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If you go to Windows Explorer and double-click on the photo, the default software associated with that type of file (in my case, it's Windows Office Picture Manager because I haven't gotten around to changing all of the associations between file types and software). In Windows Office Picture Manager, do a "save as" to save a copy of the photo with a different name. Then use the Edit Pictures option, Change Picture Size option, then Resize, and change it to avatar size. Save this, and the original file name contains the smaller version. Seems counterintuitive.

If your file type is associated with a different piece of software, I'd have to know what it is (and have that software) to explain how to resize the photo.

If you go to Windows Explorer and double-click on the photo, the default software associated with that type of file (in my case, it&#039;s Windows Office Picture Manager because I haven&#039;t gotten around to changing all of the associations between file types and software). In Windows Office Picture Manager, do a &quot;save as&quot; to save a copy of the photo with a different name. Then use the Edit Pictures option, Change Picture Size option, then Resize, and change it to avatar size. Save this, and the original file name contains the smaller version. Seems counterintuitive. 
 
If your file type is associated with a different piece of software, I&#039;d have to know what it is (and have that software) to explain how to resize the photo.

Kurt

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If you'd like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world's easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select "Resize Pictures" and it will give you several size options - it's that easy!
[url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe"]http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe[/url]

If you&#039;d like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world&#039;s easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select &quot;Resize Pictures&quot; and it will give you several size options - it&#039;s that easy! 
<a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe</a>

peapod1980

percy

[QUOTE=kurt]If you'd like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world's easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select "Resize Pictures" and it will give you several size options - it's that easy!
[url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe"]http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe[/url][/QUOTE]
Thanks, Kurt and all--I'll try it later!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="kurt">If you&#039;d like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world&#039;s easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select &quot;Resize Pictures&quot; and it will give you several size options - it&#039;s that easy! 
<a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe</a></blockquote>Thanks, Kurt and all--I&#039;ll try it later!

skippertoo

Beach Fanatic

[QUOTE=kurt]If you'd like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world's easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select "Resize Pictures" and it will give you several size options - it's that easy!
[url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe"]http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe[/url][/QUOTE]


Thanks Kurt... I downloaded it so do we use the smallest size it comes back with (640x480  ??

thanks
Skip

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="kurt">If you&#039;d like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world&#039;s easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select &quot;Resize Pictures&quot; and it will give you several size options - it&#039;s that easy! 
<a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe</a></blockquote> 
 
Thanks Kurt... I downloaded it so do we use the smallest size it comes back with (640x480 ?? 
 
thanks 
Skip

[QUOTE=kurt]If you'd like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world's easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select "Resize Pictures" and it will give you several size options - it's that easy!
[url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe"]http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe[/url][/QUOTE]
It worked! And it was super easy! Thanks!  :bow:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="kurt">If you&#039;d like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world&#039;s easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select &quot;Resize Pictures&quot; and it will give you several size options - it&#039;s that easy! 
<a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe</a></blockquote>It worked! And it was super easy! Thanks! :bow:

[QUOTE=skippertoo]Thanks Kurt... I downloaded it so do we use the smallest size it comes back with (640x480 ??
 
thanks
Skip[/QUOTE]
 
That's a good size for e-mailing or posting photos. Avatars have to be less than 200px so i guess that program won't work.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="skippertoo">Thanks Kurt... I downloaded it so do we use the smallest size it comes back with (640x480 ?? 
 
thanks 
Skip</blockquote> 
That&#039;s a good size for e-mailing or posting photos. Avatars have to be less than 200px so i guess that program won&#039;t work.

Smiling JOe

SoWal Expert

[QUOTE=skippertoo]Thanks Kurt... I downloaded it so do we use the smallest size it comes back with (640x480  ??

thanks
Skip[/QUOTE]

For avatars, you may have a max size of 200x200. If you have any other photo program, even one that came with your camera, you can probably pull down the edit menu, and find something regarding, "image size," which will allow you to adjust the size to any size you want. if the photo is not already a perfect square, just change the longest length to 200, and the other side should adjust accordingly as to not skew the image. If you started with a very large photo, you may want to "sharpen" the image when reducing that small. You can probably find that button under the "enhance" or "effect" menus.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="skippertoo">Thanks Kurt... I downloaded it so do we use the smallest size it comes back with (640x480 ?? 
 
thanks 
Skip</blockquote> 
For avatars, you may have a max size of 200x200. If you have any other photo program, even one that came with your camera, you can probably pull down the edit menu, and find something regarding, &quot;image size,&quot; which will allow you to adjust the size to any size you want. if the photo is not already a perfect square, just change the longest length to 200, and the other side should adjust accordingly as to not skew the image. If you started with a very large photo, you may want to &quot;sharpen&quot; the image when reducing that small. You can probably find that button under the &quot;enhance&quot; or &quot;effect&quot; menus.

