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When I was a kid, we took our "box springs" from an old mattress and set it on fire to burn off the fabric and the wood. We hooked the "wires" to it and propped it up against a tree and had a hillbilly antenna. The TV picture that came through looked like my avatar! LOL. Bob 
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Post the picture somewhere and I'll see if other tools can do any better .. but I doubt it would be by much.
The criteria is pretty minimal; filesize, accepted format and dimensions ...
Make your sound your own!
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And on a more serious note, that's really nice of you to look at it for me. I do appreciate it.
On some things, I'm a reasonably advanced computer user, (build one from scratch, install OS, drivers, etc.).
On other things, I'm a noobie. If I've never had to or needed to do something before, I never bothered to learn how to do it.
That's why I ask people like you and the other good folks on the PG forum for advice.
Thanks,
Bob
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I'm not a graphics artist, but my website employment keeps me pretty current with latest software, including graphics stuff. I have some pretty good tools, wouldn't say I can use them better than anybody else, but I have learned a few tricks.
Like I said, with the file restrictions it likely won't be much of a difference. I think it looked fine as it was for an avatar. Another option may be to link to the image somewhere else, which may make the filesize disappear .. just a thought, may try later.
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rharv,
That's a big improvement. Thank you! It no longer looks like it's snowing!
You, and many others on this forum, are great examples of people taking time out to do something for somebody they don't even know.
That is a really cool thang about the PG forums.
Something as "trivial" as an avatar, and you and others take time from what you doing to help out!
Thank you,
Bob
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Another thing that can get in the way of successfully getting an 80x80 avatar is Exif data that can come along for the ride. Digital cameras often add yards of this data. Exif data includes items like what lens was used, the f-stop, distance to the subject. This extra data bloats the size of the result.
When that is the case, you want to use image software that gives the option of not including the exif data when you save the file.
I've used Irfanview for years and it's freeware.
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Hi Bob,
when rescaling from a large format tova very small format you should do it in stages and apply some sharpness or unsharpness filters during that process. It helps reduce the grain effect.
Chris
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A pirate was recounting a story about when he embarked on a deserted island.
He said “I got off the ship and walked across the island and a lion jumped out on me and went RRROOOAAARRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”.
The listener said, “I’ll bet that was really scary!”
The pirate said “AAARRRGGGHHH, I sh*t all over meself!”
The listener said, “Well, that’s nothing to be embarrassed about. I might have done the same thing if a lion jumped out on me!”
The pirate said, “No, not then! Just now, when I said RRROOOAAARRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
A guy went to a fancy dress ball dressed as a pirate.
One of the more 'refined' guests sidled up to him and cracked: "So, where are your buccaneers?"
He replied: "On my buckin' head."
John
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All I did is crop, resize and save as GIF format (no exif data that way).
All in photofiltre
Sometimes the sharpening and other filters add noise.. use only as needed.
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No foolin', we had a bar called the Buccaneer. The manager told me he was going to put on a cover charge and asked my opinion. I told him he'd have to leave it at 2 bucks, a buck an ear.
John Conley
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Another way to do it is:
1. Fix the size to the recommended 80x80 and ignore the file size.
2. Upload the picture to an online storage place, and
3. Note the URL (address) and enter that in the box provided
It will show fine.
Dick
(Right Click on my AVATAR and look up its Properties.... it shows the URL [http://www.tchairdjian.com....]
the pic size 80 x 80, and file size as 14,000+ kbs)
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Maybe someone should start a new thread just for pirate jokes. But until then,
A pirate walked into a bar, and the bartender said "Hey, man, I haven't seen you for a long time. What happened? You look terrible!"
"What do you mean?" growled the pirate. "I'm fine."
"What about that wooden leg? You didn't have that before."
"Well, Matey," said the pirate, "we were in a battle at sea, and a cannon ball took me leg clean off. But the Doc fixed me up with this here wooden leg, and I'm fine now."
"Oh, yeah? Well, what about that hook? The last time I saw you, you had both hands."
"Well, Laddie, we were in another battle, and we boarded the enemy ship. I was in a sword fight and me hand was cut off, but the Doc fixed me up with this hook, and I feel great now."
"Okay," said the bartender, "but what about that eye patch? The last time you were in here, you had both eyes!"
"One day, we were at sea, and a huge flock of birds flew over the ship. As I looked up, one of them sh*t in me eye!"
"You're kidding!" said the bartender. "You lost an eye just from some bird poop?"
"Nah… it was me first day with the new hook."
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rharv,
There it is. I told you I wuz ugly! LOL.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=a5j6fs&s=6
Bob 
You look ok Bob.. anyway its how we all should look at your age
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