Creating an avatar
Team Owner
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 82,175
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From: McKinney TX
St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
USERCP in the red menu line, then "Edit Avatar."
But you'll probably get more help in the HELP forum if that's not enough information.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/help-forum-31/
But you'll probably get more help in the HELP forum if that's not enough information.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/help-forum-31/
IB Staff
Joined: Feb 2009
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Editing the Avatar is done via the UserCP under Edit Avatar as Jim stated above.
If you need help with actually editing a photo you have to fit the constraints for an Avatar, there are two programs that I personally recommend when needing to edit images. Both programs are free:
The Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/
This program can be quite complex, thus, it can take time to learn how to use. However, it's a powerful program when needing to edit photos.
IrfanView: http://www.irfanview.com/
This program is lightweight and pretty easy to use, although it's not as powerful as The Gimp. This program will do your basic editing (setting dimensions, cropping, etc.).
Using IrfanView as an example, which after you download and install it, click on File and Open to locate the image on your computer that you wish to edit. To simply scale the photo down to fit a set pixel dimension, you can click on Image and Resize/Resample. Under the Set New Size, enter the dimension you want the image to be. Make sure Preserve Aspect Ratio is enabled so that the image isn't distorted. With the Preserve Aspect Ratio set, you will only be able to enter a Width or a Height and the system will calculate and fill in the other value to preserve the aspect ratio.
Hope that helps get you started.
If you need help with actually editing a photo you have to fit the constraints for an Avatar, there are two programs that I personally recommend when needing to edit images. Both programs are free:
The Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/
This program can be quite complex, thus, it can take time to learn how to use. However, it's a powerful program when needing to edit photos.
IrfanView: http://www.irfanview.com/
This program is lightweight and pretty easy to use, although it's not as powerful as The Gimp. This program will do your basic editing (setting dimensions, cropping, etc.).
Using IrfanView as an example, which after you download and install it, click on File and Open to locate the image on your computer that you wish to edit. To simply scale the photo down to fit a set pixel dimension, you can click on Image and Resize/Resample. Under the Set New Size, enter the dimension you want the image to be. Make sure Preserve Aspect Ratio is enabled so that the image isn't distorted. With the Preserve Aspect Ratio set, you will only be able to enter a Width or a Height and the system will calculate and fill in the other value to preserve the aspect ratio.
Hope that helps get you started.
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 6,612
Likes: 492
From: brooklyn ny
USERCP in the red menu line, then "Edit Avatar."
But you'll probably get more help in the HELP forum if that's not enough information.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/help-forum-31/
But you'll probably get more help in the HELP forum if that's not enough information.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/help-forum-31/
Team Owner
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 82,175
Likes: 1,319
From: McKinney TX
St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 6,612
Likes: 492
From: brooklyn ny
Editing the Avatar is done via the UserCP under Edit Avatar as Jim stated above.
If you need help with actually editing a photo you have to fit the constraints for an Avatar, there are two programs that I personally recommend when needing to edit images. Both programs are free:
The Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/
This program can be quite complex, thus, it can take time to learn how to use. However, it's a powerful program when needing to edit photos.
IrfanView: http://www.irfanview.com/
This program is lightweight and pretty easy to use, although it's not as powerful as The Gimp. This program will do your basic editing (setting dimensions, cropping, etc.).
Using IrfanView as an example, which after you download and install it, click on File and Open to locate the image on your computer that you wish to edit. To simply scale the photo down to fit a set pixel dimension, you can click on Image and Resize/Resample. Under the Set New Size, enter the dimension you want the image to be. Make sure Preserve Aspect Ratio is enabled so that the image isn't distorted. With the Preserve Aspect Ratio set, you will only be able to enter a Width or a Height and the system will calculate and fill in the other value to preserve the aspect ratio.
Hope that helps get you started.
If you need help with actually editing a photo you have to fit the constraints for an Avatar, there are two programs that I personally recommend when needing to edit images. Both programs are free:
The Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/
This program can be quite complex, thus, it can take time to learn how to use. However, it's a powerful program when needing to edit photos.
IrfanView: http://www.irfanview.com/
This program is lightweight and pretty easy to use, although it's not as powerful as The Gimp. This program will do your basic editing (setting dimensions, cropping, etc.).
Using IrfanView as an example, which after you download and install it, click on File and Open to locate the image on your computer that you wish to edit. To simply scale the photo down to fit a set pixel dimension, you can click on Image and Resize/Resample. Under the Set New Size, enter the dimension you want the image to be. Make sure Preserve Aspect Ratio is enabled so that the image isn't distorted. With the Preserve Aspect Ratio set, you will only be able to enter a Width or a Height and the system will calculate and fill in the other value to preserve the aspect ratio.
Hope that helps get you started.
