Avatar Help

[PragmaticGal]

Yep. I've decided to get an avatar. I've no idea how to though. Your techie know-how will be much appreciated.

[Niya]

Wanna join the crowd eh.

[Gedo_Boy]

1. Download an image off the internet. save it to your desktop.

2. Put it into the Microsoft Photo Viewer/Editor, Resize it to a MAX of 80 x 80 pixels.........

3. Go into the 'Profile' (the log in menu on the left) and upload the new re-sized Avatar from the directory you saved it to.

[PragmaticGal]

Yep, I want to be the Snet member who came in from the cold.

[Gedo_Boy]

Here's some hot cocoa and a blanket.

[michael_ital]

By Michael_Italia

Copyright 2003

1.) I'll assume you already have a picture you want to reduce to avatar size.

2.) Double clik it, and it will open in what is called "Window's Picture and Fax Viewer" or "WPV" from now on. The image MUST be .jpg or .gif format. (The extension at the end of the picture's title. I.E "Islam.jpg" )

3.) At the bottom of the viewing screen, you'll see a row of icons. Clik the one second from the right, which should be a tiny image of a paintbrush and pictureframe.

4.) The image should now appear in another frame called "paint." I.E "Islam.jpg - Paint." There should also be a row of icons down the left side of the frame, and a pallette of colours should be along the left bottom. For what we're doing, we'll not need these, so ignore them.

5.) At the top left you'll see a toolbar with 6 options. "File, edit, view,image, colours,help." Clik, "image."

6.) A drop down menu containing 6 options will appear. "Flip/rotate, stretch/skew, invert colours, attributes, clear image, draw opaque." Clik, "stretch/skew."

7.) A box titled "stretch/skew will apear, with 2 options. One for "Stretch" which will have two little boxes marked " horizontal" and " vertical." And one for "Skew," also marked the same. We'll only be using "Stretch," so ignore "skew."

8.) Now, here is where you'll need to do a little math. The two little boxes will be filled in by default with the numeric value "100%." But, depending on the size of our image, 100% may be too big for our 80 X 80/ 6 KB size, so you'll need to figure out the % size of your image. I.E If your image is 800 X 800 pixels, then we'll need to reduce it to 10%. 10% of 800 = 80, capisc ?

Note: If your image is 800 X 600, you'll need to enter "10% X 13%" so, if you have an image of different proportions, you'll need to do the math to figure out the % to get it to 80 pixels.

9.) Enter this number. In the example above, we'll need to enter "10%" in both the horizontal and vertical boxes.

10.) Clik "OK"

11.) The image should then appear in it's reduced size.

12.) *Under "file" clik "Save as" and title your new pic to whatever you want, and save it to wherever you save your pics. I.E "My Pictures."

13.) Clik "Profile" in Snet, scroll to the bottom,and at the "Upload avatar..." option, clik "browse." The "Choose file" box should open. Go to your "my Pictures" folder (or wherever it is you've saved the image) and clik "open." Select your image by clikking it,then again clik "open.

14.) The "browse" box should now contain the location of your pic. I.E "C:\ My Pics..."

15.) Clik "submit."

16.) VOILA!!!!! Avatar.

Note: You can use this method anytime you want to reduce the size of an image. Any problems, lemme know.

[PragmaticGal]

Mike and GB,

Thank you. Watch this space. Or a little to the left of it actually.

[Ashlee]

1.google an avatar
2. re-size it to 80x80 pixels (the max in s'net)
3. upload, or paste the url.

[Gedo_Boy]

I decided mine needed an update too.

[Ashlee~]

Prag

I can create a flashing avatar that says

I HEART MJ (PIC OF ABDULLAHI) SOMALIA


Do you want it I will do it

[Gedo_Boy]

Go ahead, shove it down her throat.

[michael_ital]

[quote="Gedo_Boy"]I decided mine needed an update too.[/quote]

That's wicked B.

[Ashlee~]

WTF

[PragmaticGal]

I haven't even thought of WHAT the avatar is going to be.

Ashlee, go on, but minus the Yeey pic

[Ashlee~]

PRAG LOOK AT MY AVATAR