le717 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 What is the ideal size for the header image on my profile? I can't get mine to work ever, yet many other member's work perfectly. All that the description says is "Max file size: 500KB". Same with avatar. It says "Recommend an image 200px or larger" but I've had it cap my avatar size before, with no mention on max px, or file size (until you try to upload an image that is larger than 75KB. My current one, before taking out some pixels, was .8KB over the limit). I've always wondered about these things, but I've never asked until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Both are capped by filesize, not width/height. Make your profile image a minimum of 980px wide and 600px high. le717 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickulator Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I had to compress my avatar like crazy to bring it down to the filesize limit...but I think it actually looks good in black and white (original GIF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I had to compress my avatar like crazy to bring it down to the filesize limit...but I think it actually looks good in black and white (original GIF) I did increase the limit from 50 > 75 over the past few days. Have to say though, I prefer the B/W one, makes it look old and ... more pirate-y. Just needs some film grain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickulator Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I did increase the limit from 50 > 75 over the past few days. Have to say though, I prefer the B/W one, makes it look old and ... more pirate-y. Just needs some film grain Must have been just after I changed my avatar because the limit was definitely 50 for me Maybe I'll try improving the quality a little, or at least making it a bit bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Both are capped by filesize, not width/height. Make your profile image a minimum of 980px wide and 600px high. Thanks Cyrem. That helps a ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prototyke Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Is there a specific calculation to know how much the site will crop off of your image? I can never get my header image to display everything that I try to get it to, no matter how I size it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 A question: Would it be possible to use off-site images for your profile image? The one I wanted to set is 810KB, and I'm unsure how I can shrink it to be under 500KB. EDIT: I ran my image through PNG Monster (as Xiron once suggested), and it is still ~650KB. I'm really hoping off-site is possible now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 A question: Would it be possible to use off-site images for your profile image? The one I wanted to set is 810KB, and I'm unsure how I can shrink it to be under 500KB. EDIT: I ran my image through PNG Monster (as Xiron once suggested), and it is still ~650KB. I'm really hoping off-site is possible now. Save it as a JPG, with quality of 80/90%. It won't be that noticable... unless it's full of red. Offsite hosting is not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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