oregongrown Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) I've struggled getting photo/images the right size to fit into the space for an Avatar. Some forums don't tell you how large or small an avatar should be. I'll show you the pic I want to use, and I want it displayed as clearly as possible. I'll also show you a clip of how it displays now on the forum I am making it for. I hope someone can teach me how to do this so I will always know for any new photos I may want to use. Thanks so much for any help, I'd so appreciate it. How it looks on my other forum now: I'd l like the whole "N" to show as well as the whole head of the baby duck. Here's the original pic: Edited December 18, 2023 by oregongrown pictures backwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Hey oregongrown, the easiest way is to start with square document or picture (256x256px, 512x512px and so on). - Create new empty layer (referred as a Circle layer) and draw a circle with Shapes tool covering the whole area (hold Shift while drawing to lock aspect ratio). - Set layer opacity to 50-100 so you can see everything below. Circle layer is just a guide, you can hide or delete afterwards. - Add your picture if it is not already there and move in the Layers panel just above Background so it is set between Background and Circle layer) - Create new layer above picture layer and add your text. Make sure there is an empty space (margin) left between elements you want to show and circle. Think about book page, there is always margin around. - When you are done, delete or hide Circle layer and save your picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregongrown Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 Wow, thank you so much @Lemonade!! I will go and try this out! I am glad I came into the forum to check because I wasn't notified by email I'll check my "settings" for notification and make sure they are set right Thank you again, and I'll be back to let you know how it went, OG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregongrown Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 I'm struggling with this, more tekkie than I thought, but I'll just take my time @Lemonade. I won't give up,yet, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) Hey @oregongrown, what step (listed above) are you struggling with? Circle and circle layer are not necessary, they are just a visual indication where your avatar will be cut if the platform (social media, forum) is using rounded profile picture style. If you use picture from the first post, going to Image > Canvas size and changing height to match the width of the picture is enough. Make sure "Maintain aspect ratio" is unchecked. Edited December 19, 2023 by Lemonade 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregongrown Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 Thanks so much for going the extra mile to help me but I think I picked the wrong photo to use because I had it just about perfect, and when it was on a post of mine, there is some sort of icon covering the ducks bill. I don't know that it will always be there, maybe they use it only when you are a new Moderator. No big deal, I won't stress over it. I always seem to go with the impossible pictures, lol Of course I think it's the absolute best one of all the pics I looked through . Thank you again, and maybe when I'm not so busy with other stuff, I'll try again with your latest info, thanks again, Oregongrown:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregongrown Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 Ok, I'm going to try this again as I guess I'm really being OCD about my avatar 😁 But I'm going to look over your directions again on both your replies to me, and see if I can figure things out. Below is exactly how my Avatar appears on my forum, the one I belong to I mean, and I'll put the latest "original" I found to work with. It's the best I could find of that pic. Any further help would be much appreciated, but I'm going to go spend time on this today, following the instructions I've been given so far OG PS That icon covers the baby duck's beak, I can't have that, LOL!! What a basket-case I can be 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregongrown Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 Ok, I got an idea, I'm going to crop just the duck, and on the right side expand the canvas and then type int the text "never give up". That should make the duck part full pic and that icon my forum adds won't hide the text. I'll show you when I'm done @Lemonade this is the start, and now I'll try and work with the text I want, add some color etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregongrown Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 I got it @Lemonade, thanks for your help as my brain wouldn't have kicked in until you started giving me some ideas that I knew I could handle!! OG! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, oregongrown said: I got it @Lemonade, thanks for your help as my brain wouldn't have kicked in until you started giving me some ideas that I knew I could handle!! OG! Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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