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badlad69er · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:00 am Post subject: Profile photo

how do i add one it keeps saying that the res is too big on my photos??? how do i adjust that?

Thanks, Luke
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1982 - 924 Lux
Next Mods - Carrera GT Kit, 944 Turbo Wheels, 5 Lug Conversion.
Engine Mod to be Done - Install a Nissan 200SX Engine (last job not for anthoer year or two)

tuurbo · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:42 am Post subject:

Crop it.
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badlad69er · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:45 am Post subject:

ok thanks il try that out now.. you think we would be able to put high res pics on so those with stunning cars would be able to show them off!
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1982 - 924 Lux
Next Mods - Carrera GT Kit, 944 Turbo Wheels, 5 Lug Conversion.
Engine Mod to be Done - Install a Nissan 200SX Engine (last job not for anthoer year or two)

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Yeah, but you don't want a hi-res photo for an avatar...think how long it would take a page to load if everyone had 6MB photos for their avatar. Hosting services like photobucket and picasaweb provide a way to link out to high res images, but for an avatar, I'm glad this site restricts the file size. I very frequently access my private messages and certain posts from my cell phone when I'm traveling, or via an air card on a laptop. Keeping the page load size down by limiting the avatar is a good idea.
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badlad69er · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:14 am Post subject:

how did u do yours i would be happy with a full picture of my car on here but only thing that would fit in the space provided is my wheel

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1982 - 924 Lux
Next Mods - Carrera GT Kit, 944 Turbo Wheels, 5 Lug Conversion.
Engine Mod to be Done - Install a Nissan 200SX Engine (last job not for anthoer year or two)

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

You need image editing software that allows you to properly "down sample" the original photo. Using the primitive image viewer software that comes with Windows is not sufficient (like Paint or ImageViewer), and you can't just "stretch" or "shrink" the image. You have to down sample it.

I use Photoshop, but it's an expensive program designed for much more sophisticated stuff (which I do for my photography habit). But there are others that are designed for "consumer" applications that will do the same thing. A lot of digital cameras will come with a basic image editing software package that will allow you to down size your image, but the specifics on how to do it are particular to each software package.
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Smoothie · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:56 am Post subject:

There's a procedure for resizing pics in Paint here - http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=12941&start=3
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philProject.D. · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:08 am Post subject:

Photobucket is free and has a resizing feature. Use that.
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badlad69er · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:35 am Post subject:

cheers guys iv got it done now!
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1982 - 924 Lux
Next Mods - Carrera GT Kit, 944 Turbo Wheels, 5 Lug Conversion.
Engine Mod to be Done - Install a Nissan 200SX Engine (last job not for anthoer year or two)

Paul · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject:

I use this free program from Bill Gates:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/learnmore/tips/eschelman2.mspx
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