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Could it be possible to have a bigger avatar?

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I find it really hard to find avatars that are so small and only like seventy kilobytes. I think that it would be an improvement to this forum if it could be made possible to enlargen them. Bring more life to the forum.

Anyone with me?
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Post by kitty5495 »

Yeah, I agree.
Although I feel kind of snotty since I just joined to say this.. but yeah, I was surprised that it could only me 100 x 100 pixels.

I think that 150 wide and 200 high would be more reasonable.. just saying. :lol:
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A lot of basic photoshop programs have ways for you to compress a picture into a smaller file size, you can use more pictures that way.
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Post by Scott »

I have doubled the allowed file-size of avatars, and I have increased the maximum pixel-size to 125-wide and 150-tall. Anything much bigger would disrupt the rest of the site's layout.

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Just bumping this old thread. Scott, is there a way to just copy and paste a pic from a website and it fits automatically? I know i did this a few years back and it was the tinyurl site but its not working nowadays. Is it possible to increase the allowed size of the avatar as im finding it really hard to find one without cropping it to death. Or is there a website that makes this fit in when you paste it over?

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I'd love to be able to put a pic up of myself. Im not tech savvy enough to know how to shrink it to fit.
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There's a site that resizes pictures for you, as long as you know the size you want.
http://www.picresize.com
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Himmelslicht wrote:There's a site that resizes pictures for you, as long as you know the size you want.
http://www.picresize.com
Well thats pretty helpful, thanks! Maybe i can finally update to something more personal
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I have doubled the maximum avatar filesize to 320kb.
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Scott wrote:I have doubled the maximum avatar filesize to 320kb.
Great! :)
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Himmelslicht wrote:There's a site that resizes pictures for you, as long as you know the size you want.
http://www.picresize.com
Thanks again! Now I look authentic. :happy-cheerleaderkid: :romance-grouphug:
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