Question on avatars

GregW / Oregon · 02-27-2007, 10:57 PM

I want to use a pic of my car as an avatar, but am having trouble getting it down to 9.8kb. Any tips?

RokX · 02-27-2007, 11:03 PM

Simple way, just open the picture in paint or something and if its like one of my photos, (like 3000 x 2500 pixels or something) go to stretch/skew and put in like 5% vertical and horizontal or something of that sort.

jonerik26 · 02-27-2007, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RokX

Simple way, just open the picture in paint or something and if its like one of my photos, (like 3000 x 2500 pixels or something) go to stretch/skew and put in like 5% vertical and horizontal or something of that sort.

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teknochild · 02-27-2007, 11:42 PM

your using jpegs, jpegs have a high initial size, convert to gif, they have a comparably low initial size

and 10kb is probably the absolute worst restriction ive ever come across, the creepy girl in my sig is my normal avatar, and its small IMO @ 200kb

SES_D · 02-27-2007, 11:42 PM

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Nikki · 02-27-2007, 11:46 PM

Photo editing programs can fix this, but it really depends on which one(s) you have, if any.
I use Adobe Photoshop which has a Save for Web feature allowing you to indicate the desired file size.

teknochild · 02-27-2007, 11:57 PM

just post the pic and someone will size it for you

NaTuReB0Y · 02-28-2007, 12:09 AM

Forum Rule: You must have at least 100 posts to have an avatar.

KL2DC · 02-28-2007, 10:25 AM

Just post your pic up on photobucket. Under edit, you can resize whatever pic you posted to avatar size with no fuss and a click of a button.

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