You want avatars? You got avatars!

[Jeph]

Do a Google image search until you find something you like. Then right click on the image to save it to your hard drive. Edit the image so that it is 64x64 pixels or smaller, or 5000 bytes, whichever is smaller. Then save it. Open your user control panel, and go to the options tab. Down at the bottom you will see the option to upload an avatar from your hard drive. Do so, and voila!

Okay, I tried attatching a 3k image. 3 kilobytes is 3,000 bytes, right? and 3,000 is less than 5,000, right? what's wrong?

 

[Darkness]

Okay, I tried attatching a 3k image. 3 kilobytes is 3,000 bytes, right?

A bit more than, actually (3,072 bytes, IIRC - but it's 3 AM here and I'm tired, so ) - but still way less than 5,000, yeah...

 

[Mark]

Very useful, indeed...

Thanks Blacksway and MoRuss!

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Try going by the pixel size jeph, it always worked better for me.

 

[Terraism]

YAY! for avatars! Thanks, Morrus, and Blacksway...

 

[orbitalfreak]

Yay, now I can actually use mine!

Okay, I tried attatching a 3k image. 3 kilobytes is 3,000 bytes, right? and 3,000 is less than 5,000, right? what's wrong?

Also, make sure its a jpeg or gif, not a bmp.

 

[tleilaxu]

places one could possibly find an avatar:

http://www.oldfashionedclipart.com/clip.htm

http://www.retrokat.com/medieval/vi.htm

 

[Crothian]

How does one go about changing ther pixel size of a picture?

 

[tleilaxu]

try viewing it in a graphics program and saving it with lower resolution

 

[Mr Fidgit]

*sigh*

i still don't get it. what 'graphics program' are people using to reduce the image size?