Setting Your Penguin as Your Avatar

[Balthasar]

Setting Your Penguin as Your Avatar

(please do not quote) :p

A. Taking a picture of your penguin
1. Screenshots/Screen Captures
2. Editing and cropping your picture so it’s the appropriate size
B. Uploading to a website
C. Uploading from your machine

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Lots of people have always wondered: How do I take a picture of my penguin? Well, here’s how to do it:

1. Screenshots/Screen Captures

What is a screenshot/screen capture? Well some people call them a “screeny” or “screenie” and it’s basically taking a picture of your screen using only your computer.

Windows: CTRL + PRNT SCRN

Mac: Command-Shift-3

Linux: Coming soon

2. Editing and cropping your picture
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k104/balthasar987/penguinavatar.jpg
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-=B=-

How do you upload a picture? Well, first, you need to go to an image uploading website. Here are three sites.

www.imageshack.us
www.photobucket.com
www.tinypic.com

If you were to upload a picture on Imageshack, here’s how you would do it (courtesy of MagicPuffs—creator of the pic):
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k104/balthasar987/imageshackhelp.png
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-=C=-

If you go to your Profile and click “Edit Avatar”, at the bottom of the page you will see this:

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k104/balthasar987/customavatar.jpg

Basically, all you do is click browse and a new window will pop up. From there, just click your picture and click “Open”. Then, click “Save Changes” to upload.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? Please post if you have any.

*** IF THIS IS IN THE WRONG FORUM, PLEASE MOVE IT. I WAS INDECISIVE ABOUT THE APPROPRIATE FORUM SO I DECIDED TO POST IT HERE.

Thanks, Balthasar

[oddball127]

yea this really dosent help me but it may for other people

[Balthasar]

yea this really dosent help me but it may for other people

Yea, once you know the basics, it's real easy for you to understand. However, if you're new, then it may be difficult. I'm hoping it's easy and clear for people though.

[Bulldoz4]

Nice Balthy i knew this but it will be good for other people

[11dx11]

i have always tried to do this but i hadn't got it right, thank you now i can finally do this:)

[!Icy Chris!]

Yea, once you know the basics, it's real easy for you to understand. However, if you're new, then it may be difficult. I'm hoping it's easy and clear for people though.

Its pretty easy to understnd, dont worry and nice guied;)

[Balthasar]

Nice Balthy i knew this but it will be good for other people

Thanks. I'm hoping it helps new people. :D

i have always tried to do this but i hadn't got it right, thank you now i can finally do this:)

No problemo, 11dx11.

Its pretty easy to understnd, dont worry and nice guied;)

THanks a bunch.

QUESTION FOR ANYONE: Should I add signatures to this guide?

[Scrat]

Already knew this,but nice guide. .

[orcacamO7]

Mine wont work, i hit the cut button on paint and the picture is way to small and when i put it around my penguin, it deletes my penguin. please help me.

[Miss Sasha]

Thanks for the help :D ...............

[Balthasar]

Mine wont work, i hit the cut button on paint and the picture is way to small and when i put it around my penguin, it deletes my penguin. please help me.

After you hit the cut button on paint, you have to either create a new image or resize that picture. Don't forget to press paste too. :p

[icee weissy]

Great job Balthy, it should help newer members. There is already a stickied thread with the same title, but this goes into greater detail. Keep up the good work.

[Obey Me]

This thread should deserve a sticky

[penguindude515]

Wow. Another guide that deserves a sticky. Great guide and helpful, though imagecave is the best image hosting site that I think deserves to be on the list.

[Balthasar]

Great job Balthy, it should help newer members. There is already a stickied thread with the same title, but this goes into greater detail. Keep up the good work.

Thanks a bunch. I'm planning on releasing a few more of my guides. :p

This thread should deserve a sticky

Wow. Another guide that deserves a sticky. Great guide and helpful, though imagecave is the best image hosting site that I think deserves to be on the list.

Well, unfortunately, I failed to realize that RFS posted one of his own elswhere (Sorry, RFS). So, I'm just probably going to keep the link in my signature for now since I don't think it will be stickied. Anyway, thanks for your input. :p

[granite123]

Nice work balthy keeping the people in the know :)

[ArcboundMyr]

Excellent guide Balthasar! I bet this will help a lot of newer members who haven't ever experienced forums. This oughta be stickied. Great job! ;)

Even though I skimmed it... Oh well, it looks like a great guide nonetheless! :)

[SteveTParkin]

Great thread Balth!

