Can anyone help me alter an image to be a useable avtar ?

bilateralrope · Post by **bilateralrope** » 2006-01-03 02:31am

I have an image I would like to use for my avatar pic, but although its 100x100pixels , its size 7KB. Since the board limits avatar pics to 6k I need to reduce the file size on it. Its a .gif file

What programs do you recomend I use (and what methods within them) to get the file size down to 6KB with minamal loss of quality ?

I'm running windows xp, so only suggest programs that will work for me.

GuppyShark · Post by **GuppyShark** » 2006-01-03 02:59am

http://www.gimp.org/
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite? ... 7025487586

Bill Door · Post by **Bill Door** » 2006-01-03 04:08am

For this sort of thing, irfanview should be all that is required.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2006-01-03 04:11am

Just post the image here, I am sure that somone can help you.

bilateralrope · Post by **bilateralrope** » 2006-01-03 04:07pm

Faram wrote:Just post the image here, I am sure that somone can help you.

Yes, but then I would also have to ask again the next time I want to change my avatar.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2006-01-03 04:54pm

bilateralrope wrote:
Faram wrote:Just post the image here, I am sure that somone can help you.
Yes, but then I would also have to ask again the next time I want to change my avatar.

True.

Try this

Download and install the Image Resizer powertool.

Then rightclick on the image and resize it to 90*90 or somthing, that shold work.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-01-03 05:12pm

Another technique I've found when using IrfanView that comes in handy. Go into the Thumbnail view and get the portion of the image you want as an av to desirable size. Screenshot it, then paste into the regular IrfanView window. Crop as necessary to get the 100x100 size, and save at 80% quality. Almost all of the time that will get you your desired size if the image is of the right proportions. (Although sometimes it can be difficult depending on the image in question).

bilateralrope · Post by **bilateralrope** » 2006-01-03 05:32pm

Bill Door wrote:For this sort of thing, irfanview should be all that is required.

I have actually been using irfanview for a while to browse through saved images but I never thought to see what else it can do. General Zod's tip about reducing image quality worked well.

Thanks for all the help