reszing photos?!?!

[lph]

aaarrgghhh I can't get this right and it's killing me....

I'm trying to change my avatar. I found a photo, cut out the part I want, saved it as a new file. Resized it to less than 100sq pixels (the max), but it's too big (45kB). I need to get it under 19kB. So I upped (downed?) the .jpg compression, first to 80 %, then to 30%.

But it's hardly getting any smaller! Even this grotty little photo at 30% is still 38Kb!

heeeelppp.....

-signed, snowed in and po'ed in Norway

[alpinerabbit]

Save as GIF? they use fewer colors. What program are you using?

Or send it to me and I'll do it.

[snapdragen]

Or put it on photobucket.com then resize it there. They have an avatar option.

[lph]

Thanks Gif worked nicely, it went itsy-bitsy immediately.

I'm still struggling to get the 200x200 under 19 kB, though, but I'll figure it out somehow. I'm using IrfanView, and am trying different combinations of reducing colour depth (that actually made the file bigger), greyscale (ditto). reducing the dpi (no difference??), jpg-compression and converting to gif.

Feeling a bit stooopid here now...

... but I do have a new winter avatar

[Zen]

Your new avatar just screams 'Snot Rocketeer'!

[lph]

yah, figured they'd match nicely

no, the ice on the side of my balaclava is not from a misplaced snot rocket...!

[Mr. Bloom]

lph:

You've joined the annals of scary avatar conversions, added to the list with :

Lisa S.H. from herself to scary queen of bumblebees

zencentury from [?I forget?] to the unforgetable Aunt Gladys

lph from herself to mutant ninja turtle cyclist