[QUOTE=skippertoo]Thanks Kurt... I downloaded it so do we use the smallest size it comes back with (640x480  ??

thanks
Skip[/QUOTE]
Skip--there should be a button that says "Advanced" in the resize box. Click on that, and you can customize the size to 200 x 200. Hope that helps; I just figured that one out myself!  :clap_1:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="skippertoo">Thanks Kurt... I downloaded it so do we use the smallest size it comes back with (640x480 ?? 
 
thanks 
Skip</blockquote>Skip--there should be a button that says &quot;Advanced&quot; in the resize box. Click on that, and you can customize the size to 200 x 200. Hope that helps; I just figured that one out myself! :clap_1:

[QUOTE=Smiling JOe]For avatars, you may have a max size of 200x200. If you have any other photo program, even one that came with your camera, you can probably pull down the edit menu, and find something regarding, "image size," which will allow you to adjust the size to any size you want. if the photo is not already a perfect square, just change the longest length to 200, and the other side should adjust accordingly as to not skew the image. If you started with a very large photo, you may want to "sharpen" the image when reducing that small. You can probably find that button under the "enhance" or "effect" menus.[/QUOTE]
 Also, when resizing a .jpg image, it's better to resize in increments rather than in one step, due to the compression algorithm used for jpegs. In other words, don't go directly from a 2272 by 1704 photo to 200 by whatever. Take it in incremental steps. My rule-of-thumb is resizing to 1800 by whatever (preserving the aspect ratio, of course, which is why I say "whatever"), to 1400 by whatever, to 1000 by whatever, to 600 by whatever, to 200 by whatever. The final quality of the image will be much better. I will refrain from explaining the mathematical reason why that's true. It's on the 'Net.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiling JOe">For avatars, you may have a max size of 200x200. If you have any other photo program, even one that came with your camera, you can probably pull down the edit menu, and find something regarding, &quot;image size,&quot; which will allow you to adjust the size to any size you want. if the photo is not already a perfect square, just change the longest length to 200, and the other side should adjust accordingly as to not skew the image. If you started with a very large photo, you may want to &quot;sharpen&quot; the image when reducing that small. You can probably find that button under the &quot;enhance&quot; or &quot;effect&quot; menus.</blockquote> Also, when resizing a .jpg image, it&#039;s better to resize in increments rather than in one step, due to the compression algorithm used for jpegs. In other words, don&#039;t go directly from a 2272 by 1704 photo to 200 by whatever. Take it in incremental steps. My rule-of-thumb is resizing to 1800 by whatever (preserving the aspect ratio, of course, which is why I say &quot;whatever&quot;), to 1400 by whatever, to 1000 by whatever, to 600 by whatever, to 200 by whatever. The final quality of the image will be much better. I will refrain from explaining the mathematical reason why that&#039;s true. It&#039;s on the &#039;Net.

Miss Kitty

Meow

Peapod....Congrats!  Are those your PRECIOUS children?  I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!

Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar.  I will take anything!  Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull!  When's the next chance, SJ?

Peapod....Congrats! Are those your PRECIOUS children? I LOVE YOUR AVATAR! 
 
Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar. I will take anything! Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull! When&#039;s the next chance, SJ?

RiverOtter

got any pics?

[QUOTE=Sueshore]Peapod....Congrats! Are those your PRECIOUS children? I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!
 
Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar. I will take anything! Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull! When's the next chance, SJ?[/QUOTE]
 
[img]http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/morning.gif[/img]  Ahem.... In my defense, I can't even get the avitar I want [img]http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/smirk.gif[/img]

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Sueshore">Peapod....Congrats! Are those your PRECIOUS children? I LOVE YOUR AVATAR! 
 
Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar. I will take anything! Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull! When&#039;s the next chance, SJ?</blockquote> 
<img src="http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/morning.gif" alt="" /> Ahem.... In my defense, I can&#039;t even get the avitar I want <img src="http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Kimmifunn

Funnkalicious

[QUOTE=RiverOtter][img]http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/morning.gif[/img]  Ahem.... In my defense, I can't even get the avitar I want [img]http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/smirk.gif[/img][/QUOTE]
 :funn:  Those smilies are so funny!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="RiverOtter"><img src="http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/morning.gif" alt="" /> Ahem.... In my defense, I can&#039;t even get the avitar I want <img src="http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/smirk.gif" alt="" /></blockquote> :funn: Those smilies are so funny!

