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Avatar/photo help

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Smiling JOe said:
For avatars, you may have a max size of 200x200. If you have any other photo program, even one that came with your camera, you can probably pull down the edit menu, and find something regarding, "image size," which will allow you to adjust the size to any size you want. if the photo is not already a perfect square, just change the longest length to 200, and the other side should adjust accordingly as to not skew the image. If you started with a very large photo, you may want to "sharpen" the image when reducing that small. You can probably find that button under the "enhance" or "effect" menus.
Also, when resizing a .jpg image, it's better to resize in increments rather than in one step, due to the compression algorithm used for jpegs. In other words, don't go directly from a 2272 by 1704 photo to 200 by whatever. Take it in incremental steps. My rule-of-thumb is resizing to 1800 by whatever (preserving the aspect ratio, of course, which is why I say "whatever"), to 1400 by whatever, to 1000 by whatever, to 600 by whatever, to 200 by whatever. The final quality of the image will be much better. I will refrain from explaining the mathematical reason why that's true. It's on the 'Net.
 
Peapod....Congrats! Are those your PRECIOUS children? I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!

Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar. I will take anything! Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull! When's the next chance, SJ?
 
Sueshore said:
Peapod....Congrats! Are those your PRECIOUS children? I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!

Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar. I will take anything! Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull! When's the next chance, SJ?

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Ahem.... In my defense, I can't even get the avitar I want
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RiverOtter said:
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Ahem.... In my defense, I can't even get the avitar I want
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:funn: Those smilies are so funny!
 
RiverOtter said:
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Ahem.... In my defense, I can't even get the avitar I want
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Ha Ha Hee Hee...I am laughing out loud! At least you offered! What are you looking at for your avatar? FTLOG, not that rabbit having a seizure again!!!
 
Sueshore said:
Peapod....Congrats! Are those your PRECIOUS children? I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!

Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar. I will take anything! Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull! When's the next chance, SJ?

Good question. I've been at the beach every day since Thursday last week. Hmmm??? The sea hag thing just isn't working for me. Let's see if ...
 
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If you have no image editing software on your computer, you can go to www.gimp.org and download the open source software for Windows/Mac/Unix. It has most of the functionality of PhotoShop, from what I've heard, and it's free.
 
Beach Runner said:
Also, when resizing a .jpg image, it's better to resize in increments rather than in one step, due to the compression algorithm used for jpegs. In other words, don't go directly from a 2272 by 1704 photo to 200 by whatever. Take it in incremental steps. My rule-of-thumb is resizing to 1800 by whatever (preserving the aspect ratio, of course, which is why I say "whatever"), to 1400 by whatever, to 1000 by whatever, to 600 by whatever, to 200 by whatever. The final quality of the image will be much better. I will refrain from explaining the mathematical reason why that's true. It's on the 'Net.
Wow, that math is waaaay above my head!
Regardless, I LOVE your new avatar, BR! Where was that shot taken?
 
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