Chrissaf Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 I apologize beforehand for the peculiar topic. How did everyone on here find there profile images? I tried cropping some larger images to the 100 x 100 size limit, but they are all pixelated and you can barely tell what the image is of. Could anyone point me in the right direction to find some suitable images. Cheers in advance, 14xx Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 If you are using Windows 10, open a good quality picture in windows Edit, crop into a square then Resize choosing Pixels and enter 100 in the Horizontal box. This should give you a 100 x 100 pixel image to save.......here is an example.......HB /media/tinymce_upload/a5754c72d3ea798670bc34d655330492.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Could anyone point me in the right direction to find some suitable images..Give us a clue regarding what type of subject matter you want and it will be easier for members to offer suggestions..In general drawings, sketches and stills from graphic animations work better than actual photos as they usually have a much smaller pixel size to start with. Take my Avatar for example. I found it on an Xbox360 games website via Google.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Note that Howard says crop to a square. The forum will make it circular. If you click on anyones avatar you will see it is a square in reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 @ GWR 14xx TANK :-Hiya, You can have my old Profile picture if you want to (it is the right size for profile picture!!!) :- /media/tinymce_upload/a64bb03348dcf3fe612da31f5e7d2302.gif It is a photo of a Green G. W. R. 0-6-0 Tank Loco No. 7715!!!Which I took many moons ago with an old type 35mm film type camera 😀 So be privilege!!! (I tried to up-load the original photo (which was a bit larger - so you could see better) but it wouldn't allow me for some strange reason ☹️) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR 14xx Tank Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Thanks everyone. I was looking for a picture of a steam locomotive. I hadn't thought of doing it the way you described. I'll probably do what howbiman said, take a photo of my locomotive, and then crop it.Thanks for all other suggestions though. 😆 14xx Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 More for the benefit of others, I have put together a brief tutorial based upon the Howard Windows 10 method..Having saved your base image in a folder, right click it and choose EDIT./media/tinymce_upload/8b968d4b84cf0d7cf99cfc49ad63013b.jpg.Use the SELECT tool to choose the area of the original image you want to crop to../media/tinymce_upload/dfd4ea172840b133659ae599edab672b.jpg.With the selected area showing a selection box around it, choose the CROP tool../media/tinymce_upload/a613163fc30cfcceba9232f91f262463.jpg.Once the original image is cropped into a square, choose the RESIZE tool../media/tinymce_upload/17427f78713386bae762a383728fad06.jpg.Change the radio button to select PIXELS. Notice that the current image size is shown in the two boxes below it../media/tinymce_upload/c234a6957e0b93ad13a2a78966044318.jpg.Uncheck the MAINTAIN ASPECT RATIO box and enter 100 & 100 in the two PIXEL boxes. Then click OK../media/tinymce_upload/66323d6357a11830b1f87979e3960cce.jpg.The image is now displayed as an image with a size 100 x 100 pixels and can be SAVED with a new file name for use as your Avatar../media/tinymce_upload/78cfee9b2db024c6f9fbd8215d0d84e0.jpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Thanks for that Chris. Glad I use an Ipad and the Image Resize app. Put picture in Photos. Go to Image Resize. Download picture. Resize 100x100. Save. Download as avatar on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventrains Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I tired upload image few times but no luck. The image is under 100x100 pixels./media/tinymce_upload/f068e99abd0a7e2a23458ef5968b39a1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR 14xx Tank Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Have been busy for the past few days, so haven't seen the recent postings. I might try using JJ's photo compared to mine. Thanks all 14xx Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I tired upload image few times but no luck. The image is under 100x100 pixels./media/tinymce_upload/f068e99abd0a7e2a23458ef5968b39a1.jpg Which platform are you uploading from PC, Mac or iPad, etc, although as you have sucessfully uploaded a picture there is no reason why the avatar shouldn’t upload. Edit - as a last resort you could send your avatar to Forum Admin direct and ask them to load it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Your Avatar image may be sitting in a queue waiting for the Forum Administrator to approve it. Similar to the queue your image had to sit in to be published in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR 14xx Tank Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 I have completed the act of resizing an image to the 100x100 pixel limit of the profile photo image. I press "Save Forum Account Details" and it appears in green at the top that said details have been saved. Except, when I look at the bottom of the forum page, my icon is still the deafult grey outline of a person. Is it just that everyone else apart from me can see the image when I post, or am I missing something? Thanks In Advance, 14xx Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Needs to be approved by admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR 14xx Tank Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Aaah thought it might be something like that. Any idea how long it'll take? 14xx Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37lover Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 GWR 14xx TankTake a look at the Forum Administartion - Update thread, same forum sub heading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Not before the early part of next week now at the earliest. Hornby admin staff don't work 'out of office hours' or 'weekends', and ComMods have no visibility of posted images to approve them on admins behalf. It may also be a case (don't know for sure) that the avatar approvals go to admin via a different forum software route than normal posted images. Thus there is a distinct possibility in the current admin situation that the temporary admin 'stand-in' may not see your avatar image to approve it. This maybe why your previous attempts to load an avatar image were unsuccessful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR 14xx Tank Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 It was nearly 8 days ago when I asked about my avatar photo. I'll probably do what Chrissaf suggested above and email it directly to the Forum Administrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 The Administrator may have the virus and working on the forum could be the last thing on his mind or they could very well be short staffed and have more important things to do. I would just forget about it for now, it doesn't affect your posts on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR 14xx Tank Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Didn't thin of that WTD. I'll just wait until it's all blown over. Hope everyone on here is still ok. 14xx Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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