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Sleepyeyed

Location: Beyond the fringe

Post Thu May 17, 2007 1:07 pm   Reply with quote         


I'm trying to upload a picture to go with my name and having trouble keeping the file size 6kb or under. I've dropped the file to 70 x 70 pixels, but the end file ends up being about 80k. What am I doing wrong here?
Tawiskaro

Location: New York

Post Thu May 17, 2007 1:12 pm   Reply with quote         


Sleepyeyed wrote:
I'm trying to upload a picture to go with my name and having trouble keeping the file size 6kb or under. I've dropped the file to 70 x 70 pixels, but the end file ends up being about 80k. What am I doing wrong here?


Lower the compression or decrease the number of colors.
Dot

Location: Tacoma, WA since march 2010, born and raised in Belgium

Post Thu May 17, 2007 1:12 pm   Reply with quote         


in photoshop...click "file" and choose "save for web" ..you can lower the quality until it's in the required filesize
Stevster

Location: Jacksonville FL

Post Thu May 17, 2007 1:14 pm   Reply with quote         


Dot is right, In the "save for web" there should be a little slider on the top right for sizing the file. I think it goes by percentages.
Tawiskaro

Location: New York

Post Thu May 17, 2007 1:15 pm   Reply with quote         


Sleepyeyed wrote:
I'm trying to upload a picture to go with my name and having trouble keeping the file size 6kb or under. I've dropped the file to 70 x 70 pixels, but the end file ends up being about 80k. What am I doing wrong here?


Ooops! I meant increase the compression! --twk
Sleepyeyed

Location: Beyond the fringe

Post Thu May 17, 2007 2:38 pm   Reply with quote         


That helped a lot. I'm ashamed to call myself a graphic designer. I do mostly print stuff. Thanks again folks.
Stevster

Location: Jacksonville FL

Post Thu May 17, 2007 2:40 pm   Reply with quote         


I asked the same question to ReyRey about a year ago. Laughing Laughing
mikey

Location: Somerville MA

Post Thu May 17, 2007 4:26 pm   Reply with quote         


Save for interweb ? Shocked
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Granulated

Location: London

Post Thu May 17, 2007 8:50 pm   Reply with quote         


Sleepyeyed wrote:
I'm trying to upload a picture to go with my name and having trouble keeping the file size 6kb or under. I've dropped the file to 70 x 70 pixels, but the end file ends up being about 80k. What am I doing wrong here?


Animated gif ?

Must be..even a 70x70 bmp would only be about 20k-ish
WhimSea

Location: UnitedStates

Post Fri May 18, 2007 12:44 am   Reply with quote         


don't worry about asking questions. I have to use that Save to Web thing all time and I do print jobs. We have a lot of people who can't figure out how to open a PDF! gees So I open the PDF in Photoshop and do the Save for Web and magically they can view it. Smile

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