Thread: How to create a custom avatar and use it on RC ForumZ

Hello All, In this tutorial I am going to teach you how to make a custom avatar and post it on RC ForumZ. An avatar is a fun way to show what kind of character you are on the forum. Avatars can be anything but for the sake of all please keep your avatars in good taste :-)


The first thing you will have to do is take a photo of something.




Now that we have a picture we need to format it correctly so it can be used as an avatar. I use a freeware program called Irfanview to edit the pictures.




The next thing that I will do is open the file. You can do this by starting the program and then pressing the File button and then selecting open




The third step is to find the picture that you want to format to an avatar




Now we have the picture open in Irfanview. We can now adjust the picture to suit our needs.




Select what you want to show as your avatar




Now crop the photo by pressing the edit button and using the crop function




The next step is to resize the photo. You can do this by pressing the image button and finding resize/resample




In this menu you will use the set a new size function. For your avatar to be useable on RC ForumZ it will have to be 100 X 100 Pixles or 64kb which ever is smaller.




When you click OK it will turn into something that looks like this.