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Florence61

Florence61 Report 15 Dec 2021 12:43

RTR, yes some pictures need resizing but I have never had to do that with any of my own pics whether emailing or uploading on here. They upload first time without any problems.

Florence in the hebrides

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 15 Dec 2021 12:12

Florence61 method works ok BUT it is much easier to follow if you have first prepped your picture. It must be really small, 100x100 pixels works ok.

Thus find your picture and then load it into a graphics program. I use IrfanView (free ). Using the program resize the picture to approx 100x100 and then save it with a new name. It MUST be in .jpg format.

Now you can load this picture ino My Account and off you go.

The usual reason for failure is that the target image is much too big.

Island

Island Report 14 Dec 2021 15:37

PC = personal computer so yes, laptop is a PC.
To further confuse.... are you using a PC or a MAC?

I'm sure pictures have to be in jpeg format and small.

You could always ask GR if they would change it for you :-S might take a while though :-\

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Dec 2021 00:44

A PC is huge (well mine is/was).
I now have a laptop and can do what I did on the PC.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 10 Dec 2021 14:54

As I don't know what the heck I'm doing I shall leave it alone for a while, is a Lap Top the same as a PC anyway?

Florence61

Florence61 Report 10 Dec 2021 13:59

Oh yes Vera, forgot to ask her if it was from a PC or Ipad. I did mine on the PC.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 10 Dec 2021 13:44

Are you doing it on an iPad? I had a similar problem a good while ago and found that it worked fine on a PC, just not on an iPad.

LindainHerriotCountry

LindainHerriotCountry Report 10 Dec 2021 08:48

There is a limit to the size of the photo you can upload, I can’t remember what it is . I have had to save a photo at a lower resolution on my computer in order to get the file size small enough to use on here as an avatar

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 10 Dec 2021 00:36

Done all that more than once and still not on there, oh well I will try again later, thanks all. X.

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 9 Dec 2021 23:15

Make sure you scroll down and save it when you have uploaded

Florence61

Florence61 Report 9 Dec 2021 23:09

ZZzzz if you go to your account you will see a square that says upload photo.click on find file and then choose a pic from your computer.You may want to find a pic first either from your own pics or find one on google and save it to your pc.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 9 Dec 2021 22:21

To put a photo / avatar on here but it doesn't work heeeelp please.