profile picture for the new user community

[Michael R. Wagner]

How small does the profile picture have to be to fit within the circle?  I've taken one down to 66 x 77 and 19.5 KB, but still can't get the entire head shot within the frame.

[Steven L. Dasinger]

I wasn't sure of the correct size, either. I just cropped a picture to include what I wanted and ended up with a 405 x 467 150 dpi image.

That has a bit cut off from the bottom and possibly the right side, so I made sure the top of the head was as close to the top as I could go and centered.  It still cropped a little at/blow the chin but looked okay. At a guess, there may be a 400 x 400 part of the image being displayed.

Not sure if this helps or not.

 

[Michael R. Wagner]

Thanks, but another 7 or 8 attempts were equally unsuccessful.  No matter how small I shrink the picture, it still blows up beyond the border of the circle.  Maybe someday I'll try again.

[Peter R. Bickford]

The profile picture I used was 383x383 (I just happened to have it around to use for things that use profile pictures). Worked fine.

[Steven L. Dasinger]

Michael, what is the dpi of your image?  If large, it may be causing you a problem.

[Michael R. Wagner]

I dumped it to trash, but it was around 220x240.

[Michael A. Farrah]

Michael I just took a pic I use as a profile pic elsewhere and it worked straight out, I didn't even need to crop or adjust it.

[Steven L. Dasinger]

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I dumped it to trash, but it was around 220x240

Michael, the question wasn't the image size (222x240) but the DPI (dots per inch).

You can find this in Windows by Right-Clicking on the file and selecting Properties. The clicking on the Details tab.

This is a guess, but the dpi may be part of the problem.

[Michael R. Wagner]

Steven, I understand, but since I threw away the image and emptied the trashcan, I don't have the answer.  I offered the image size in hopes that might lead to some insight - apologies for sending you information you didn't need.  Thanks for the help.

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Mike

[Brian J. Stewart]

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21 hours ago, Michael R. Wagner said:

Steven, I understand, but since I threw away the image and emptied the trashcan, I don't have the answer.  I offered the image size in hopes that might lead to some insight - apologies for sending you information you didn't need.  Thanks for the help.

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Mike

I can't make any profile picture image fail for me.   Even my custom GIF i made years ago works for this forum's profile.   I'll blame Friday the 13th on your issues, even if it was yesterday the 12th.