Internet users are often faced with the need to create their own avatar (a picture that is affixed with the user's nickname on various forums, on social networks, in instant messengers, etc.). After all, many of us use the Internet not only to find useful information, but also to communicate, find like-minded people, and have an interesting time.
An avatar, in fact, is the personification of the user himself and helps a person to create an individual image on the network. But all Internet forums have certain requirements for the size and appearance of the avatar. You can make yourself a suitable avatar with your own hand using the capabilities of the Photoshop program.
So, how can you quickly and without much effort to make an avatar of the proper quality? Open Photoshop, create a new document and set the parameters of the future image (most forums require that the avatar size does not exceed 120 * 120 pixels). Now we open a suitable picture or photo, which will serve as the basis for the future avatar. By pressing the key combination Ctrl + J duplicate the layer with the image - it is with this layer that we will work. The windows with the avatar and the original photo must be placed side by side and the layer with the photo must be dragged into the active window with the future avatar.
Now we press Ctrl + T and we see on the screen the markers for resizing. Holding down the Shift key, drag the marker to the right, thereby reducing the image to the required size. After completing all these transformations, press the Enter key and the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S. Select the JPEG format and Quality 100% from the drop-down list, click OK. So, you managed to quickly and easily make an avatar with your own hands.
