Avatars??

Chewie · Post by **Chewie** » 29 Sep 2009, 15:25

Can I get a picture that fits the bloody avatar limits???

Can I buggery!

Eddie Irvine in the BRG Jaguar F1 car; that's all I ask.

Any ideas?

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Sep 2009, 15:31

Chewie wrote:Can I get a picture that fits the bloody avatar limits???

Can I buggery!

Eddie Irvine in the BRG Jaguar F1 car; that's all I ask.

Any ideas?

Resize it using basic photo editing software, not paint 'cos it stays the same size in terms of bytes.

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 29 Sep 2009, 15:41

I found it a right faf to be honest. But then it was Paint that eventually worked for me, so just keep trying different things, and you'll do it eventually.

Mister Fungus · Post by **Mister Fungus** » 29 Sep 2009, 15:47

Try resizing in software like irfanview, it's free and simple.

Chewie · Post by **Chewie** » 29 Sep 2009, 17:45

Mister Fungus wrote:Try resizing in software like irfanview, it's free and simple.

yep, done that; thanks for the advice...

....got the size down, how do i get the file size below 6gb??

I'm such a ludditte

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Sep 2009, 17:52

Chewie wrote:
Mister Fungus wrote:Try resizing in software like irfanview, it's free and simple.

yep, done that; thanks for the advice...

....got the size down, how do i get the file size below 6gb??

I'm such a ludditte

You'd probably have to start with a picture that's under 6kb.

Mister Fungus · Post by **Mister Fungus** » 29 Sep 2009, 17:52

I don't have the software installed at the moment but when you use save as or save for web, a window should open where you'll be able to choose file type and quality which obviously affect the file size.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 29 Sep 2009, 19:15

Do you have a computer with Office 2003? If you do, open the image using the Office Picture Manager, and use the option to compact the image, or whatever it's called. Easy-peasy.

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 29 Sep 2009, 20:12

Chewie wrote:....got the size down, how do i get the file size below 6gb??

6gb? How big is this picture? 10000dpi? So detailed you could see dust sitting on irvines nosehair? :lol:

dresda · Post by **dresda** » 29 Sep 2009, 21:25

In case you are using a bmp format - these are huge. Save it as a jpg format file.

Jordan192 · Post by **Jordan192** » 08 Oct 2009, 09:27

Perversely, i find mspaint .jpgs the best way to make small forum avatars. Even If i set Photoshop to its most agressive jpg compression, the quality is worse and the filesize bigger than what's produced by paint.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 08 Oct 2009, 12:13

They are quite small, I have seen a little bigger on other forums. But don't want to have same avatars as in other places. This is rejects forum so my avatar contains two reject drivers and two reject teams (if you count teams with owner/name changes separately).

Chewie · Post by **Chewie** » 09 Oct 2009, 20:17

Got my new avatar sorted thanks to a guardian angel!!

I think it looks very nice too.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 11 Oct 2009, 19:01

Chewie wrote:Got my new avatar sorted thanks to a guardian angel!!

I think it looks very nice too.

Yeah it does, I quite like it. :mrgreen:

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