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It's 6.41am here. I've just popped onto the computer with my morning cup of coffee. I haven't had anything to do with Ozzy Cupcakes nor seen the avatar. I merely asked a simple question and I'm treated as if I'm a halfwit. I do see now what this thread is about but give me a break.

Errol,

George posted and I put a link on his thread to the one in question RE census correction

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1328907

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1303572?page=0

Roy

Thanks for that Roy - much appreciated.

SueMaid - no offence intended whatsoever but apologies if you mistook it to be - it always takes me a gallon of coffee before I completely come round.

Thanks Errol - second cup already sitting in front of me.

I STILL would like to know if anyone knows anything about Ozzie cupcakes.


which is why I started this thread!


I feel certain that I saw her posting about 4 or 6 weeks ago.

Sue

We have the advantage (UK)

We get up after you, or, before you!

Oh, god...does that make sense

x :-S

Sylvia I thought that too :-)

Gins


no!



but we know what you mean!! :-)




edited once, to clarify who I was talking to.

Mersey



phew!!


I'm glad someone else thinks that!!! :-D

'Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive'


x


Sir Walter Scott , in Canto VI, Stanza 17 of "Marmion" (1808)
an epic poem about the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513.

It is so easy to copy a members picture and use it but surprised anyone would want to do it.

Yep dead easy - absolutely love the avatar GlitterBaby.
Not that I would dream of copying it though, you understand.

A tangled web indeed Renes

If you know how to use the snipping tool it's really easy

Even easier with a right click.
Job done in a matter of moments

True but when ever I do that it goes to png and cannot use as an avatar on here

If you right click and choose "Save picture as..." you should be able to select jpeg from the dropdown menu.
Or you could always convert it in Paint or another simple image programme.

Ummm yeah right click will work on here.....doesn't work when I steal photos off my daughters facebook page though

What happenhs when you try to do it on the FB page?

When I right clicked a few months ago they all came up as png....just tried it again and the one I took came up as jpeg

So don't know what happened between then and now :-S

It depends on the original image you are trying to copy but you can change it when you save it or at a later date anyway.

I posted some information a wee bit ago about snipping and file formats.

It was on NanaSue's thread (as named back then)...

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1325261

In shorft (from that thread)...

As a general rule of thumb save photographs as Jpegs and low resolution images of fewer colours as GIFs or PNGs. GIFs and PNGs (which are sort of similar) may use far fewer colours than Jpegs so are not suitable for photographs but are perfect for images you want to use on the internet - particularly simple designs or icons.

For example, the emoticons on here are PNGs because they are simple designs with few colours and so do not need the complexity or depth of a Jpeg which would be a larger file size and thus take longer to load. Similarly, you could save your avatar as a GIF or PNG if it is really simple.

GIFs and PNGs are very similar in many ways and both support transparency but PNGs are more complex - almost giving a happy medium between GIFs and Jpegs.

GIFs only support 256 colours whereas PNGs and Jpegs may support well over 16 million colours.

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format (developed by Compuserve back in the 80s)
PNG - Portable Network Graphic (largely developed as a replacement for GIFs)
Jpeg - Joint Photographic Experts Group (digital cameras usually save images as Jpegs)