pictures / avatar's

[CaptainMikey]

Where does everyone get their username pics / avatars? All the ones that I can find are too big for firehouse.com, and the ones that they have are lacking in selection.

[firechixrock]

I am also curious about the same thing! anyone with info HELP!! :)

[PFire23]

CaptainMikey: You can use any picture that you find online as long as it's a JPEG, GIF or Bitmap (I think this one is allowed). You can resize the picture that you want to use so that it's accepted, I think it's 50x50 pixels. Simply save the desired photo to your computer, resize and upload.

Firechix: To load an avatar below your name, go to "Forum Profile", then "Edit Options" and toward the bottom of the screen (you'll have to scroll down) you should find an area in which you click "yes" to add an avatar. You are given the choice of using one of the ones provided by FireHouse or to upload one of your own from your own computer.

I hope this helps and good luck!!

[SafetyPro]

I took the graphic of our patch from our department website and resized it in a graphics program.

[firechixrock]

this may seem like a really stupid question (blame it on the blonde hair!) but how do you resize pictures??

[PFire23]

You can resize pictures with any graphics, photo or paint program.

[CALFFBOU]

Go to www.yahoo.com. They have like 100s of little
avatars all over their site. just "right-click-save"
them and then upload...Bou

[EastKyFF]

Here, firechixrock, I got this off the "faces behind the post" thread and resized it.

[firechixrock]

thank you so much!! I don't have a pic program I just had my entire computer wiped clean and started over from scratch so I lost it!! anyway thanks again!! (you could have picked a more flattering pic though) ;) lol
Dawn

[CaptainMikey]

just testing to see if my new avatar worked.

[CaptainMikey]

it said thank you for changing your settings, but it did not change my avatar to what I told it to change it to.

[WannabeintheFD]

www.badassbuddy.com

!!!!!!!!!

[N2DFire]

Originally posted by firechixrock
thank you so much!! I don't have a pic program I just had my entire computer wiped clean and started over from scratch so I lost it!! anyway thanks again!! (you could have picked a more flattering pic though) ;) lol
Dawn

Try using IrfanView (available here http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm)

It's a very versatile image program and best of all it's free.

Also - I think the Pic looks fine. ;)

[firechixrock]

Originally posted by CaptainMikey
it said thank you for changing your settings, but it did not change my avatar to what I told it to change it to.


it did the same thing to me you just ahve to make sure that after you upload your photo that you reset the choice from wiggum to custom and then update cause if you do it first when you upload your pic it automatically resets the choice to wiggum? hope that helps :)
Dawn

[ThNozzleman]

it said thank you for changing your settings, but it did not change my avatar to what I told it to change it to.
Make certain that the check box asking you whether or not you want to use a custom avatar is checked. Sometimes, after you click "browse" to upload your image, it will remove the checkmark from that box.

[ThNozzleman]

Well, they say great minds think alike...:cool:

[firechixrock]

Originally posted by ThNozzleman
Well, they say great minds think alike...:cool:

well you must have an EXTREMELY great mind then ;)

[FlaFireGator]

Thanks for the info!!:cool:

[BLSboy]

*whistles at firechixrock*

That pic is fine:cool:

[firechixrock]

Originally posted by BLSboy
*whistles at firechixrock*

That pic is fine:cool:

lol that is like one of the worst pics I have!! but thanks :) :o

[ThNozzleman]

Good grief; the "hormonometer" is going off the scale. :p

[CaptainMikey]

yay, it worked. It must be the lack of sleep.

Thanks for the info!:D