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*solved*Reducing the size of jpg or gif

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:44 pm
by hogleg
I need to know how to reduce the size of a jpg or gif for a avatar??

Hey Lizard, how did u get that gif to 6.1K?? :?

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:46 pm
by wacko
depends on what sw u have. if it was ps, i could help ya :wink:
to reduce a gif's size, try to use as few colours as possible, for a jpeg use the lowest acceptable quality (highest acceptable compression)

Re: Reducing the size of jpg or gif

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:47 pm
by lizardkid
hogleg wrote:Hey Lizard, how did u get that gif to 6.1K?? :?
i didn't make it. :)

if you have photoshop or paintshop or something liek that, open your picture, there ought to be something under edit>resize or something like that.

if not check out the help file for it ;)

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:53 pm
by hogleg
I figured it out, i just reduced the color count to 4 colors. :oops: