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:
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Thread: Avatars have to be HOW big now?
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29-10-2005, 07:00 PM #1Junior Freak
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Avatars have to be HOW big now?
... Ernst Fuchs - most underrated artist of the 20th century ...
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30-10-2005, 02:01 PM #2Administrator
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it's easy man.. just do it on photoshop!!!
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30-10-2005, 02:02 PM #3Administrator
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actually someone recommended another app the other day, can someone rememeber thhe link???
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30-10-2005, 02:18 PM #4BOA Mod
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Avatars have to be HOW big now?
depends on your image..
Originally Posted by grain
mine is 2 kb, Mark's have 5 kb, both are normal size avatars IMO...
btw I usually use ACDSee...Jacbri @ Proton Radio - every 3rd Thursday at 12:00 AM EST / 05:00 GMT
X-Music @ Techno.FM - every 1st Tuesday at 12:00 PM EST / 18:00 GMT
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31-10-2005, 07:06 PM #5Junior Freak
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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?
... Ernst Fuchs - most underrated artist of the 20th century ...
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31-10-2005, 08:12 PM #6BOA Mod
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hmmm..
luckily, you did it at the end ;)Jacbri @ Proton Radio - every 3rd Thursday at 12:00 AM EST / 05:00 GMT
X-Music @ Techno.FM - every 1st Tuesday at 12:00 PM EST / 18:00 GMT
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01-11-2005, 11:44 AM #7acieeeeeeeeeeeeed
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this a freeware image manipulation software
http://www.gimp.org/Life is "trying things to see if they work"
Finally getting around to updating my site
http://www.plus27design.co.uk/
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01-11-2005, 01:18 PM #8Parsnip
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www.gimp.org Originally Posted by MARK EG
(I will keep promoting this untill Photoshop has been run into the ground)
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01-11-2005, 01:18 PM #9Parsnip
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Bugger Dan got there first.
Good work though, young padawan.
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01-11-2005, 01:19 PM #10Parsnip
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P.S. Surely you can have Avatars of any size if you link to an off-site avatar?
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02-11-2005, 01:30 AM #11System Janitor
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Originally Posted by TechMouse
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.You go in hard, and you go in fast.
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02-11-2005, 09:46 AM #12Parsnip
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Is there a reason for this? Originally Posted by sinner
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04-11-2005, 02:54 PM #13Likes it hard
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i was gonna download but the site is too confusing for me Originally Posted by TechMouse
why cant they just have a download button
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04-11-2005, 03:17 PM #14Parsnip
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OK, lets do a Step-by-Step... Originally Posted by ~cheeky~
i was gonna download but the site is too confusing for me Originally Posted by TechMouse
why cant they just have a download button
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"...
Click on "Automated Installer"...
This will take you to the GIMP for Windows page.
Click on "Download"...
OK, there are two things you NEED to download.
First, you need to download the GTK libraries...
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...
Run this file. Follow the on-screen prompts.
Next, download the GIMP itself...
(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.
Enjoy ;)
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04-11-2005, 03:26 PM #15Likes it hard
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right ok.
i got half way and thought wtf.
so click on kent :lol:
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04-11-2005, 03:36 PM #16Parsnip
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You got it. Originally Posted by ~cheeky~
Unless you have a burning desire to download stuff from Japan instead.
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