How to upload a userpic correctly?

[tenchikoi]

Okay, so I have a boring, non-sexy issue I need help with. I've been trying to upload a user pic since I obviously don't have one. But each time I try it says that the attempted upload has failed. I've made sure the pic size is the correct 250x250 size. So I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. Please assist?

 

[SweetErika]

The limits are:
Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 250 by 250 pixels or 29.3 KB (whichever is smaller).

Try reducing the pic to 245 x 245 pixels (or making the largest dimension 245) and making sure it's under that 29.3 KB limit because I'm having no problem uploading pics that fall within those limits.

What editing software are you using?

If that doesn't work, copy the text of the error/rejection message you're getting into this thread. It should tell you exactly what's wrong with your image.

 

[tenchikoi]

The limits are:
Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 250 by 250 pixels or 29.3 KB (whichever is smaller).

Try reducing the pic to 245 x 245 pixels (or making the largest dimension 245) and making sure it's under that 29.3 KB limit because I'm having no problem uploading pics that fall within those limits.

What editing software are you using?

If that doesn't work, copy the text of the error/rejection message you're getting into this thread. It should tell you exactly what's wrong with your image.

I'm just using paint to resize it. But it still isn't working.

 

[fieryjen]

I'm just using paint to resize it. But it still isn't working.

Wrong format, possibly. Is it a jpg?

 

[tenchikoi]

Wrong format, possibly. Is it a jpg?

I don't think they save as that format.

 

[SweetErika]

I don't think they save as that format.

Well, that's likely your problem then.

I'm not familiar enough with Paint anymore (it's a crappy enough program that I didn't even use it when I had it), but if you want to download GIMP (a completely free, Photoshop-like program), I'd be happy to talk you through doing what you need to do with that. It's super-easy.

I just looked, and apparently a lot of people have trouble saving as a jpeg or gif in Paint. You can try THESE instructions, though. If you don't have the software that conflicts with Paint, they should work for you.

I'd still get GIMP or another one of the free, capable editors out there, though, if I were you.

 

[Weird Harold]

I don't think they save as that format.

I depends onthe version of Paint you're using. Early versions only worked with BMP images or could only save BMP images.

BMP images are uncompressed images so the file size restriction is nearly impossible to meet.

Right click on the image file and choose Properties -- that should tell you the file type, image dimensions and the file size.

I agree with Erica that your problem will pretty much go away if you download GIMP or Irfanview.

 

[VelvetDarkness]

My version of paint saves files as .jpg. Maybe all you need is a software update.

 

[Noira]

Even still, Paint saves really poor quality, and doesn't reduce file size effectively. For free programs, there's also Paint.net.

Also, if you join Photobucket, it has a built in image editor--sort of. Well, you can resize images, that's about all I've used it for. But you can't use it for adult images.

 

[tenchikoi]

Well, that's likely your problem then.

I'm not familiar enough with Paint anymore (it's a crappy enough program that I didn't even use it when I had it), but if you want to download GIMP (a completely free, Photoshop-like program), I'd be happy to talk you through doing what you need to do with that. It's super-easy.

I just looked, and apparently a lot of people have trouble saving as a jpeg or gif in Paint. You can try THESE instructions, though. If you don't have the software that conflicts with Paint, they should work for you.

I'd still get GIMP or another one of the free, capable editors out there, though, if I were you.

GIMP sounds like a good idea. I'll be looking into that one.

 

[Weird Harold]

GIMP sounds like a good idea. I'll be looking into that one.

FWIW, you don't really need to choose between GIMP and Irfanview -- they're designed for different purposes.

GIMP is an image editing program -- it can do a LOT more with images than Irfanview.

Irfanview is an Image Managment program which is more oriented to prepping pictures for websites, moving them around, previewing and selecting pictures and standardizing image size and/or format. It's actual image editing capabilities are pretty much limited to cropping, color corrections, changing orientation and limited text captioning