Note: Attached pdf includes screen shots for the steps below.
How to resize and upload your photo to your agent website
To begin, you will need to be sure your photo is less than maximum allowable 152x194 pixels.
The Microsoft Office Picture Manager program offers a fairly quick and easy way to do this.
To open your file in MOPM, right click on the file, go to ‘Open with’, then select the Microsoft Office Picture Manager program from the list of options…
Once the file is open in Picture Manager, select the ‘Edit Pictures’ tool from the top toolbar, then click ‘Resize’ from the menu that appears to the right (as shown below)…
Select the ‘Custom width x height’ option, enter 152 x 194, then click OK…
This should adjust the image size keeping with the original aspect ratio, so the new file size will not exceed the specified 152x194 limits.
After you have reduced the image size, you will want to save this as a new file so you do not overwrite your original high resolution photo. Go to ‘File’ from the top menu, then select ‘Save As’…
In the ‘File Name’ field towards the bottom of the file save window, type a NEW file name, then click Save.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When ordering business cards, DO NOT submit this reduced size photo. Business cards and other for-print marketing will require a higher resolution image, usually the original image file is best. This is why it is very important to “SAVE AS” and input a new file name so you do not over-write the original high resolution image.
Once you have your photo appropriately sized, you are ready to upload it to the IMS. Once logged in to the IMS, go to Tools > My Profile > Edit Profile…
On your Agent Profile screen, click ‘Choose File’…
In the file browsing window, find and select the new file that you just saved, then click ‘Open’.
Now click the ‘Upload’ button on your Agent Profile screen, then click ‘Save Changes’.
Once the changes have been saved, scroll to the bottom of your Agent Profile screen to see a preview of the image in your ESR Gateway / Suggest email headers and Agent Website Preview…