# I turned on avatars today. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255 "2018-08-08T00:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/321 "2018-08-13T16:33:30Z")
Let’s take a quick look at mine. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/322 "2018-08-13T17:02:07Z")
Testicle ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/323 "2018-08-13T22:55:46Z")
Toshiro lives! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/324 "2018-08-14T04:12:34Z")
What am I doing wrong? I have a picture I want to use, I cropped it down to the right size but it keeps getting displayed sideways. The other picture I wanted to use is too big a file even when the picture is cropped down. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/325 "2018-08-14T04:30:39Z")
Ok, so I am the \*expert. Go to [picresize.com](http://picresize.com). It’s very easy to use, a pet monkey could do it. They have a choice to turn the image around or flip it. \*loosely interpreted. ETA Ike is that your puppy? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/326 "2018-08-14T04:38:52Z")
If it’s a jpeg, there’s an EXIF setting for orientation. Do what **Beckdawrek** says or copy the image into a new image with the correct orientation and save as a bmp or png. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/327 "2018-08-14T04:41:36Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Every column had a Slug Signorino cartoon. > > So yes, Cecil had an avatar. > > I rest my case. He also has an avatar on his Facebook page. > **[Cecil Adams](https://www.facebook.com/cecil.adams.39948)** > > Cecil Adams is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Cecil Adams and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/328 "2018-08-15T14:00:07Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Ok, so I am the \*expert. Go to [picresize.com](http://picresize.com). It’s very easy to use, a pet monkey could do it. They have a choice to turn the image around or flip it. > ETA Ike is that your puppy? Thanks for that link. It did help me with the picture I am using, and yes that is my dog Duncan when he was a puppy. The other picture that I wanted to use still has too big a file when cropped down to size. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/329 "2018-08-15T17:36:13Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > The other picture that I wanted to use still has too big a file when cropped down to size. Is it a JPEG? If you want to upload it to IMGUR, I can crop it in Photoshop and save it with a suitably high compression so the file is small enough. But if it needs to be a PNG because of transparency, it’s not quite so simple to make the file smaller. One would have to edit the image. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/330 "2018-08-15T18:00:21Z")
I think they look TERRIBLE, make the site look messy and out of alignment. But whatever, I just turned them off again and it all looks neat once more. So rock on with your bad selves, I’ll be avatar-less and happy over here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/331 "2018-08-15T18:03:45Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I think they look TERRIBLE, make the site look messy and out of alignment. ) Um … what? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/332 "2018-08-15T18:10:45Z")
I’m guessing he’s using the default Sultanthemes skin in which lots of things are broken, including username alignment when there are avatars. But IMHO that skin looks like crap anyway. It looks fine in the old skin. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/333 "2018-08-15T18:28:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Is it a JPEG? If you want to upload it to IMGUR, I can crop it in Photoshop and save it with a suitably high compression so the file is small enough. But if it needs to be a PNG because of transparency, it’s not quite so simple to make the file smaller. One would have to edit the image. Thanks for the offer but yeah, the image is PNG. I made it a bit smaller to get the size down but the image looked bad. I will use this one for the time being, and search for a new one. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/334 "2018-08-15T18:37:39Z")
If you must have transparency, I suppose a workaround would be to make the background the same light grey color as the background on the board, and then save it as a JPEG. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/335 "2018-08-15T18:57:08Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m guessing he’s using the default Sultanthemes skin in which lots of things are broken, including username alignment when there are avatars. But IMHO that skin looks like crap anyway. > > It looks fine in the old skin. Yes, I am. I’ll try it with the old skin, assuming I can find what that is. ETA: Oh yeah, that’s much better. Still not sure I’ll use them, though. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/336 "2018-08-15T19:01:33Z")
You can change it temporarily with the dropdown right at the bottom of the screen in the blue bar – change it to Straight Dope V3.7.3. To change it permanently, go to your UserCP and then to “Edit Options”. The option to change the skin is right at the bottom. Select Straight Dope V3.7.3 and then “Save Changes”. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/337 "2018-08-15T19:38:23Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Thanks for that link. It did help me with the picture I am using, and yes that is my dog Duncan when he was a puppy. The other picture that I wanted to use still has too big a file when cropped down to size. Damn, I am good. I should go and get a job in IT. I would but I am a lazy ass, that might be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/338 "2018-08-15T20:14:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Damn, I am good. I should go and get a job in IT. I would but I am a lazy ass, that might be a problem. Depends on how lazy. Many go into IT as they are fairly lazy. Programmer/Analyst by trade. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/339 "2018-08-16T16:07:56Z")
Indeed ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/340 "2018-08-16T21:02:14Z")
ooh, thanks for the info on the skin. This fixes the “can’t see what text you’ve selected” issue, which is really annoying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255.md?page=18)