This is one of the main questions around the forums. I will often direct people to this thread, and this will cut down spam.

- Stickied

[Babidu]

yea this really dosent help me but it may for other people

Why doesn't it help you?

I mean if you read it carefully you will know how to do it.

Well, Balthasar really good guide, good girl, here a money cookie for you :coin:

:D

[jfpopjr009]

man that really helps! I might make a shop because of this!

[Cutiepie22360]

it isnt working......if i click CTRL+PRT SCRN it isnt appearing on paint

[Tokyo Boy]

Very good guide. Easy to understand! Nice job. This helped me a little even.

[Balthasar]

it isnt working......if i click CTRL+PRT SCRN it isnt appearing on paint

Try just doing ALT + CTRL + PRNT SCRN and then press "paste" on paint.

[rouge135]

this is very good , just like magic puffs from the old one but more indepth and way more pictures making it easier for people to see

[Balthasar]

this is very good , just like magic puffs from the old one but more indepth and way more pictures making it easier for people to see

That's what I planned on doing since I didn't get the opportunity to copy her guide. I figured it would be nice to create a guide similar to hers to help those who need help with avatars. :p

[Chiby101]

Nice thread,its really helpful to me.

[Amj]

Wow Balthastar! Fantastic Job! Hopefully this reduces a LOT of spam.

[Keyblader]

usefull very useful!!! this should salve many problems

[Brock Lensar]

Thanks for the help Balth it will help new people

[Manty]

Good guide. This is like magic puffs in the old forum. It really helps for others.

[Playa4ever]

i go to upload the picture from my computer and i save the changes and then some thing comes up saying that it is not valid, does anyone know what to do?? im confused

[TioHalleLoko]

Easy to understand and very useful. ^^

[Bellito]

On Mac, Cmd+Shift+3 is a full screenshot saved to desktop. Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+3 is full screenshot saved to clipboard (for easy pasting). Cmd+Shift+4 allows you to take a picture of only part of your screen (press Esc at any time to cancel) and Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+4 is a section of screen saved to the clipboard.

[Balthasar]

i go to upload the picture from my computer and i save the changes and then some thing comes up saying that it is not valid, does anyone know what to do?? im confused

You probably saved the file as a bitmap file (BMP). You have to save it either as PNG, JPG, or GIF in order for it to be valid.

[macmaster]

http://zipi23.jpg I am just checking this out. sorry if this is spam. I could'nt find an image hoster until now.

[puffle4life]

shueet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!:P

[ClubPenguin]

wooooooooooow u got sticked again impressive good guide

[Spray]

Mine is trying to upload right, now. I have my fingers crossed and hoping it works!:!: :!:

[Makarov]

my computer is so bad I dont even have paint

[flubby10]

Balthy once i clikc ok it just uploads the name onto the tool bar by browse.

[Whilo]

When I try to upload a picture,it always ends up saying,"Invalid imgae file."

[Noelledapony]

well of course that for simple ones but more advanced ones need other programs

[Playa4ever]

You probably saved the file as a bitmap file (BMP). You have to save it either as PNG, JPG, or GIF in order for it to be valid.

oh ok...thanks anyways for the help

[Balthasar]

When I try to upload a picture,it always ends up saying,"Invalid imgae file."

That's probably because you saved it as a bitmap file (BMP). Try saving it as a JPG, GIF, or PNG file instead. Also, make sure that the demensions are no larger than 150 x 150 pixels and that the file size does not exceed 20 KB (kilobytes).

[Spray]

Darn it i diddnt work, im so sad now:(

[Greenboy26]

yeah this really didnt help but i will try iy out and see how it works

[Hott 'n' Spicy]

hi im new and would like to have a avatar but i do not want the stupid cp avavtars i want desighned ones like regular avatars like on the REGULAR forums not the cp forums if u no wat im talkn 'bout plz let me no n mayb u can tell me how :)

[Supergirle15]

Balth, when I press Ctrl Print Screen, I don't know if it accually takes the picture. And when you do take the picture, how do you get it to paint?

