Reducing the size of Avatars - help?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I figured I ought to finally put up an avatar, and I've been trying to crop one of my pictures to use, but I took it at 5Mpixels and no matter how much I crop and resize I can't reduce the size of the file below about 36kB (needs to be under 20kB to use as an avatar). Anyone tell me how to get around this?

Thanks.

Ruff

[midgetonadonkey]

PM me the picture you want and I'll try and get it.

[Re-Animator]

http://www.resizemypicture.com/resizer/resizer-main.php

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Thanks midget, you can attach to PMs?

Also, I'd like to be able to do it myself. I generally crop and then resize, but is there another control you can use to reduce the file size? If there is, I can't find it. I'm using ACD photo editor.

[NorCal510]

I DL'd a program called IrfanView... works decently.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

http://www.resizemypicture.com/resizer/resizer-main.php

I went to your link, but re-sizing is not the problem. I have cropped and resized the photo below the 120x80 threshold, and it is as small as i can get it, but it is still 36kB. It is the file size that is the problem.

[2Blonde]

cropping & resizing are two different things. Man you think you know everything about a woman's biological clock but you can't figure this out? :lol

[2Blonde]

resizing is about the pixels. If you make them small enough then the file size will get smaller.

[Re-Animator]

If you have a animation, then you need to remove some of the frames.

try this.

http://www.download.com/3001-2186_4-10705154.html


or else ask kori to raise your file limit like she does for some of the old timers who have those long animations in thier avatars.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Okay, I've worked it out. In Irfanview you can remove something called "EXIF tags", and that vastly reduces the size of the file (from 35kB to 2.5kB)!

Thanks all.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

resizing is about the pixels. If you make them small enough then the file size will get smaller.

Yes, but you get to a point where you can't take away any more pixels and i was at that point, but the file was still 35kB.

Anyone tell me what EXIF tags are???

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

And there ya go! My picture with David this year. We chatted for a couple of minutes too. he is a great man. :D

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

cropping & resizing are two different things. Man you think you know everything about a woman's biological clock but you can't figure this out? :lol

Actually, the biological clock was not the issue there, a 24 year old deciding that she wanted to get herself knocked up alone was what made no sense to me.

And yes, I do understand cropping and resizing, and i was doing both, but the file would not get any smaller than about 35kB. :p:

Now, smartypants, explain this EXIF tag business to me and why taking them off reduced the file size by about 17 times!

[Re-Animator]

resizing is about the pixels. If you make them small enough then the file size will get smaller.


Hey 2Blonde run this program and let me know how many Errors your PC has.

http://www.errorkiller.com/download.html

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If you have a animation, then you need to remove some of the frames.

try this.

http://www.download.com/3001-2186_4-10705154.html


or else ask kori to raise your file limit like she does for some of the old timers who have those long animations in thier avatars.

Jeez, I'm a LONG way from animating things, but thanks. :) :lol

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Hey 2Blonde run this program and let me know how many Errors your PC has.

http://www.errorkiller.com/download.html

Now, now, no need to infect someone with Winfixer. That's some evil shit.

[Re-Animator]

Jeez, I'm a LONG way from animating things, but thanks. :) :lol


Bro you can't click your mouse 3 times?

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/ruff.gif

[Re-Animator]

this took 5 clicks

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/ruff-1.gif

[Re-Animator]

Download this and just follow the steps it's 5th grade level.

http://www.soft32.com/Download/free-trial/Banner_Maker_Pro/4-14671-1.html

[2Blonde]

Now, now, no need to infect someone with Winfixer. That's some evil shit.
So is it evil or not? I don't need anything fucking up my laptop. It's only 3 months old and I already have one problem I'm dealing with so I don't want to add more.

[Re-Animator]

Like I am going to post something to ruin someone's laptop :lmao



I told you to stop by so I can give you the latest software. I have your Disc collecting dust.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/ruff-2.gif

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

So is it evil or not? I don't need anything fucking up my laptop. It's only 3 months old and I already have one problem I'm dealing with so I don't want to add more.

Don't go there, winfixer will screw you up big time.

What's the problem with your laptop?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Yeah, sorry re-animator, I am in super-literal mode today, my bad. :oops

I think I could probably do what you've done to those photos, although I really need to get to know my image software a lot better.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I look like such a dweeb in that photo, and I wore that smile for about a week after meeting David (not surprising given that I'd wanted to meet him for about 15 years!), but still I like it. :D

[Re-Animator]

Don't go there, winfixer will screw you up big time.

What's the problem with your laptop?


Where do you see WinFixer in my link?

it's Error Killer



http://www.pc-error-killer.com/assets/images/img04.gif

[2Blonde]

I think something managed to get in my rich text editor. maybe a virus or a trojan horse although I have had antivirus running non-stop and I also have checked it with spybot and adaware and they haven't found anything.

Notepad is the only program that with no problems and coincidentally the only one with no RTE. But My office programs and outlook and message boards start to act like they are possessed sometimes. blocks of text just start highlighting themselves and occasionally start moving themselves around the screen, or my cursor just moves on it's own and starts typing somewhere else on the page. One time the words "Barack Obama" just began typing across my screen in the middle of an email to my mom 16 times in a row. It doesn't happen every time I use my computer just (crap it just did it) maybe 20% of the time. I need to call MS but haven't had time yet.

[Re-Animator]

If you have Norton or McAfree then your fucked :lmao

Download this and see if you have a Trojan.

http://www.soft82.com/get/download/Windows/TrojanHunter

[2Blonde]

Re-Animator,
Will Error Killer work with Windows Vista?

[2Blonde]

If you have Norton or McAfree then your fucked :lmao

Download this and see if you have a Trojan.

http://www.soft82.com/get/download/Windows/TrojanHunter
My system came with McAfee but the military provides us with Norton so I switched. then I found out the military doesn't have the Vista upgrade so I ended up having to pay for it. I have Norton Internet Security 2007. So if I'm fucked then it's not exactly virgin territory. :lol That's why I also run spybot & adaware.

Will this trojan hunter work with vista?

[2Blonde]

BTW Norton has awesome customer support so it's too bad their product isn't the best around.

[Re-Animator]

I stay away from the 4 deadly sins.

VISTA,Norton,McAfee,and Internet Explorer

I am not sure what works with your vista but I am sure you will get a window saying this product is not for Vista.

Get rid of your Dinosaur virus programs which by the way 90% of the best viruses are created from Norton Employees anyway. It's keeps them in business. Good luck trying to get rid of Norton it's like AOL/Herpes it's there until you erase your HD.

If you use AVAST for viruses and trojans which is free and Ewido for spyware

and Registry Mechanic to tune up your PC make sure your not missing any DLL files.

and last but not least CCleaner which is free, you should never have a problem.

So lets go over the list.

AVAST
Ewido
Registry Mechanic
CCleaner
and you can surf in peace. :wakeup

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Where do you see WinFixer in my link?

it's Error Killer



http://www.pc-error-killer.com/assets/images/img04.gif

I got sick of winfixer attacks, and when I was researching how to get rid of them (NoScript addon for ZFirefox is really effective), I thought "Error Killer" was one of a host of names winfixer and similar programs use, but maybe that was "Error Safe". Winfixer goes by many names. Apologies.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

My system came with McAfee but the military provides us with Norton so I switched. then I found out the military doesn't have the Vista upgrade so I ended up having to pay for it. I have Norton Internet Security 2007. So if I'm fucked then it's not exactly virgin territory. :lol That's why I also run spybot & adaware.

Will this trojan hunter work with vista?

Download "AVG Free" as well to add to those. You can never have enough good diagnostic programs.

[Re-Animator]

I got sick of winfixer attacks, and when I was researching how to get rid of them (NoScript addon for ZFirefox is really effective), I thought "Error Killer" was one of a host of names winfixer and similar programs use, but maybe that was "Error Safe". Winfixer goes by many names. Apologies.


I forgot about all those Error and fixer viruses, Those were the days :smokin

Did you ever make that Pizza I asked you for?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I forgot about all those Error and fixer viruses, Those were the days :smokin

Did you ever make that Pizza I asked you for?

Hahahahahaha... no, I was dying of Cedar Fever at the time. Fark, that pollen made me really sick... I was coughing up blood for 3 days in NY after I left SA...

[The Janitor]

What are you, an idiot?

You must be related to that JD kid... :bang