Resizing Photos for Avatars

[cmcbridejr]

I am quite an amateur when it comes to resizing digital photos, so I need some help please.

I just hit my 500 post count and I am now able to add an avatar. I wanted to use a photo from my iPhoto library, but the photo seems to big for what is allowed by this site for an avatar.

I tried Exporting the photo and using various settings in iPhoto to make the photo smaller, but I keep getting "file upload failed", so I am guessing that it is not within the specified size for avatars.

What is the easiest way to change the size of photos so that I can use them, not just on this website, but also the many other sites that require certain sizes for avatar uploading?

Thank you in advance.

 

[ergdegdeg]

Preview can do it. Open the image, click on Tools, then Adjust Size. Save the image.

 

[cmcbridejr]

Preview can do it. Open the image, click on Tools, then Adjust Size. Save the image.

Thank you! That was easy to do.

However, when I try to upload, I still get the "file upload failed" message.

The photo has been scaled down to 75x56 and is 66kb, which is within the specifications.

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: Nevermind... that is my avatar now showing below my name, right?