Avatars...

[Impalaguru]

How do you guys get your avatars to look so good? Mine is so grainy. Is there a special way I should save my pic files or resize them? :dunno
Ross

[bobs409]

How does the pic look before you resize it? I use Irfanview to do mine. It's a free picture viewer that you can also use to resize and make adjustments. I have also used Photoshop with same results.

Looking at your avatar above, a way to make it look better would be to crop around the car in the original picture so you get rid of the background. Then resize. That way the car will fill up the avatar better.

I'd be happy to crop & resize the pic for you and send it back. Just send me the original photo.

Bob

[JimKwiatkowski]

Ross,I also have the same problem as you.Bob has been doing mine (Thanks Bob) but I think it's the program your using,my Microsoft Picture It program does not work well :dunno .My question is how do some of our members get movement in there Avatars and why is it called a Avatar :dunno

[bjburnout]

Ross
Bob did mine .....and it came out great.....it is beyong my PC skills.... :bang

Talk nice to our fearless leader ....... :bow and he'll get yours fixed up......

Thanx Bob
bj :cheers

[Impalaguru]

Bob, I unfortunately don't have the original but I do have a pretty good digital pic. All my avatars started out as large digital pics. Maybe thats my problem.
Ross

[bobs409]

Ross,

Yes, the original digital pic is what I need. Send to bob@348-409.com


Jim, the ones that "move" are animated gifs like some of our smilies. You can upload jpg or gif files for an avatar. Not sure why they call them avatars, now where did I put my Websters dictionary? :D

[Impalaguru]

Hey Bob,
The avatar looks great! Thanks!!
Ross

[Tom Kochtanek]

Jim asks what an Avatar is, and wonders why some spend so much time on polishing their thumbnail pics :).

I don't know the answer to the latter (Because we can?) but the notion of an avatar is that of some deity in human form (kinda like Bob!). In the Hindu religion, incarnations of deitys in human form were regarded as special. My guess is some computer geek who once studied Hindu started calling these little "representations of oneself" avatars, and the label stuck. I just call them "thumbnails". I guess it's similar to the "sport coupe" versus "bubbletop" preferences we carry.

And that's my church lesson for the day. That doesn't mean you don't have to go to church today :).

Cheers,
TomK

[droptop62]

Where is DQ when you need him? ;)
He is the man of MANY avatars!! :D