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Oh, and I forgot meer kats. Meer kats use different squeaks to distinguish, not only between predators and non-predators, but between different people, strange and familiar people, and even the same person wearing different clothing. Their squeaks vary slightly based on the most minute change in detail.
meerkats are pretty. they have eyes like baby seals.
Hehe yeah they're sweet. Almost as pretty as my 7-month-old kitten's eyes. If I ever get a digital camera (so behind the times) I'm gonna make an avatar and have it be a close-up of Arlo's face. He looks like he's wearing Egyptian eyeliner. :D
avatars are difficult to make from camera pics, unless you're familiar w/ photo shop?
The basic thing you have to do or know about as far as using a personal pic from your computer for your avatar here is that it has to be 50X50pixels...
If anyone wanted to use a pic they have on their computer but don't have image editing software I'd be happy to oblige.
cool, thanks guys. I don't know why we don't have photoshop on our comp yet -- we did on the old one. I'll let you know if I need your help. :D
I made my Avatar with a cheapass digital camera and 'paint'. Who needs photoshop?!?
*raises hand*
But I downloaded a 30-day tryout today so I've got a month to tinker. *Yay*
I've been trying to get an avatar for ages but every picture I like seems to be too big and I have no idea of how to edit it to be small enough!!!! (they're not personal pics as I'd hate to have my face next to every word of mine...)Quote:
Originally posted by den
The basic thing you have to do or know about as far as using a personal pic from your computer for your avatar here is that it has to be 50X50pixels...
If anyone wanted to use a pic they have on their computer but don't have image editing software I'd be happy to oblige.
koa, i had that problem, so i emailed myself the pic and went to the graphics lab at the college and had the tech there help me make it into a suitable file. was a whole lot easier than trying to figure it out myself, as i am only slightly computer literate....the original pic that i had wanted is a lot bigger and had more to it, but i had to cut it alot to make it the right size. the original was way cooler than the avatar that i ended up with, and it seems to me that the avatar that is visible really sort of misses the point i was trying to make with it. it turns out that i like this pic that is visible, so i went with it. here is the one that i originally wanted....
oops. try that again, shall we....
you can pirate photoshop and make a super fun Avatar, or you can go to Paint, select image, stretch/skew, and set both horizontal and vertical to the same percentage (smaller than 100), until the pixel size is under 50X50. Thats what I did, and I was quite pleased, inspite of Fayefaye's Hannible Lecter kick.
BTW, Baddmom, that pic is HOT!
thank you *blushes*
any idea how to get the whole pic into an avatar without sacrificing color quality??
its too tall. It got it down to 62 bits tall and you cant tell what she looks like. Some forums allow 100X100 bit avatars. We should look into that.