How to Use an Avatar on Skype
- 1). Sign in to Skype, then click the "Skype" menu. Select "Profile," then click "Change Your Picture."
- 2). Click the "Browse" button under "Set your profile picture," then locate the picture to use in the dialog box that opens. Click "Open" to use a picture and to set it as the avatar. The picture can be in the .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp or .png file formats.
- 3). Click "Take Video Snapshot" to make a new avatar using your webcam. Click "Take a snapshot" at the bottom of the webcam window to snap a picture. Adjust the "Resize" box on the photo to crop the image to suit your preferences, then click "Save snapshot" to set the image as your avatar.
- 4). Click "OK" to save your avatar and to exit the window.
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