[Bball1067]

:D This is really easy. NEWBS NEED IT LOL. :D

I learned it when I was a newb. ;)

[Balthasar]

Balth, when I press Ctrl Print Screen, I don't know if it accually takes the picture. And when you do take the picture, how do you get it to paint?

Yea, when you do Ctrl Prnt Scrn, you don't know if it took the picture. The best thing you can do is guess. After you take the picture, just click "Paste" or press Ctrl + V when you go on MS Paint.

Oh, and sorry for the late reply. :P

[flubby10]

Thx balth im having know problem having kool avvies and sigs know.

[Veyron164]

Nice work Balthasar. I certainly needed it.

[Supergirle15]

Yea, when you do Ctrl Prnt Scrn, you don't know if it took the picture. The best thing you can do is guess. After you take the picture, just click "Paste" or press Ctrl + V when you go on MS Paint.

Oh, and sorry for the late reply. :P


Thanks for all your help! I'll try it:D

[icesurvivor]

I just Wanted To Say That For Mac if you do Shift + Apple (Command) + 4, You Can Crop The Picture Instead of doing the same thing with 3. If you do it with 4, a cross comes up. Crop the picture without a program. But then you have to save the picture in your picture editing program.

[Pinkuin94]

do we have to save the file as a certain type, like jpg or bmp or something?

[Super Gil]

do we have to save the file as a certain type, like jpg or bmp or something?

i think it has to be like PNG.;) try that or look at the first post again.

[icesurvivor]

I usually save it as a jpeg. SO yah you have to save it as a certain file.

[Dark]

Nice Batlhy, and I want to point at something I hate when people (WAIT ITS NOT FOR BALTHY I AM SAYING THAT FOR OTHERS!) do things as I do, when I first added the credit in the signature when you place your mouse it appears a ton did like me, also when my old shop was created a ton of people did somethings like me, also even my avatar when I change it Micheal tries his best to make one like me, well I don't care no because I can make some better things than what I could in the past.

[Balthasar]

do we have to save the file as a certain type, like jpg or bmp or something?

Yes, you have to save your file extention to either .jpg, .gif, or .png (not reccomended). Sorry for the late reply BTW. :P

[Maine Rocks]

balthasar i try to set my penguin and it says invalid file even though i used the link by imageshack. oh ya and do u need a program to edit?if u do can u tell me one (fir free) if there is one

[Balthasar]

balthasar i try to set my penguin and it says invalid file even though i used the link by imageshack. oh ya and do u need a program to edit?if u do can u tell me one (fir free) if there is one

I don't know what kind of computer you have, so I just listed a few editing programs.

A Few Editing Programs:

MS Paint
GIMP
Barbarossa
PhotoShop CS2

Maybe your file size is too big (any more than 20.0 KB is invalid), the pixel size is too large (you can't have an avatar bigger than 150 x 150 pixels), or you saved it as a file that the forums do not handle (try saving it as a GIF, JPG, or PNG).

[Some Guy 222]

really wanted 2 know!
Do u hav to hav screenies enabled on ur computer or summin?
And how do I tell if it took the screenie?
And if I took it where would it be saved?
thanx!
:D :D :D

[DGuy]

ummm for some reason my computer won't do that. i have a windows XP and i do ctrl+Print Screen/sysrq and nothing happens! plz help!

[Some Guy 222]

oh, yeah and just 2 tell u don't answer my questions if u look at my avatar U WILL SEE WHY!

[Shark9000]

weres the picture thing at plz!!!!!!!!!!!

[penguinp]

It says remote file is to large what that mean?

[Balthasar]

really wanted 2 know!
Do u hav to hav screenies enabled on ur computer or summin?
And how do I tell if it took the screenie?
And if I took it where would it be saved?
thanx!
:D :D :D

I believe that screen captures (screenies) are always enabled on your computer. Honestly, there is no way of knowing if you took a screenie unless you open up a new MS Paint file (Apple paint editor works too) or Microsoft Word document (Apple Word Processor works too) and click "PASTE" or CTRL + V.


ummm for some reason my computer won't do that. i have a windows XP and i do ctrl+Print Screen/sysrq and nothing happens! plz help!

You don't know if you have taken a screenie. The only thing you can do is click "PASTE" or CTRL + V when you open up Microsoft Word or MS Paint (or the Apple Word Processor or Apple paint editor).

