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03-11-2005, 10:57 AM #1
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Hi all... I have searched and searched for a good cycling avatar that I can use on the 3 forums I visit... sigh... where do you get your cycling avatars???
I'd really like to find a cool one... some of yours are awesome! Thanks for any links and help!There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".
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03-11-2005, 01:56 PM #2
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03-11-2005, 02:26 PM #3
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But what do you do if Photoshop smarter than you are?
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03-11-2005, 02:33 PM #4
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Mine is just me. a photo from a race, cropped and resized in a free program called Irfanview. It might be smarter than me, but I can use it adequately.
and so can you!
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03-11-2005, 03:04 PM #5
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Originally Posted by SadieKate
lol, I didn't say that **I** made it, some one made it for me...
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03-11-2005, 03:16 PM #6
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I use Adobe Photoshop Elements - it's much more reasonably priced than the full photoshop product although I'm sure it's missing the more "professional" features. It has what I need though. I suspect other tools have similar features. Originally Posted by SadieKate
To create an avatar, I open the picture I want to use. Then I request Save for web. That brings up a window that shows me the photo and lets me specify a size in pixels. Since the TE guidelines - stated on the User CP Edit Avatar page - are "100 pixels by 100 pixels or 9.8 kb, whichever is smaller", I just started with adjusting the width or height (whichever was longer) to 100. That created my little picture.
If you don't have a tool like photoshop, I'd go along with LBTC's recommendation of using the free tool IrfanView.www.denisegoldberg.com
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03-11-2005, 03:19 PM #7
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Someone get out the kazoos and balloons Originally Posted by Irulan
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03-11-2005, 04:09 PM #8
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And, look at that! I have an avatar!!! I just have to find a clearer one now but at least it worked.
Bikopelli just didn't show. I think the contrast on this one is a bit better.Last edited by SadieKate; 03-11-2005 at 04:28 PM.
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03-11-2005, 04:42 PM #9
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sweet pic, sadiekate! Is that really a big ring? wouldn't that be fun on your fave mtn bike?
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03-11-2005, 05:04 PM #10
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Thanks! It's an antique french chainring from the very eary 20th century. Ton of historical bike history stuff out on the web.
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03-14-2005, 07:24 PM #11
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Thanks so much for the website.........I had a photo print software but it wasn't letting me do what I needed to do to make an avatar! now!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wheeeeeeeeeee
I will say tho - I Really liked the chainring avatar so I may keep this one for a few days and then switch back! Thanks again for everyones help!
ps this is right in front of my home @ 6500' give or take a few hundred...see the mountain in the background? - the one @ 10,700?
my commute takes me down about 800-1000' every morning and climbs back up that every night! yippee-skippee!!
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