Steps:
1. Get an image of up to 100x100 pixels.
2. Host it somewhere like Photobucket.
Photobucket (and others) generally give you a direct URL you can use for it. You'll need it shortly. Don't use anything with a reference to, say, IMG tags.
3. Go to user CP, select "Edit Avatar."
4. Select "Use Custom Avatar." Paste in URL from step 2 (or rahter the note after.)
Save changes.
Edit:
If you want (simply) a picture of your character, yes, take a good screenshot in game. You'll have to open that picture up in something such as Paint (not ideal,) Photoshop or another image editor. Get a good, square region - preferrably at the size of the avatar or larger - and copy it. (If it's smaller and you scale it up, it generally looks lousy.)
<bah> Completely misunderstood the question.
Quote:
You do that using the PrntScr key on your keyboard, then look under the installation folder of City of Heroes for a Pictures subfolder. I'm not at my COH machine right now so if I have that subfolder wrong I'm sure someone will correct me.
|
Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
If you want (simply) a picture of your character, yes, take a good screenshot in game.
|
Freedom: Blazing Larb, Fiery Fulcrum, Sardan Reborn, Arctic-Frenzy, Wasabi Sam, Mr Smashtastic.
hopefully I did this right heh
just shows up as a grey box to me
Use this link instead:
Code:
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab227/Dynaspark/screenshot_090918-15-17-16-1.jpg
Teams are the number one killer of soloists.
A key point to mention again...
The pic has to be cropped to a maximum of 100 x 100 pixels.
Typically, a game screenshot will be much bigger than that, hence
Bill's point about taking it into paint or photoshop.
Having just made my first avatar a couple days ago, I can tell
you that the forum won't display it if it's bigger (my first crack
at it was 115 x 115 and it didn't work until I reduced it).
If you use photobucket, you can also resize photos there too.
GL,
4
I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is definitely better.
Light is faster than sound - that's why some people look smart until they speak.
For every seller who leaves the market dirty stinkin' rich,
there's a buyer who leaves the market dirty stinkin' IOed. - Obitus.
My avatar is 160x160 pixels... 
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
|
SerialBeggar nailed it. Thanks....now it has me thinking...does this pic make me look fat? haha
thanks to all for the help
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by FourSpeed
A key point to mention again...
The pic has to be cropped to a maximum of 100 x 100 pixels. Typically, a game screenshot will be much bigger than that, hence Bill's point about taking it into paint or photoshop. Having just made my first avatar a couple days ago, I can tell you that the forum won't display it if it's bigger (my first crack at it was 115 x 115 and it didn't work until I reduced it). If you use photobucket, you can also resize photos there too. GL, 4 |
While it's preferable to have a 100 x 100 avatar, it's not necessary. The forum will automatically smash larger avatars.
Quote:
Sometimes to comic effect.
|
Originally Posted by SunGryphon
While it's preferable to have a 100 x 100 avatar, it's not necessary. The forum will automatically smash larger avatars.
|
Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
Perhaps that is so, but it didn't do so in my recent experience.
The "says-it" site produces 115 x 115 as the smallest size and the
forum definitely would not load that...
It may have been in a grey area ... ie. bigger than 100 x 100, but
too small at 115 x 115 to "squash"... <shrug>
In any case, I did have to adjust size, at which point it displayed fine.
It looks like he got his working, so it's all to the good now... 
Regards,
4
I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is definitely better.
Light is faster than sound - that's why some people look smart until they speak.
For every seller who leaves the market dirty stinkin' rich,
there's a buyer who leaves the market dirty stinkin' IOed. - Obitus.
Not sure if this would go here but trying to figure out how to put up the pic of my toon. I thought I'd have the option to browse for it in the CoH folder and put it up that way but I don't see it.