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by **stevebo** » Jan 22nd, '06, 16:08

I'm wondering... how do you guys get your avatars up? It says I can't exceed 8kb and that's just a wee bit small isn't it? I tried uploading it to another website like photobucket and it still says that I can't exceed 8kb!

Any help would be appreciated! I think Kev would know how to do this because of his great avatars

!

by **Tomo** » Jan 22nd, '06, 16:21

I did mine in Xara 3D. If I remember, I had to muck about with the number of frames to get it to the right size.

by **SirRawlins** » Jan 22nd, '06, 16:38

Most decent Image editing Apps will have an export feature and you can specify the file size, it'll then output to anything smaller than that.

If you get real stuck Stevebo then mail me the image and i'll compress it for you

Rob

by **Mahoney** » Jan 22nd, '06, 18:06

Get Photoshop Elements. It's a samller version of the full (and very expensive) Photoshop package, but its alot cheaper. It will serve you well!

by **katrielalex** » Jan 22nd, '06, 18:48

Is it animated? If so you'll need to compress it a lot - send it to someone here and they'll do it for you.

If it's not animated it's just a matter of twiddling the jpeg compression - even I can do that so email it to me...

Kati

by **stevebo** » Jan 22nd, '06, 22:14

Thanks guys. I managed to do it with photoshop elements. It's a wee bit small but it'll have to do...

by **SirRawlins** » Jan 22nd, '06, 22:31

Looks good Stevebo,

If you are having trouble with that file you could always black&white or Greyscale the image .. I'm sure that would reduce it right down, you could probably get it full size then

Rob

by **ace of kev** » Jan 22nd, '06, 23:05

Thanks for your nice comment in your first post Stevebo

I couldn't tell you about file sizes, as any time I have made an animation it hasn't been for such a small file size....

Sorry to be of no help, but I see you have got it up

by **Zero000** » Jan 23rd, '06, 00:44

mines a tad bit boring... just good old filters through photoshop. i need a new and better avatar soon...

by **stevebo** » Jan 23rd, '06, 19:35

SirRawlins wrote:Looks good Stevebo,

If you are having trouble with that file you could always black&white or Greyscale the image .. I'm sure that would reduce it right down, you could probably get it full size then

Rob

I tried. Still didn't quite work full size. Plus I wanted a bit of colour.

Thanks anyhows!

by **ace of kev** » Jan 23rd, '06, 19:45

Zero000 wrote:mines a tad bit boring... just good old filters through photoshop. i need a new and better avatar soon...

Thats how I make my avatars, except with some extra bits and pieces :lol:

by **Larry** » Jan 23rd, '06, 19:53

and then there's people like me who just find a nice picture and make it small enough to be accepted! damn my lack of photoshop skills!

by **Blade Master** » Jan 24th, '06, 00:14

Ok, I'm not sure if you use Photoshop or not Stevebo, but this is how you should do it if you do. First create the image you want and then resize it to 80 by 80. Then go to File - Save For Web - Save. That should get it down to a tiny, tiny file size.

by **ace of kev** » Jan 24th, '06, 11:31

I didn't know that it did that

I just use the 'Save for Web' when I make a web template

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