How to create an avatar

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Click on your little circle and go to your account. you will see user name keep scrolling down ,there you should find the the directions on how to add the picture.
 
Waynec said:
Click on your little circle and go to your account. you will see user name keep scrolling down ,there you should find the the directions on how to add the picture.
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Okay. Thanks. I think I have seen it, but I wonder where you find a picture.
 
For those unfamiliar, an “avatar” is just forum/social media lingo for the little profile picture that appears next to your user name. At the old CAF, avatars were optional, and they had a storehouse of religiously-themed avatars to choose from. In fact, I think it was only after you moved up in the membership rankings where it became an option to upload your own avatar.

Here at the new CAF, the avatars play a much larger role as they are used as visual shortcuts to point to specific users. If you don’t pick one, the system just automatically makes the first character of your username your avatar and gives it a color background.

To change your avatar, simply click on your default avatar at the top right and then select the “gear” icon to go to your preferences. On that screen, you can scroll to the bottom and the last option is “profile picture”. Click on the pencil/edit icon next to the picture and a box will then pop up giving you the option to:
  1. Go with your “system assigned profile picture.” (i.e. the first character of your username)
  2. Use the “Gravatar” linked to the email address you used to sign up for CAF. *
  3. Upload a custom picture.
The custom picture can literally be whatever you want it to be (though I’m sure CAF reserves the right to step in if someone uses something inappropriate). When you click the “upload” button, it will pull up the box for you to find a picture file on your computer. Whatever picture you select, it will automatically center it for you. So it would be best to crop your desired picture into a square before you upload it to ensure that it displays the way you want it to.

*If you don’t know what a Gravatar is, don’t worry about it. 😜 For sites that are compatible with it, it basically gives a central location for you to upload and change your avatar across multiple websites.
 
Thanks for the info. I didn’t realize the old CAF had a selection to choose from. I never
tried to use an avatar.
I notice some are nice, but some are too dark and hard to make out.
 
Right. They are definitely smaller within the threads, which makes it more difficult to make out what they are. However, when you click on a user and their user card pops up, then you can see a much larger version of their avatar. So if you’re struggling to figure out what it’s a picture of, you can always do that.

Of course, even then sometimes it is hard to tell. 😝

I admit, I’m partial to the avatars and would like to see everyone use them. For you, @7_Sorrows, it’s less of an issue, though. Not many posters have the number 7 as the first character of their username. So I can tell that it is you even by your default picture. 🙂
 
It points you too you own saved pictures on your PC at least it did for me. My picture is from one of my vacations.
 
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