Is it possibleto reduce the number of pixels on an avatar?

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-01-11 07:54pm

I have a pic that I would like to use as an avatar, but it is made up off too many pixels. Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-01-11 07:57pm

If you have MS photo editor, I believe you can use a resize option to make it smaller, and with fewer pixels. That's what I did.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-01-11 07:59pm

Is there anything I can do with crappy old paint?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-11 08:01pm

Download The Gimp (do a Google search). It's freeware, and it has all the image editing toys you need and then some.

Pink Eye · Post by **Pink Eye** » 2003-01-11 08:01pm

Superman wrote:Is there anything I can do with crappy old paint?

I don't think MS Paint is that flexible. You can always simply use the rectangle tool and simple cut out the 80 x 80 pixel size, but that might not be what you want because it might cut off the picture. I suggest the trial version of Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop pro and use their Imaging resizing tools.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-11 08:05pm

Superman wrote:Is there anything I can do with crappy old paint?

Yeah, you can use the stretch tool to fix it.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-11 08:11pm

Pink Eye wrote:
Superman wrote:Is there anything I can do with crappy old paint?
I don't think MS Paint is that flexible. You can always simply use the rectangle tool and simple cut out the 80 x 80 pixel size, but that might not be what you want because it might cut off the picture. I suggest the trial version of Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop pro and use their Imaging resizing tools.

Why get a trial version of $ware when you can use freeware, like The Gimp?

PS. Your avatar is disgusting!!!!!

Pink Eye · Post by **Pink Eye** » 2003-01-11 08:45pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Pink Eye wrote:
Superman wrote:Is there anything I can do with crappy old paint?
I don't think MS Paint is that flexible. You can always simply use the rectangle tool and simple cut out the 80 x 80 pixel size, but that might not be what you want because it might cut off the picture. I suggest the trial version of Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop pro and use their Imaging resizing tools.
Why get a trial version of $ware when you can use freeware, like The Gimp?

PS. Your avatar is disgusting!!!!!

I just hunt for stuff on Kazaa. I never heard of The Gimp so, I plead my case as one of ignorance.

And yes, Da Pink Eye is rather revolting, but that is what makes it great!

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-01-11 09:37pm

Yes, paint can do it, but it can only save in BMP or some other rarely used format. It must be in JPG or GIF format to be used as an avatar. Tell you what...pm me a link to the image and I'll resize it for you.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-01-11 09:40pm

Paint can save as a JPEG, and in XP can actually do it fairly well.

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2003-01-11 10:38pm

This question is answered in full--including software recommendations--in the board FAQ in the announcements fourm. RTFM.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-11 11:41pm

Pink Eye wrote:
Darth Wong wrote: PS. Your avatar is disgusting!!!!!
And yes, Da Pink Eye is rather revolting, but that is what makes it great!

Please change it, or I'll bite off your balls, mister.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-12 12:05am

Get Kazaa Lite and leech a good graphics program off of the net.

I recommend either Photoshop 7 or Corel Photo-paint 10. The latter has better image compression capability, IMO.