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I am having trouble finding an avatar with the required size and kb's to upload. Does anyone know of a site where I can find a good avatar? or might I suggest expanding the requirements? or even having set avatar's that can be chosen from. Thanks!! :wink:
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I reccommend finding the avatar you like and then going to lunapic.com to resize it. ;D

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If you have a Windows operating system, you can right-click on an image and 'Edit' or 'Open With' programs like Windows Live Photo Gallery, Microsoft Office Picture Manager (my favourite), Picture It, Paint, etc, and change both size and format. Scanners or printers can help resize an image when you save to your computer. If you download your own photographs, your camera may have appropriate instructions on resizing when you save. Once you shrink the width and height, you will automatically shrink the KB size. Also, I've found a JPEG file is the most widely accepted for avatars.
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Post by Scott »

I recommend downloading Irfanview which is free. It's an easy application that will help you crop and resize image files, among other edits.

I have increased the allowable file size by 4x. But that won't help if the issue is that the dimensions are too big. Worst case scenario, if you can't figure it out, you can email me the picture and I can do it for you.
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Post by Pigs on the Wing »

I just searched Google with the height and width limit set on it and found one very easily
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Post by Kdor11 »

Thanks so much to everyone for your help!! (Like my new pic? :wink: ) Maud, I took your advice and it worked perfectly...I may be a book nerd but I'm not much of a computer geek, lol ( no offence to anyone) Thanks again!! :)
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