ok I know i have the right size for the pixels but how do you get under 20000bytes
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and if anyone knows how to make your avatar move I would like to learn that to
darthdarrel
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Is it a GIF or JPEG?
Lovecraft
Member
There are several ways to make the pic smaller in disk space.
If the picture is a GIF file, then you either have to change the pictures palette to a simpler one or try to reduce the high frequency changes in the image. So as not to get too technical, let's save your avatar as a JPEG
Ok, jpeg files use a variation of a discrete cosine transform and some other algorithms to compress an image .. what this means to you is that the image is compressed by selectivly REMOVING parts of the original image and approximating those missing parts when the image is displayed again. To a user trying to make the picture size in bytes smaller, a "Quality factor" is used. This is a number representing how much of the original image you are willing to sacrifice for a smaller file.
So, in short, save your avatar as a JPEG (jpg) and choose a quality factor that is not as "Good" as you were using before.
In photoshop, try a quality factor of "5".
Lovecraft, Mad Imaging Scientist
If the picture is a GIF file, then you either have to change the pictures palette to a simpler one or try to reduce the high frequency changes in the image. So as not to get too technical, let's save your avatar as a JPEG
Ok, jpeg files use a variation of a discrete cosine transform and some other algorithms to compress an image .. what this means to you is that the image is compressed by selectivly REMOVING parts of the original image and approximating those missing parts when the image is displayed again. To a user trying to make the picture size in bytes smaller, a "Quality factor" is used. This is a number representing how much of the original image you are willing to sacrifice for a smaller file.
So, in short, save your avatar as a JPEG (jpg) and choose a quality factor that is not as "Good" as you were using before.
In photoshop, try a quality factor of "5".
Lovecraft, Mad Imaging Scientist
tigsmom
Well-Known Member
Originally posted by Lovecraft
There are several ways to make the pic smaller in disk space.
If the picture is a GIF file, then you either have to change the pictures palette to a simpler one or try to reduce the high frequency changes in the image. So as not to get too technical, let's save your avatar as a JPEG
Ok, jpeg files use a variation of a discrete cosine transform and some other algorithms to compress an image .. what this means to you is that the image is compressed by selectivly REMOVING parts of the original image and approximating those missing parts when the image is displayed again. To a user trying to make the picture size in bytes smaller, a "Quality factor" is used. This is a number representing how much of the original image you are willing to sacrifice for a smaller file.
So, in short, save your avatar as a JPEG (jpg) and choose a quality factor that is not as "Good" as you were using before.
In photoshop, try a quality factor of "5".
Lovecraft, Mad Imaging Scientist
This isn't too technical? :lol: :lol:
Lovecraft
Member
Bah ... or you can just email the avatar to me and I will make it fit in 20k
My email address is: lovecraft@wraithnet.org
I am just sitting in a boring hotel room doing nothing right now anyway so I don't mind doing it if you would like.
My email address is: lovecraft@wraithnet.org
I am just sitting in a boring hotel room doing nothing right now anyway so I don't mind doing it if you would like.
I would like to thank you all for your helping. SirNim was kind enough to send me a pm and offered to help. But once again thanks for the help.:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:
tigsmom
Well-Known Member
Originally posted by Lovecraft
Trying to explain why a gif doesn't always compress better than a JPEG for certain image types and how to make a gif smaller would have been even MORE technical.
heh plus I didn't want to just say "reduce the quality of the jpeg" without giving an explanation of why it works
Its all Greek to me. :lol:
darthdarrel
New Member
Well the first avatar was from Rod Sterling`s Night gallery an episode called "the doll" then someone said she looked like Sally Struthers,so then MKT posted this photo of Sally Struthers and I used it for my avatar! l:lol: :lol:
Take a look at my new avatar SirNim was kind enought to make for me.
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