[QUOTE=RiverOtter][img]http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/morning.gif[/img]  Ahem.... In my defense, I can't even get the avitar I want [img]http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/smirk.gif[/img][/QUOTE]

Ha Ha Hee Hee...I am laughing out loud!  At least you offered!  What are you looking at for your avatar?  FTLOG, not that rabbit having a seizure again!!!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="RiverOtter"><img src="http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/morning.gif" alt="" /> Ahem.... In my defense, I can&#039;t even get the avitar I want <img src="http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/smirk.gif" alt="" /></blockquote> 
Ha Ha Hee Hee...I am laughing out loud! At least you offered! What are you looking at for your avatar? FTLOG, not that rabbit having a seizure again!!!

[QUOTE=Sueshore]Peapod....Congrats!  Are those your PRECIOUS children?  I LOVE YOUR AVATAR!

Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar. I will take anything! Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull! When's the next chance, SJ?[/QUOTE]

Good question. I've been at the beach every day since Thursday last week. Hmmm??? The sea hag thing just isn't working for me. Let's see if ...

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Sueshore">Peapod....Congrats! Are those your PRECIOUS children? I LOVE YOUR AVATAR! 
 
Speaking of avatars...I have pleaded in the past for SJ and even RO to get me an avatar. I will take anything! Actually, I am hoping SJ will get a pic of Molly on the beach at sunset...that would make Sueshore a happy gull! When&#039;s the next chance, SJ?</blockquote> 
Good question. I&#039;ve been at the beach every day since Thursday last week. Hmmm??? The sea hag thing just isn&#039;t working for me. Let&#039;s see if ...

[QUOTE=Sueshore]Ha Ha Hee Hee...I am laughing out loud! At least you offered! What are you looking at for your avatar? FTLOG, not that rabbit having a seizure again!!![/QUOTE]
 
 
[img]http://sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/1/7/7/Otterfloat.bmp[/img]

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Sueshore">Ha Ha Hee Hee...I am laughing out loud! At least you offered! What are you looking at for your avatar? FTLOG, not that rabbit having a seizure again!!!</blockquote> 
 
<img src="http://sowal.com/bb/gallery/files/1/7/7/Otterfloat.bmp" alt="" />

[QUOTE=Sueshore] FTLOG, not that rabbit having a seizure again!!![/QUOTE]
 
You don't like Wabbits?  :idontno: 
 
[img]http://www2.hotboat.com/forums/customavatars/avatar8658_1.gif[/img]

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Sueshore">FTLOG, not that rabbit having a seizure again!!!</blockquote> 
You don&#039;t like Wabbits? :idontno: 
 
<img src="http://www2.hotboat.com/forums/customavatars/avatar8658_1.gif" alt="" />

If you have no image editing software on your computer, you can go to [url]www.gimp.org[/url] and download the open source software for Windows/Mac/Unix. It has most of the functionality of PhotoShop, from what I've heard, and it's free.

If you have no image editing software on your computer, you can go to <a href="http://www.gimp.org" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">www.gimp.org</a> and download the open source software for Windows/Mac/Unix. It has most of the functionality of PhotoShop, from what I&#039;ve heard, and it&#039;s free.

[QUOTE=Beach Runner]Also, when resizing a .jpg image, it's better to resize in increments rather than in one step, due to the compression algorithm used for jpegs. In other words, don't go directly from a 2272 by 1704 photo to 200 by whatever. Take it in incremental steps. My rule-of-thumb is resizing to 1800 by whatever (preserving the aspect ratio, of course, which is why I say "whatever"), to 1400 by whatever, to 1000 by whatever, to 600 by whatever, to 200 by whatever. The final quality of the image will be much better. I will refrain from explaining the mathematical reason why that's true. It's on the 'Net.[/QUOTE]
Wow, that math is waaaay above my head!
Regardless, I LOVE your new avatar, BR! Where was that shot taken?

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Beach Runner">Also, when resizing a .jpg image, it&#039;s better to resize in increments rather than in one step, due to the compression algorithm used for jpegs. In other words, don&#039;t go directly from a 2272 by 1704 photo to 200 by whatever. Take it in incremental steps. My rule-of-thumb is resizing to 1800 by whatever (preserving the aspect ratio, of course, which is why I say &quot;whatever&quot;), to 1400 by whatever, to 1000 by whatever, to 600 by whatever, to 200 by whatever. The final quality of the image will be much better. I will refrain from explaining the mathematical reason why that&#039;s true. It&#039;s on the &#039;Net.</blockquote>Wow, that math is waaaay above my head! 
Regardless, I LOVE your new avatar, BR! Where was that shot taken?

I can't figure out how to size photos small enough to be used as avatars or attached as thumbnails. Could some patient soul help me? You can PM me if you want to instead of boring all the savvy users! Thanks in advance.

I can&#039;t figure out how to size photos small enough to be used as avatars or attached as thumbnails. Could some patient soul help me? You can PM me if you want to instead of boring all the savvy users! Thanks in advance.

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