Formatting pics?

[Hercules]

k so I used both of the options whispers sent and I'm getting an error when I try to set the picture as my avatar

Warning: move_uploaded_file(./uploads/avatars/avatar_6009.jpg) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/heroserver/domains/hero-server.net/public_html/forum/inc/functions_upload.php on line 266

Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable to move '/tmp/phpVlKANO' to './uploads/avatars/avatar_6009.jpg' in /home/heroserver/domains/hero-server.net/public_html/forum/inc/functions_upload.php on line 266
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