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great website,,,, how do I get avatar on?

joecat - 7-12-2007 at 06:51 PM

This is a great website,,,, really helped alot when learning to kite and buggy. Question>>> I have been trying to put on an avatar and everytime, no matter what picture I try to load,, it keeps telling me that it is too large,,,, what am I doing wrong? or could you tell me how to make sure the photo isn't too large?

DAKITEZ - 7-12-2007 at 07:01 PM

I have the same problem.

joecat - 7-12-2007 at 07:05 PM

Maybe someone can give us the answer....

DenisLaMenace - 7-12-2007 at 07:05 PM

Joe

open your picture with a paint tool such as Microsoft Office Picture Manager or mspaint, and resize it so it does not exceed the required size, save it under a new name and upload it again.

Deadhead - 7-12-2007 at 07:07 PM

Just a suggestion - use a photo editor that allows you to set the total pixels, width 100, height 125. Keep the aspect ratio on, so nothing stretches. THen save the result to a new file, and check file size - has to be less than 8600k. May take a few trys - I played with the SYF about 6 times before it got right.

If you don't have an editor, you can find one on the web - HP has a fair one for free download.

joecat - 7-12-2007 at 07:07 PM

Hey Buzz,,

Good to hear from you,, hope all is going well.... Thanks for the tip I will try it.....

joecat - 7-12-2007 at 07:08 PM

Thanks Deadhead.

DenisLaMenace - 7-12-2007 at 07:36 PM

Hi Joe

good to hear too

too bad that wildwood is 8hr drive from my home, so I would have gone to your event this weekend

I guess all the tourists are gone now and this whole beach all for you, it will be fun

pkf - 8-12-2007 at 01:27 AM

Deadhead's answer is dead on. Couldn't have said it better.

The MAX dimensions are width 100, height 125... can be less. Many are 80x80.

Sthrasher38 - 17-2-2008 at 12:07 PM

It took me forever to do this also I just kept messing with my pictures til I got one the right sizes in its own file the down loaded. Good luck.

strictlycarved - 17-2-2008 at 02:01 PM

what about mac users?

pkf - 18-2-2008 at 03:11 AM

I use Mac... no probs here. Keep in mind that the uploader does NOT resize the images. You must upload images that are the correct size (100w x 125h pixels or smaller - file size: 12k max).

acampbell - 18-2-2008 at 06:27 AM

Google's Picassa is free and will do the job of re-sizing. Use the "Export" function and set the size.