damm sizes LOL

[greek Wingtips]

Ok when taking a photo the default size is 512x512 but most persons profile pic screen is windscreen and the photo when placed is blurred and distorted , does anyone know the right size to take a photo to fit in a profile correcly.

 

thank you

[Ohjiro Watanabe]

For profile picture use a ratio of 4:3 e.g. 640:512

[greek Wingtips]

thinks 4.3 is 512x512, but in firestorm the screen is wide so it cannot be a ratio of 4.3 because thats sq, but thank you anyways, I might just need to experiment

[Chic Aeon]

Make your photo fit into a 400 x 300 sized format. RESIZE to 256 x 256. SHARPEN to get rid of the blur. Upload and it will work perfectly. You need to do this all in a graphics program of course. GIMP is free if you don't have one. I think there are some free online editors also.

[Coby Foden]

In legacy profiles the aspect ratio for 2nd life profile picture is 4:3. In web profiles the aspect ratio is 1:1. Whatever aspect ratio one uses, the picture will be screwed up for about half the people viewing it. Some use viewers which have web profiles, some use viewers which have legacy profiles.

Here's an example what happens:

One solution is to make one's profile picture to aspect ratio 8:7. Then nobody will see it correctly, but also nobody will see it very stretched nor very squashed.

Our "Shared experience" in profile pictures is a 'bit' ruined - so far until all viewers use the same aspect ratio in profile pictures, either 4:3 or 1:1. Personally I would prefer it to be 4:3. It gives more choises and variations to make a nice photo than a square 1:1 does.


To see what different aspect ratios are used in SL, look here:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Limits 
Scroll down to: "Textures - Aspect ratios"

[Jackson Redstar]

or, ask the customer what viewer they use. Make it look good for how THEY see it. if it's firestorm, will be 4:3. official viewer 1:1

 

ask them to look if they not sure.