I resized your pics.
you really should try different image formats ... your avatar pic par ex is only 1.7 kb now. the ww2 guy is 78kb and the crocodile is 21 kb ...
[exIMG]http://www.moccador.de/new_av_1_7kb.gif[/exIMG]
[exIMG]http://www.moccador.de/ww2_78kb.jpg[/exIMG]
[exIMG]http://www.moccador.de/croko_21kb.jpg[/exIMG]
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EDIT:
to install gimp just go
here then
1. download GTK+
2. unzip it all and doubleclick on the setup.exe -> accept everything (after reading the license properly and agreeing with it)
3. download the Gimp
4. unzip it all and doubleclick on the setup.exe -> accept everything (after reading the license properly and agreeing with it)
...
it's not that hard ...