Default Pictures

Question

I'm sure this question may have already been asked. But how does one adjust the default picture so that it is not all compacted together? Most of my pictures are pretty big so they always come out looking all pressed together when I upload them onto SpanishDict. Is there a way I can change the size of the default profile pic or do I just need naturally smaller pictures? Thanks.

-Paul-

Welcome to the forum! - pesta, Sep 25, 2011

Actually, I think you could be the first one who asked this particular question. :) - pesta, Sep 25, 2011

Answer 1

It's a matter of shape, more than size.

It appears that the SpanishDict profile picture takes anything you upload and maps it to a perfect square, squashing either vertically, or horizontally, as the case may be. Most pictures made by digital cameras have a height/width ratio of 4:3 or 6:4.

You can crop your picture to be perfectly square, of any reasonable size, and upload that. The result is no "squashed" distortions.