Adobe PhotoShop

[coasters 4 me]

I need help with PhotoShop. I have made an avatar with this programme but it will not get any small than 130KB. I want to put it on this site for the Weekly Avatar Theme but I tried to put it on but it wouldnt work.

 

If I resize it any smaller, you wont be able to see it, does anyone know how to make the file size small than 130KB but still have 155x116 pixels?

 

Thanks.

[WillMontu]

The best way would be to save it as a JPEG. Go to "Save a Copy", and select JPEG as the file format. This will generate a second (compressed) file that is web friendly. If it's still too big, adjust the quality to something a bit lower.

[coasterdude5]

I just open it in Paint and make the image smaller. That usually works.

 

PS^^WillMontu, I used to live in Gainesville!

[coasters 4 me]

Thanks for the help.

 

It is the picture of Elissa on Taxi Jam (I think) at Paramounts. I replaced the stolen kid with stolen hamster. It is quite hard to see. Maybe the next avatar theme, I will get a better one.

[Wes]

Best is File>Save For Web.

 

It will bring up a new menu that looks like this (I linked it because the pic is too big to post on here):

http://img77.echo.cx/img77/8088/sfw8rj.jpg

 

At the top are tabs that say Original, Optimized, 2-Up, and 4-Up. I usually set mine to 4-Up because it shows you how the image will look at different compression rates.

Make sure the image type is set to JPG (look at the menu on the right hand side).

The image size appears below the image. It should be really easy to have a nice looking 150x150 avatar waaaaaay under 130kb.