avatar too big

Aidan135711 · 28th February 2008, 08:10 PM

Hello everyone
I have been posting on a couple of subjects recently and now I want to use my own avatar.I have an image from a camera which is black and white,low res and has been cropped,all to reduce file/pixel size,limit of which I understand is 75x75 pixels or 20000k.
Still my avatar is too big(31.4k 196x235 pixels)Does anyone know a simple way to reduce this(I only have paint) as I am not good at this sort of image editing.

SY · 28th February 2008, 08:18 PM

Paint works fine. Image->Resize/Skew

Just make sure to resize the same percentage vertically and horizontally!

BWRX · 28th February 2008, 08:32 PM

What file format do you have it saved as? A gif or png-8 will probably produce the smallest file size for a small black and white picture.

Aidan135711 · 28th February 2008, 08:33 PM

I just did it using a great free program I found called"a square image".Very easy.Do yous like my silly avatar?

Aidan135711 · 28th February 2008, 08:37 PM

This is what I actually look like.

dave_gerecke · 29th February 2008, 03:20 AM

Hello Aidan, I don't mean to burst your bubble, but I think the vacuum tube you used to model for you avatar is going bad. It seems to be frowning. This is indicative of reaching EOL status.

Aidan135711 · 29th February 2008, 01:15 PM

EOL??

AudioFreak · 29th February 2008, 01:27 PM

EOL = End Of Line or End Of Life.

I_Forgot · 29th February 2008, 01:54 PM

Try reducing the color depth. Dropping to 256 colors (8 bits per pixel) or even 16 colors (4 bits per pixel) will usually reduce the file size. Also try .png format. They are often very small compared to .jpg files, but it seems to depend on the image content.

I_F

28th February 2008, 08:10 PM	#1
Aidan135711 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	avatar too big Hello everyone I have been posting on a couple of subjects recently and now I want to use my own avatar.I have an image from a camera which is black and white,low res and has been cropped,all to reduce file/pixel size,limit of which I understand is 75x75 pixels or 20000k. Still my avatar is too big(31.4k 196x235 pixels)Does anyone know a simple way to reduce this(I only have paint) as I am not good at this sort of image editing.

28th February 2008, 08:18 PM	#2
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicagoland Blog Entries: 1	Paint works fine. Image->Resize/Skew Just make sure to resize the same percentage vertically and horizontally! __________________ If there's a sucker born every minute, where do the rest of them come from?

28th February 2008, 08:32 PM	#3
BWRX diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pennsylvania	What file format do you have it saved as? A gif or png-8 will probably produce the smallest file size for a small black and white picture. __________________ Brian

29th February 2008, 01:27 PM	#8
AudioFreak Warp Engineer On Holiday Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Queensland, Australia	EOL = End Of Line or End Of Life. __________________ - Dan

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28th February 2008, 08:33 PM	#4
Aidan135711 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	I just did it using a great free program I found called"a square image".Very easy.Do yous like my silly avatar?

28th February 2008, 08:37 PM	#5
Aidan135711 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	This is what I actually look like.

29th February 2008, 03:20 AM	#6
dave_gerecke diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vermont	Hello Aidan, I don't mean to burst your bubble, but I think the vacuum tube you used to model for you avatar is going bad. It seems to be frowning. This is indicative of reaching EOL status.

29th February 2008, 01:15 PM	#7
Aidan135711 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	EOL??

29th February 2008, 01:54 PM	#9
I_Forgot diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, Az.	Try reducing the color depth. Dropping to 256 colors (8 bits per pixel) or even 16 colors (4 bits per pixel) will usually reduce the file size. Also try .png format. They are often very small compared to .jpg files, but it seems to depend on the image content. I_F

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