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#1 User is offline   des

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Posted 27 January 2005 - 01:54 AM

Have a question. I thought I could make my own avatar. I think this is not true. I tried uploading one (the right size and everything), but I can't do it. It's a shame as it is much better than the one I selected.

If I can't create my own are their websites of them or something?

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Posted 27 January 2005 - 08:29 PM

Do you know what type of file it is? Try saving it as a GIF, and they uploading.
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Posted 28 January 2005 - 01:29 AM

It's a Photoshop file. I don't remember gif in there but I have not really tried saving as a gif.
It is a jpeg which as I recall is one of the types of files this allows. But I'll try it and see.

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Posted 28 January 2005 - 01:42 AM

In PhotoShop:

Go to SAVE FOR WEB (rather than "save" or "saveas" under FILE).

A screen will appear.

Make sure that the file type is GIF (check near the top of screen)

Notice that you can change the size and everything near the bottom of the screen.

Let me know how it works.
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Posted 28 January 2005 - 02:06 AM

I have a version that predates the www! :-)
Amazingly it still works. (2.5)
I have an updater somewhere, I guess I'll look for it.


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Posted 29 January 2005 - 12:01 AM

Try changing the "mode" to rgb or cmyk. Then you might be able to "save as" a GIF.
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Posted 29 January 2005 - 01:11 AM

saving as a .gif file will certainly work, but a .jpg will also work and shouldn't require a mode change. Plus, for files with complex color information, they are usually smaller than .gifs.
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Posted 29 January 2005 - 01:39 AM

I left this in so you can see what happened. But it did successfully upload. Unfortunately for some odd reason it is impossible to see. I tried several different ways of doing this from making a file that was within the 65X65 pixel limit to using a regular unchanged photo. The results are what you see, a teensy tiny photo.

The original problem was that the photo was not named a jpeg. If it is properly named it works.
But is teensy.

Ooops I spoke too soon. It's ok. Resolution is really poor though.

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Posted 14 July 2006 - 06:04 PM

I finally added an avatar, but I am disappointed with the size of it/them, and the fact that they cannot be titled as far as I can tell. Is there any way to modify the process so that the picture can be larger and titled?

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Posted 14 July 2006 - 09:27 PM

Attached File  Avatar_3_edited_5.jpg (21.95K)
Number of downloads: 9I have given up on posting an avatar here. I tried repeatedly. I was not able to introduce one.
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Posted 15 July 2006 - 04:10 AM

I use a jpg file to upload my avatar, which is of one of my artwork pictures. It is not always easy to select a picture or photo that will show up when you can use so few pixels to display it.
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Posted 15 July 2006 - 03:48 PM

Yes, that is the format I use. The size is smaller than the posted limit.

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 11:02 AM

View PostTed Michael Morgan, on Jul 15 2006, 09:48 PM, said:

Yes, that is the format I use. The size is smaller than the posted limit.



Gosh, what a handsome fellow you are! :P
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 02:18 PM

I can increase size for avatars... will do...
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 04:02 PM

Monica:

Thanks from one oldster that hates to squint !

flow.... :P
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 08:56 PM

View Postadmin, on Jul 16 2006, 02:18 PM, said:

I can increase size for avatars... will do...


Thank you. :)

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Posted 28 August 2006 - 09:23 AM

Hi Monica:

Looks like we've got some sort of avatar problem this am. Went to my settings page, and it's not there either. Do we need to re-establish one, or no ? Just letting you know.

flow.... :huh:

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Posted 28 August 2006 - 10:29 AM

So very sorry! I inadvertantly deleted the path to the folder where the downloads are stored - like avatars, etc. It might take me a few days to restore - I have to get the path from invision because, of course, I didn't have it written down anywhere ;)

At any rate, the files are all safe, so the avatars - and any other uploaded material - will be restored when I put that setting back in.

Really sorry. I was playing with ways to thwart spammers, and didn't even realize I had done this. That'll learn me...

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View Postflowperson, on Aug 28 2006, 10:23 AM, said:

Hi Monica:

Looks like we've got some sort of avatar problem this am. Went to my settings page, and it's not there either. Do we need to re-establish one, or no ? Just letting you know.

flow.... :huh:

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Posted 28 August 2006 - 01:37 PM

Thanks Monica...see what happens when we buy computers and throw away paper and pencil ?
Keep thwarting those nasty spammers...it's the criminal justice skill set of the 21st century.


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Posted 31 August 2006 - 03:07 PM

Avatars are restored. Whew. Sorry that took a bit longer than I thought to fix...
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