I've got a question. How do I get a cool avatar? Boo Hoo, I'm sad that I'm not creative enough to find one on my own. I have no clue where to look. Also, could someone help me put it into the forums? I feel sooo lost...and naked with no avatar.

Did somebody say naked!!?

in the FAQ section...:

2.1 How do I get a picture next to my posts in the discussion forum?

Those small pictures are called 'avatars', and you upload them by going to 'Extras' / 'My account' / 'Forum Settings', and then uploading a picture. It must be less than 15K on disk, and any animation will be removed after upload, so don't bother with animated gif's. Once it's uploaded, you'll be able to see it on the 'Forum Settings' page, but it WON'T be visible to the public yet--it needs to be approved. Approval typically takes 24 hours, and you'll receive an orgNote when it's complete. Also, your avatar will show up on all your previous posts, so don't worry--it's retroactive!
If you're having technical problems (can't get your image small enough, Ian sez:
1. Save the picture to your hard drive (right click, save as... etc)
2. Use an image editing tool such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. Resize the image down to around 64 x 64 pixels. Your text will be totally unreadable in that size, so crop out the text and just keep the character.
3. Reduce the number of colours as much as you can, and use a web compression wizard (for example, Paint Shop Pro has an Optimizer wizard that helps you save out .PNG files really small). You should then have a nice small avatar image ready to upload to the Org.

Welcome to our world.

Good luck!

this thread is a lie

HUH?

?huh

Not sure why someone would think this thread is a lie???

Anywhos,

I don't have either Photoshop or Paint Pro, I know, I'm prehistoric. Can't even find a decent pic, and don't even know where to look without infringing on someone's property. Don't wanna do that.


If anyone can help me, I'd appreciate it. Not sure if I appreciate being called a liar though.

gemini13 said:

Hey gemini13, go to the search engine you most commony use (ex:Google) and search IMAGES on the site. Download any images you like onto your computer in a My Pictures File. I do not know much about infringement on other peoples property, I'm sure if it was anything that would get you in a lot of trouble the moderators wouldn't approve it, just my guess. It will take a while to learn to quickly manouvre through this site but you'll get your wings. Have Fun.

MrBliss said:

What gives?

Why do people keep saying this thread is a lie?