It says remote file is to large what that mean?

That means that the pixel size is too large. Your avatar can only be 150 X 150 pixels.

[Shark9000]

off topic: i saw u at the party at the dojo in frozen uk for the leaving of i ate fish

[orcacamO7]

Okay, this is just a test to see if my image worked, Thanks Balthy for the help.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9349/coolpufflesls2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Let me try something again:

http://i12.tinypic.com/30t5ab8.jpg

[sk8ernater]

i Have a problem. when i click save changes it says its not vaild. i checked everything but its still saying its not valid.plz help.Thanks

[orcacamO7]

i Have a problem. when i click save changes it says its not vaild. i checked everything but its still saying its not valid.plz help.Thanks

If that happens, you are probably saving it as a bmp. try saving it as a JPEG. Heres a picture for you,

http://i12.tinypic.com/3ziea3b.jpg

[Gweagle]

It wont let me post an avatar it is 150X150 and 70Bytes it "This BMP image has the incorrect file extension." I changed it to a JPEG since orcacamO7 said I should. What should I do?

[Gweagle]

Never mind.

I figured it out.

:D

[AstroZombiez]

Thank you! I was dying to know how to do that. 8D Awesome guide.

[brennan888]

that help me with avatar and sig alot

[mr.hockey]

Just a correction here Balthy. When taking a screen shot for Macs you can use the apple button + controll +4 for taking screenshots at whatever size you want. Instead of just taking a screenshot of the whole thing. Thanks!

Mr.Hockey

[DrLong]

Cool guide Balthastar!
Im sure that it will help newbs to make an avatar of their own;)

[kaely159]

nice artical it is very helpful!:rolleyes:

[kaely159]

Nice Guide it is very detailed and helpful!;)

[Luna234]

where do i find the drwing tool thin on my comp?/?.............

[Littleh48]

...but, how do you do it on a Dell? I mean I only have 1 Dell computer. I need to know so I can put pics on some of my posts. To make an avatar is the same process to make pics. If you can't do on a Dell, dat's alright, if you can, TELL ME HOW TO DO IT!

[Balthasar]

...but, how do you do it on a Dell? I mean I only have 1 Dell computer. I need to know so I can put pics on some of my posts. To make an avatar is the same process to make pics. If you can't do on a Dell, dat's alright, if you can, TELL ME HOW TO DO IT!

I thought Dell computers ran on Windows or Linux. :?:

In any case, it should work on a Dell.

[Littleh48]

...on like Microsoft Word? You're right it runs on Windows, but it still won't work. It's probably because I don't have paint. Can you do it without paint?
.....O
...O
:rolleyes:

P.S. I was at a friend's house when i got my penguin here, and when I got my avatar.
So I technically do it.

[Hawkstar]

I tried it but it did not work. I am on Microsoft. At least I am pretty sure....

[munky.grl]

i this isnt working out for me...i rele need some help!!

[Plazma811]

i tried taking a sceenie but nothin happens wen i press ctrl + print scr, can u help me plz?

EDIT: oh wait, i got it now, thanks

[puffle4life]

i just press prt scr without the ctrl. on my computer you know it worked when your mouse disapears for 1/3 of a second.

[Plazma811]

wait, after i take the screenie how do i bring it to paint? after i press "ok" nothing happens

EDIT: nvm again, i figured it out

[bri bri258]

How do you add a picture on the bord? :?::?:

[Dannyboy]

How do you add a picture on the bord? :?::?:

Take for example you find a picture off of google. You then copy the image link onto the forums and add image tags around both sides of the link. Just copy the code like so...

Your image link here.

[Pearldxpro]

thats not how you do it on a macintosh. the way you do it on a macintosh is you go to the application PREVEIW and then you go to file and then go all the way down to grab and you have three different ways to take a screenshot, from a timed screen, to a quick capture, and last you pick the size of the screen shot you want to take.

http://i9.tinypic.com/4zem93t.jpg

there is the way you do it. hope this helps.

[12sportkid]

thats a good guide balthy! but you should say press print screen the open paint edit press edit paste. it helps a little.

[Dunya13]

Nice Guide, Thanks for the help Balth.

[Blazedawn]

Make the pictures show! I can't see them!