Avatar -not the film.... https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/t200527 Runboard| Avatar -not the film.... en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:58:18 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:58:18 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030902,from=rss#post2030902https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030902,from=rss#post2030902quote:Clactonian wrote: .... And you don't look at all senile. yes - been getting away with it for yearsnondisclosed_email@example.com (Elines)Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:44:35 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030901,from=rss#post2030901https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030901,from=rss#post2030901Ian - I can't help directly as Mike sorted mine out for me (in effect) but .... ...I also had problems loading an avatar on Elements Village and I was advised to use 'save for web' and that sorted it. ?maybe it will for flickr too?? (not sure what the smiley is supposed to mean but it seemed right somehow)nondisclosed_email@example.com (Elines)Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:43:03 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030898,from=rss#post2030898https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030898,from=rss#post2030898Doesn't seem to work for me. I'm hosting with Flickr and I've tried all three codes they provide and I get this message when I post into the 'My Avatar' field; pers_icon: Must not contain spaces pers_icon: Invalid avatar address pers_icon: Maximum valid length is 150 No spaces in the file name max size is 150pxnondisclosed_email@example.com (IanBarber)Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:58:41 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030867,from=rss#post2030867https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030867,from=rss#post2030867.... and a very fine avatar it is! And you don't look at all senile. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Clactonian)Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:53:21 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030861,from=rss#post2030861https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030861,from=rss#post2030861Forum Members now have the dubious pleasure of seeing my standard avatar - blame Mike  nondisclosed_email@example.com (Elines)Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:19:49 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030771,from=rss#post2030771https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030771,from=rss#post2030771quote:Elines wrote: Ok - thanks Mike - ?do you know what the limits are for an avatar - the one I tried was too blurry anyway and I was just guessing - I think it was 100 px x 100px at 72dpi Mine is 200x200px which is auto-sized on upload. I found that most sites do this although they may have a different final image size. Hence my one size fits all. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Clactonian)Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:01:09 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030765,from=rss#post2030765https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030765,from=rss#post2030765quote:Clactonian wrote: No, you are correct it won't load into the avatar box using the method I described. Here's a work around for you. Send me the avatar image and I'll upload it to one of my sites and give you a link that you can then use. Ok - thanks Mike - ?do you know what the limits are for an avatar - the one I tried was too blurry anyway and I was just guessing - I think it was 100 px x 100px at 72dpinondisclosed_email@example.com (Elines)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:45:57 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030748,from=rss#post2030748https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030748,from=rss#post2030748Thanks for the response folks. I managed it (of sorts) with Photobucket in the end. It's a bit distorted but I'll try and figure it out properly later on- spending too much energy on ironing out the kinks! nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve 734)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:04:03 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030745,from=rss#post2030745https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030745,from=rss#post2030745No, you are correct it won't load into the avatar box using the method I described. Here's a work around for you. Send me the avatar image and I'll upload it to one of my sites and give you a link that you can then use.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Clactonian)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:36:24 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030737,from=rss#post2030737https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030737,from=rss#post2030737and it doesn't the box BB code is ticked under the posting box for this post (and it was ticked before too) but still can't get it to work NB ?what are the limits on avatars eg pixel dimension PPI, total size etc pleae?nondisclosed_email@example.com (Elines)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:33:10 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030736,from=rss#post2030736https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030736,from=rss#post2030736test to see if avatar appearsnondisclosed_email@example.com (Elines)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:29:45 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030735,from=rss#post2030735https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030735,from=rss#post2030735P1020690 B&W avatar by chris1512, on Flickrnondisclosed_email@example.com (Elines)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:29:06 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030734,from=rss#post2030734https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030734,from=rss#post2030734Steve, make sure that BBCode is ticked in the post box on this forum. Open the image in Flickr, click the share icon (curved arrow) and from the pop-up box click on BBCode. Copy the code and paste it directly into the message box in the forum new post box. Your image should appear.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Clactonian)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:44:46 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030721,from=rss#post2030721https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030721,from=rss#post2030721Why is Flickr so hard to share pictures , its like they don't want anyone to post elsewhere, ask in the help forums Stevenondisclosed_email@example.com (martinimages)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:35:58 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030720,from=rss#post2030720https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030720,from=rss#post2030720Still can't do it. I give up....nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve 734)Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:28:51 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030284,from=rss#post2030284https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030284,from=rss#post2030284Hi Ian, Doesn't seem to work for me. I'm hosting with Flickr and I've tried all three codes they provide and I get this message when I post into the 'My Avatar' field; pers_icon: Must not contain spaces pers_icon: Invalid avatar address pers_icon: Maximum valid length is 150 or some variation of it. Cheers nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve 734)Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:25:55 +0000 Re: Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030278,from=rss#post2030278https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030278,from=rss#post2030278Select Control Panel from the top right of the screen and then select Miscellaneous settings Then select Avatar and paste in the URL of your Avatar nondisclosed_email@example.com (IanBarber)Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:14:01 +0000 Avatar -not the film....https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030276,from=rss#post2030276https://bthedigitalmonochromeforum.runboard.com/p2030276,from=rss#post2030276Can anyone tell me how we post our avatars up please? I can't figure it out! Ta.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Steve 734)Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:07:14 +0000