Avatars are pictures that are used to represent individuals in Internet forums as well as social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. Making these avatars is rather easy if you have the right software program. You also have the option of creating your own avatar on several different websites. These websites allow you to upload any photograph that is on your computer and then edit that picture. Use these websites to create avatars online.
Instructions
1. Go to the Shrink Pictures website (see Resources) and click "Browse" to upload a picture. You can then type in the size of the avatar in the box below. Size is calculated in pixels, and the maximum size is 200 pixels. Click "Resize," and the picture will be converted into three separate avatars that can be downloaded onto your computer. To download any of the avatars, right click over the picture and select "Save As."
2. Log onto the Ava-Ava website (see Resources), and click the "Browse" tab to search for a picture you want to make into an avatar. Click "Upload," and the picture will appear in the box below. Drag the lit-up box that is in the picture to crop the picture to your wishes. Click the "Crop" tab at the top of the page, and your avatar will appear on the next Web page. Right click over the picture to save it to your computer.
3. Visit the MyPictr page (see Resources) and click "Browse" to search for the picture you wish to turn into an avatar. Click the "Upload" tab, and the picture will appear underneath the tab. Change the size of the lit area found in the picture by entering values in the two "Size" boxes found above the picture. Then, drag the lit area to the portion of the picture that you want to make into an avatar. Click the "Pictrit" tab, and the avatar will appear in a box on the screen. Click the "Download" link in that box to download the avatar.
4. Go to the Picator homepage (see Resources). Click the "Browse" tab at the top of the page. Search for the picture on your computer that you want to use for your avatar. Click "Upload" after you have selected the picture, and the picture will appear on a new page. Click on the options underneath the "Avatar size" heading on the left side of the page to change the size of the crop box that is located in the picture. Once you've selected your size, click on the inside of the crop box to move the box until you're happy with your avatar. Click the "Create avatar" tab at the top of your screen, and your avatar will appear in the top left corner of the page. Click on one of the download links above the avatar to download the avatar as a JPEG, BMP, GIF or PNG file.
