Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:01 pm
How do you post a picture of your car in the member information block at the right side of the post?
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Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:04 pm
Click on your username in the upper right. Select "user control panel". One of the options will be to add an Avatar. Be aware that the picture you select to be your Avatar must be shrunk down to no more than 90 pixels high and wide.
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:08 pm
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:13 pm
Being that I am totally computer ignorant what is "Avatar" and do I have to download a special program to use it?
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:14 pm
It's the little photo like I have at the right of the screen.perry kete wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:13 pmBeing that I am totally computer ignorant what is "Avatar" and do I have to download a special program to use it?
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:14 pm
Maximum dimensions; width: 90 pixels, height: 90 pixels, file size: 21.00 KiB.
I tried it but by time I got it down to 90X90 it was still 36+ KB and no longer in focus. I was going to wait till the dust settles and send a note to Chris to see it it could be changed.
Click on you name, when the window opens you will see edit profile after your name, click that. In the new window that opens the profile tab will be open, edit avatar is in the drop down on the left, click on it.
I tried it but by time I got it down to 90X90 it was still 36+ KB and no longer in focus. I was going to wait till the dust settles and send a note to Chris to see it it could be changed.
Click on you name, when the window opens you will see edit profile after your name, click that. In the new window that opens the profile tab will be open, edit avatar is in the drop down on the left, click on it.
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:27 pm
Thanks everyone I got it!
WOW! it even added my photo to all the old posts where I was asking how to add it!
WOW! it even added my photo to all the old posts where I was asking how to add it!
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:52 pm
Mark, I think you need to start with a full size photo. I picked one 3468 pixels wide where the car filled a lot of the picture. I made a copy and cropped it to cut out most of the stuff on either side of the car. That left me with a picture 1560 pixels wide, which I resized to 90. That tiny size can't show any detail no matter what you do, but I think starting with the biggest original file you can find will get it as good as it's going to get. I started with this.
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:44 pm
You nailed it Steve.
Starting with the highest resolution photo possible is the key to a clear Avatar photo.
Starting with the highest resolution photo possible is the key to a clear Avatar photo.
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:32 pm
I started with an iphone photo, put it into paint, stretch skew to 20% , saved that then did it again to 90%. Sure is small 
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:40 pm
When resizing a photo to 90 pixels, reduce the largest dimension to 90 and let the other fall where it may.... Usually there is a command like "constrain proportions." If you don't do so, your photo may end up out of proportion.
Re: Member information block at the right
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:11 pm
The birthday year starts at 1919...
I hope we aren't slighting anyone over 100 !
I hope we aren't slighting anyone over 100 !