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jimk · 09-08-2003, 01:02 PM

none of the pictures on my drive that i'd like to use for an avatar are even close to 100x100 (they're all like 600x600). how do i shrink them?

thanks,

SecretMethod70 · 09-08-2003, 01:06 PM

You can use any photo editing program such as Gimp or Photoshop. If you'd like I can hel pyou as well - it literally takes about 5 seconds so all you'd have to do is send it to me.

Tickford · 09-08-2003, 06:02 PM

I use MS Photoeditor. I comes with the newer verison of MS Office.

spectre · 09-08-2003, 06:50 PM

http://www.gifworks.com/

Elessar · 09-10-2003, 08:54 AM

With XP, there is a new generation of "Powertoys" that are available from the Microsoft Website. One of them is an "image resizer". It's a free download.

Since I am a newcomer, I was looking around for an avatar. On the "more ifo" button, it said something to the effect of "here is a current list of avatars", but I saw no list.

Do I need to meet some basic requirements or something before I am able to use an avatar?

SiN · 09-10-2003, 09:01 AM

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Originally posted by Elessar
Do I need to meet some basic requirements or something before I am able to use an avatar?

yeap. use the search button, there should be plenty of info about it around...

mew · 10-20-2003, 06:03 PM

When i resize them, the quality of the pic is crappy~:P

meanSpleen · 10-20-2003, 06:25 PM

It gets ugly when you make them smaller because you are cramming so much stuff into so little space.

Imagine a piece of bread. probably around 5 by 5 inches or something. Now take all that bread and squish it into a 1 by 1 inch piece. Not to pretty right? hehe

it also goes the other way, things that are small look horrid when they are enlarged. Because you are taking so little and making it bigger.

Ganguro · 10-21-2003, 04:40 AM

I like to use the sillyputty analogy, but bread works too.

MacGyver · 10-22-2003, 04:08 PM

not sure that i agree with bread or sillputty.

going smaller means that you are trying to make a picture with some level of detail look good with fewer pixles to define it. depending on the program it can do a horible job. but assuming that you don't enlarge the pic to view it, the pic usually will look close to the same as the original... just smaller.

trying to make a small pic bigger is like trying to get something for nothing... you can't make a picture have more detail in it that it started with. sure... some programs upscale and look "nice" at an increased resolution. but they have no extra detail in them.... it's just bigger is all.

09-08-2003, 01:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
jimk Addict Location: Chicago	avatar size? none of the pictures on my drive that i'd like to use for an avatar are even close to 100x100 (they're all like 600x600). how do i shrink them? thanks, __________________ raw power is a guaranteed o.d. raw power is a laughin' at you & me -iggy

09-08-2003, 01:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	You can use any photo editing program such as Gimp or Photoshop. If you'd like I can hel pyou as well - it literally takes about 5 seconds so all you'd have to do is send it to me. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

09-08-2003, 06:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tickford Insane Location: Australia	I use MS Photoeditor. I comes with the newer verison of MS Office. __________________ Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. Samuel Goldwyn

09-08-2003, 06:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	http://www.gifworks.com/ __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

09-10-2003, 08:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
Elessar Upright Location: Atlanta	With XP, there is a new generation of "Powertoys" that are available from the Microsoft Website. One of them is an "image resizer". It's a free download. Since I am a newcomer, I was looking around for an avatar. On the "more ifo" button, it said something to the effect of "here is a current list of avatars", but I saw no list. Do I need to meet some basic requirements or something before I am able to use an avatar? __________________ You! Out of the Gene Pool!

10-20-2003, 06:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
mew Psycho Location: Canada	When i resize them, the quality of the pic is crappy~:P

10-20-2003, 06:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	It gets ugly when you make them smaller because you are cramming so much stuff into so little space. Imagine a piece of bread. probably around 5 by 5 inches or something. Now take all that bread and squish it into a 1 by 1 inch piece. Not to pretty right? hehe it also goes the other way, things that are small look horrid when they are enlarged. Because you are taking so little and making it bigger. __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

10-21-2003, 04:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
Ganguro Army of Me	I like to use the sillyputty analogy, but bread works too.

10-22-2003, 04:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
MacGyver Tilted Location: Wisconsin	not sure that i agree with bread or sillputty. going smaller means that you are trying to make a picture with some level of detail look good with fewer pixles to define it. depending on the program it can do a horible job. but assuming that you don't enlarge the pic to view it, the pic usually will look close to the same as the original... just smaller. trying to make a small pic bigger is like trying to get something for nothing... you can't make a picture have more detail in it that it started with. sure... some programs upscale and look "nice" at an increased resolution. but they have no extra detail in them.... it's just bigger is all. __________________ More is more and less is less, More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, And too much is never enough unless it's just about right.