avatars?
cliffdweller
Shipmate
in The Styx
What's the best way to snag an avatar? In the rusty old vessel we used to sail, I just used one of those helpfully provided by the crew. But it's a new day, a new opportunity to try something a bit more... defining. So how to you find/get/upload one? Does it work to upload a photo you've taken-- or is the space too small for that to be recognizable? Can one find them on google images, and how to know if their free/fair use? Or do you have to search for them like Pokemon? How/where did you find your avatar?
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This site
http://flickrcc.net/flickrCC/mobile.php?
searches Creative Commons so should be good.
Alternately, assuming the old avatar options are free use, is you could do a search describing the one you want to use. That is what I did for mine. I assume the software will do some of the resizing, but also that there will be a max size.
Easy to upload and they both worked.
If you don't mind it being just the 48x48 pixel version, I can slap that in for you.
Thanks for the offer, but I think I’ll stick with the new one.
Go to your profile here (just click on your name) and to the top right will be your avatar (the black and yellow thing). Click where it says "change picture" and select the file you've just saved on your computer. That should do the trick.
Am I right in thinking that, on the new boards, the avatars are a tad smaller than they were? Or is this an illusion caused by the larger font?
IJ
I'll get me toga.....
IJ
Clicking the smaller pic brings up a larger version on that versions account details. I'm greatly enjoying seeing people's avatars, old and new, in more detail.
This 'Beware of the T-Rex' sign from an outdoor showing of Jurassic Park will have to do until I've found something more arachnoid.
IJ
AG
Jengie
Hello Daddy
Mine is my current Guide Dog puppy, Keir.
Nice to see you made it across the jump, LeRoc
Yes, I like the way the ‘generic’ ones are all different.
To change your profile picture:
1) Click on your own name or picture to go to your profile.
2) Click on the "change picture" portion of your profile picture.
3) Select an image from on your gallery.
To snag your old avatar image from Ye Olde Shippe:
1) Go to your profile there, or one of your old posts.
2) Touch and hold the image - it should then give you the option of saving it to your gallery.
Cheers.
¹ Incidentally, I've always thought that Allosaurus skull looked like a Priscilla.
Doris - looking good!
(I was Amorya on the old boards, for context.)