it as the top photo on a Squidoo lens, which is the only one you can't link...(so the "Click Here" wasn't apprpropriate.)
With irfanview I was able to paint in the bottom section that said Click Here and then write in something more appropriate.
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katereber
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#7 · Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:55
Im trying to make avatar too, but since im new here i still don't know how to create.. 
Now i know, thanks for those info..
Good day..
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