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How to Add a Picture to Your Online Profile
The purpose of this wiki is to provide an explanation of how to resize, crop, and format pictures for uploading to the web. It is divided into basic instructions by operating system as well as by image editor. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is the preferred image editor for this article because it is standardized and is freely available for multiple platforms.

Windows 7

 * 1) Install GIMP
 * 2) Find the Picture
 * 3) Crop the Picture
 * 4) Resize the Picture

Install Gimp
Information on how to install gimp goes here

Find the Picture
How to get the picture from hard drives, flash drives, web cams etc. goes here.

Crop the Picture
Describe how to crop the picture to the correct  Aspect Ratio  goes here. Also help on determining the correct aspect ratio. (Some sites will say "we need a picture in a 2:3 ratio" or "The picture should be no larger that 250 x 300 pixels" etc..

Resize the Picture
How to get the picture to the correct size.