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[P308]

how do i create an avatar

[albaqwerty]

From The Editors post, August 2010.

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[P308]

Thank You

[albaqwerty]

You're welcome. oooh, btw, they update on the hour, you you may have to wait a short while for it to appear.

[johnymsmith]

For create an avatar you need to do these.
First off you will need a program which can edit images. There are lots of these program around, Photoshop is the most well known and probably the best in quality.
Google Images is a great place to find artwork for your avatars. Select the image and get the image into Photoshop
1. Right-click on the image and choose Copy.
2. Fire up Photoshop and choose File then New.
3. Paste it in, by clicking Edit and Paste.
Now the image is open in Photoshop, but it is obviously too big. So select your avatar, I like my avatars to be square shaped, so I use the Rectangular Marquee tool to make a square selection.
The Information tab on the right hand side will tell you exactly how big your selection is, so there is no need for guesswork. Then chop off the excess by selecting Image then Crop. Now the image is perfectly square, as is typical for avatars.
Now scaling the image down to size
1. Select Image then Image Size.
2. Enter the width and height you want in the two boxes.
3. Now click OK.
As per standard preferred size for avatars are 96 x 96 pixels, which makes the image look perfect for use.
Now you are able to create your on avatar.