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General Category => Computer questions => Topic started by: EdN on January 26, 2015, 08:56:01 am
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I tried to change my profile picture but got an error message that said my AVATAR was either too big or not an avatar. I didn't want an Avatar I wanted an actual picture of me. When I went to try again it now seems I don't have the option of choosing a picture, it only gives me the option of choosing an avatar. What am I doing wrong? Or is the system having problems?
Thanks in advance,
Ed in Odenton, MD
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Not sure if this solves your problem but "avatar" is just a reference name given to whatever you may choose to represent you in the box on the left portion of the screen. It can be your picture, a picture of a piece of your work, or whatever you choose. Short answer is to upload your picture as your avatar.
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Not sure if this solves your problem but "avatar" is just a reference name given to whatever you may choose to represent you in the box on the left portion of the screen. It can be your picture, a picture of a piece of your work, or whatever you choose. Short answer is to upload your picture as your avatar.
Thanks PigsFly but I tried that.... a few times. I kept getting an error message that said what I was trying to up load was either NOT an Avatar or it was too big. I reduced it to 90 pixels and it still didn't work. Now I'm thinking the problem may be because what I was trying to up load was a portion of a picture that I used the "Grab" app to just show my head. I'll try an original picture to see if that works.
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hi
forget the pixel bit
it needs to be 128kb or less
Dave
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OK... The problem seems to be that pictures with the extension of "tiff" will not work. I tried one with jpg and it worked .... sort of. The only problem is that when I posted it it was flipped 90 degrees.
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You can either reduce the size of your portrait picture to <128kB or provide a link if the picture is saved online in something like Picasa. You don't need to reduce it if it's a link to an on-line photo.
To reduce it, Steve has a resizer program on his main site. There are other apps available, including MS Office to reduce the byte count.
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Thanks all for your help. For now I just posted a picture of my granddaughter and it worked. The extension for the current profile pic is "png". As long as the picture is <128kb and not a "tiff" extension I think it will work. :) Thanks again all.....
Ed