Avatars have to be HOW big now?

[grain]

Ok maybe I'm new at this internet and unaware of some magic app that compesses jpgs into miniscule sizes, but as far as I can tell, 10kb is FECKING TINY!
I can't even squash a basic black and white image down to less than 20kb, without the image being completley unledgeable...

Help! :cry:

[MARKEG]

it's easy man.. just do it on photoshop!!!

[MARKEG]

actually someone recommended another app the other day, can someone rememeber thhe link???

[koma]

10kb is FECKING TINY!

depends on your image..
mine is 2 kb, Mark's have 5 kb, both are normal size avatars IMO...
btw I usually use ACDSee...

[grain]

GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

second attempt at this message... just finished one and went to send, asked me to log in again... then my message was lost...ggrr

anyway, I was saying thanks, and I realised I can find pictures on altavista search... but i had been trying to make my own.. in photoshop - resize a jpeg that is 105mm x 90mm and 6kb to 100mm x.... at lowest quality it ends up being 24kb?
:scratch:

[koma]

hmmm.. http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/portal/modules/PNphpBB2/images/smiles/scratch.gif
luckily, you did it at the end ;)

[dan the acid man]

this a freeware image manipulation software

http://www.gimp.org/

[TechMouse]

actually someone recommended another app the other day, can someone rememeber thhe link???

www.gimp.org

(I will keep promoting this untill Photoshop has been run into the ground)

[TechMouse]

Bugger Dan got there first.

Good work though, young padawan.

[TechMouse]

P.S. Surely you can have Avatars of any size if you link to an off-site avatar?

[sinner]

P.S. Surely you can have Avatars of any size if you link to an off-site avatar?


There are no more off-site avatars. Gotta upload them. Best way to make it smaller is change it from a 24 bit to 8 bit picture.

[TechMouse]

There are no more off-site avatars.
Is there a reason for this?

[~cheeky~]

www.gimp.org

(I will keep promoting this untill Photoshop has been run into the ground)

i was gonna download but the site is too confusing for me :doh:

why cant they just have a download button :rambo:

[TechMouse]

www.gimp.org

(I will keep promoting this untill Photoshop has been run into the ground)

i was gonna download but the site is too confusing for me :doh:

why cant they just have a download button :rambo:

OK, lets do a Step-by-Step...

It's quite straightforward.

Go to http://www.gimp.org

Because GIMP is open source, it's available for lots of different operating systems.

You probably run Windows, so click on "GIMP for Windows"...

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/34/01clickongimpforwindows8fy.jpg

Click on "Automated Installer"...

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3295/02clickonautomatedinstaller8bp.jpg

This will take you to the GIMP for Windows page.

Click on "Download"...

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4070/03clickondownload8qx.jpg

OK, there are two things you NEED to download.

First, you need to download the GTK libraries...

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7614/04clickondownloadgtk1as.jpg

This will bring up a "mirrors" page - DON'T PANIC! - It's just SourceForge trying to find somewhere nearer to you, so that you will download it quicker.

There's one in Kent in the UK, so if you're a brit, choose that...

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2613/04bsourceforgemirror2tg.jpg

Run this file. Follow the on-screen prompts.

Next, download the GIMP itself...

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7933/05clickondownloadgimp9th.jpg

(You'll have to pick a mirror again...)

Run this file. Follow the on-screen prompts.

Finally, you may wish to download the GIMP help files, because it's quite a big bit of software, and help files are always useful.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1483/06clickondownloadhelp2ie.jpg

Enjoy ;)

[~cheeky~]

right ok.

i got half way and thought wtf.
so click on kent :lol:

[TechMouse]

so click on kent :lol:
You got it.

Unless you have a burning desire to download stuff from Japan instead.