Changes to uploading of profile pictures

Varsha · Last edited by Varsha on Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:40 am; edited 1 time in total

Currently IMVU users can upload an image as their profile picture in three ways:

1) Use the camera tool in the Dress Up feature of the 3D Chat Client and use the snapshot as their profile picture.

2) Use the "Upload Avatar Image" option available on the Account Settings page under the Profile Settings section and upload an image up to 39 KB in file size.

3) Use the Profile option within our Community Forums and upload an image up to 100 KB in file size.

We are going to remove the third option and users will no longer have the option to upload their profile picture using the forum profile.

We appreciate that our users sometimes prefer to use the forum profile option to upload larger sized images. So, we have increased the file size limit for the second, Account Settings option to 200 KB. This will be implemented shortly.

We hope the increased file size limit now available under Account Settings will ease any inconvenience caused by removal of the forum profile option to change your avatar pictures.

Thank you.
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Dureall · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 474 Location: Canada

I was about to say "here we go again", something else taken away, but then the next paragraph's sentence made me feel a bit better.

Thanks in advance for the head's up Varsha.
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LordRiccardo · Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 13714 Location: United Kingdom

A change for the better
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Karenferndale · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 11602 Location: Australia

A lot of people are going to be happy with the increase to 200kb file size. Bravo.
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electro57 · Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 1721 Location: Canada

Seems like a good idea ? I dont think hardly anyone knew it was there ?
Very Happy

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Way · Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 5052 Location: USA - NV

200kb 0.0
I have never seen nor used one with so much kb size.

At least it works 8D
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Laisti · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 28 Location: USA

In truth im not really happy with this change. the forum profile option allowed us to upload images that were bigger then 160x220 where you may have uppered the kbs there you still limit the size of the image, which is something that prevented me from using that uploading option in the first place, I had no problem with the limit cause usually i could make my images that many kb but not fond of the fact that you limit the size to 160x220

MrsknightV · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 267 Location: USA - VA

a good thing i like it

LadyElegantBloodK · Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 5364 Location: USA

ooooooooothank you, thank you, thank you! Very Happy

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Fireman70 · Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 29 Location: USA

Sounds great, but what good is it until you fix the home page

tcberry · Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 103 Location: Netherlands

Alike · Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3028 Location: Italy

I'm still able to upload on the forums page o.o
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bye gasr

Gasp · Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 174 Location: United Kingdom

SarkoAnto · Joined: 07 Sep 2010 Posts: 178 Location: France

Sounds good but please dont mess it up as the 2 last updates done.

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Mirn · Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 1731 Location: USA - KS

I like. c:
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