Where do I find an avatar and how do I post it?

[chris coller]

Wanna dress up my profile a bit. Can anyone lend a helping hand? Much appreciated.

[mountaindewd]

Chris,

You can put just about any pic as your avatar as long as it is within the size limits.

At the top of the page, you'll find "My Controls". Select that and browse the menu on the left under Personal Profile. Select "edit avatar settings". There you'll be able to "hook it up".

Les

[MikeMc]

Les nailed it...most pictures will resize automatically,BUT DON'T steal harrys...he gets upset and he s got friends

[Bernard Kron]

As already mentioned (while I was typing my reply - gotta move fast here! ) the MCM Forum makes adding an avatar really easy. Officially, here are the only limitations:

"Your avatar must be no bigger than 150 pixels by 150 pixels in size. Uploaded avatars from your computer must be no larger than 55 KB.

The following file types are allowed: jpg,jpeg,gif,png,ico"

But as long as the file you are using is smaller than 55kb the Forum's software will shrink it down for you! So you don't actually need to find or create a 150 pixel wide or tall image. The software maintains the aspect proportions of the original image. Very cool!

You have two choices:

Choice 1:

You can enter the URL (web address) of an image you found on the web After you've found a picture on the web, right click on the image, select properties and drag your mouse across the URL displayed to highlight it, then right click again and select Copy to copy the address, then place your cursor in slot in the Avatar section under "Enter a URL to an online avatar image", right click and select Paste. Virtually all web images will be less than 55 kb in size.

Choice 2: Even easier, just select Browse under "Upload a new image from your computer" and find and select an image already on your computer. The only thing to make sure is that it's less than 55kb in size.

A variation on Choice 2 is to find an image on the web you like, right click on it, select "Save image as", save it to your computer and proceed with the rest of Choice 2.

If you want to get fancy you can use a photo image editor like Photoshop to create an image, buy that's a whole other kettle of fish...

PS: The instructions above are for a Windows PC. Unfortunately I'm unfamiliar with Mac procedures, but these are such old and well established techniques I'd be surprised if it isn't very similar for a Mac.

Edited May 27, 2009 by gbk1

[Harry P.]

Les nailed it...most pictures will resize automatically,BUT DON'T steal harrys...he gets upset and he s got friends

Darn right!!!