Avatar - how to get sharp image?

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April 23, 2009
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I tried a using a small jpeg picture as avatar but it turned out even more blurry by the time it was approved. Then tried a clip art that was 165 X 165 pixel. When I reduced image size to 128 X128 it just got more blurry.

So question is how does one get a sharp avatar? I have only CS3 to work with. Some of the pictures, and all of the clip art seem relatively sharp.

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pbear*

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Try an Unsharp Mask every 50% reduction in size.

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Anonymous

Thanks everyone, guess I was expecting too much out of such a small image.

Zeno Bokor

Inspiring

just to make sure, you are talking about the little graphic and not the big one in the profile. In that case, save it as a 48 by 48 pixel png-8 file as that is what it converts it to anyway so better give it what it wants in the first place as this way you can get a better preview of how it'll look when uploaded

Phos_four_dots

Inspiring

Zeno Bokor wrote:
just to make sure, you are talking about the little graphic and not the big one in the profile. In that case, save it as a 48 by 48 pixel png-8 file as that is what it converts it to anyway so better give it what it wants in the first place as this way you can get a better preview of how it'll look when uploaded

To be dead accurate, and to wring every possible bit of clarity out of your avatar image, work mindfully with your eye on a final size of 46px × 46px.

Zeno Bokor

Inspiring

well, the biggest one is 48 if i remember correctly(the one from the popup profile)

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