Can I use my image?

[racinghamster]

I have a JPEG image of my chinese hamster Prinny saved in My Pictures and wanted to try it in my avatar, but don`t know if the size will be okay?

It`s 82.2kb (whatevere that means!) and dimentions are 1165 x 873

If I change the image, will it be okay because I can`t resize it myself. I copied the image from her previous owners thread and saved it for future reference, but was`nt sure if the size would be fine or whether it`s too big?

[SnickersTheFirst]

Avatars will be automatically resized for you. I've used jpeg images before with no issues.

[racinghamster]

Thanks Snickers your a star. I`ll give it a go and see if I can get it to work. I can always change it back if it does`nt work out.

[SnickersTheFirst]

Oooo, I can see her.

[racinghamster]

It worked! The image is`nt great though. If I was to find an image online that was free to use, would I be able to use this instead?

[SnickersTheFirst]

Yeah, it's a shame that it's not zoomed enough. Ah well. I'm sure a few people on here use free images from google, although I'm not 100% sure on the rules for that I'm afraid.

[racinghamster]

No worries Snickers. I will keep this image of Prinny even though it`s small and was taken before she came to me and she lived in a Rotastak, which is why the glare is showing in the photo. Nothing I can do about that but at least I can see her....just! If you use a magnifying glass it will help!!!

[souffle]

If you post the full sized pic here I will edit it for you in photoshop and crop her out if you like.

[racinghamster]

Thanks souffle. I decided to switch it back since the image of Prinny was`nt that great. If I find a nicer chinese hamster image and it`s free to use, I may change it again if the system resizes it automatically? If I saved an image to `My Pictures` from the internet and then opened it to use as my avatar, would this work?