Creating avatars...

[ebann]

What's a simple way to obtain an avatar from a regular JPG that fulfills POTN's criterias: 80x80 pixels and 8KB filesize?

We first crop to a square format, then resize to 80x80, and then reduce the JPEG quality to the point it's less than 8KB? I tried that in Lightroom and it keeps generating 16KB files (at 10% JPEG quality). How can I get the right size?

Thanks

[WaltA]

Theres quite a few ways to get the size you want. I use a free Image Resizer program from VSO

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/

[Skip Souza]

This may be a good place to look.
-=FAQ=- Images and Avatars, How, Where and Why -=FAQ=- (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=290249)

[ebann]

Thanks. It did not show up in the search function for "avatar".

[TheHoff]

Where do I send my $20 to get a larger "Mod Special" avatar?

[Radtech1]

We first crop to a square format, then resize to 80x80, and then reduce the JPEG quality to the point it's less than 8KB?

So far so good. You have just completed step 1...

Step 2) One you have the 80x80 then save using the "Save for Web (and Devices)" method.

Done. That's it, there are only 2 steps

Why it works: "Save for Web (and Devices)" saves different than "Save As" in that it does not include all the EXIF data. This data takes up only a handful of kB, but when your limit is 8 kB you may be loosing most if not all of you alloted size before you can even think of saving the image data. By NOT including non-image data you can use virtually all 8 kB for the actual avatar itself.

Rad

[CyberDyneSystems]

Where do I send my $20 to get a larger "Mod Special" avatar?

Send me $50.00 and we can talk... ;)

[CyberDyneSystems]

Received Paypal payment, your should be all set..



:lol:

[TheHoff]

That was SO worth the $50. Rock on, CDS.

[DAMphyne]

ebann,
Try saving it as a gif.

[ebann]

ebann,
Try saving it as a gif.

Amazingly Lightroom doesn't support that format, at least not in the "save as" pick list. Would PNG work with POTN?

[ebann]

Send me $50.00 and we can talk... ;)

LOL... I think last year I donated $10 or $20 to POTN... I didn't even get a stinkin' cheesy avatar description... :( Perhaps you gotta buy POTN's Op-tech strap for those... :confused:

[Chet]

So for $49.95 anyone can increase the size of their avatar? Whilst helping to support POTN at the same time?

[thomascanty]

So for $49.95 anyone can increase the size of their avatar? Whilst helping to support POTN at the same time?

Sure beats how I got a mod-sized avatar for a few months last year... ;)

[TheHoff]

So for $49.95 anyone can increase the size of their avatar? Whilst helping to support POTN at the same time?

I wonder if anyone is going to pony up the $1,000 CDS wants to make all of your new threads sticky by default?

[eddarr]

I wonder if anyone is going to pony up the $1,000 CDS wants to make all of your new threads sticky by default?

That would get old really quick.

Hoff that was a well spent $50. A big head needs a big avatar. Maybe another $50 will get you an avatar big enough to show his man boobies.

[MikoDel]

What's a simple way to obtain an avatar from a regular JPG that fulfills POTN's criterias: 80x80 pixels and 8KB filesize?

We first crop to a square format, then resize to 80x80, and then reduce the JPEG quality to the point it's less than 8KB? I tried that in Lightroom and it keeps generating 16KB files (at 10% JPEG quality). How can I get the right size?

Thanks

Here's a guide for the beginner...

Choose a reasonably square, sharp image to work with. Too rectangular and you'll lose valuable "pixel real-estate" and ultimately recognition of the image. A blurry or hard to distinguish image file is going to be even harder to make out once reduced. Use "Properties," "Get info" or a "Details" view to check image size.

Right click on the image. Click "Copy" then "Paste." Don't use "File" > "Save As..." because it is possible to reduce the quality of the image with the "Save As..." operation.

Open a powerful photo editor program like Adobe Photoshop or Corel PSP. Check the color space of your file and change it to RGB if it isn't already. Photoshop calls this "Mode"; find it under "Image" > "Mode."

Size the image to 72 dpi in the "Size dialogue" box. The longest axis (height or width, also referred to as Y and X respectively) of the image must be at or below the maximum allowed. Constrain proportions as you resample, and use the software's recommended setting for reduction. In Photoshop, use "Bicubic Sharper."

Clean up solid space if it's dirty or "noisy." Specks add unwanted size.

Save your image using "Save for web and devices..."

Beauty. It''ll be like 4k. Dead-easy.

If you don't have "Save for web and devices", another little trick is to use a basic image editor like Preview (Mac) or MSPaint.exe (PC). Just open it and save it again. Much smaller this time!

[tommykjensen]

Here's a guide for the beginner...

Choose a reasonably square, sharp image to work with. Too rectangular and you'll lose valuable "pixel real-estate" and ultimately recognition of the image. A blurry or hard to distinguish image file is going to be even harder to make out once reduced. Use "Properties," "Get info" or a "Details" view to check image size.

Right click on the image. Click "Copy" then "Paste." Don't use "File" > "Save As..." because it is possible to reduce the quality of the image with the "Save As..." operation.
Open a powerful photo editor program like Adobe Photoshop or Corel PSP. Check the color space of your file and change it to RGB if it isn't already. Photoshop calls this "Mode"; find it under "Image" > "Mode."

Size the image to 72 dpi in the "Size dialogue" box. The longest axis (height or width, also referred to as Y and X respectively) of the image must be at or below the maximum allowed. Constrain proportions as you resample, and use the software's recommended setting for reduction. In Photoshop, use "Bicubic Sharper."

Clean up solid space if it's dirty or "noisy." Specks add unwanted size.

Save your image using "Save for web and devices..."

Beauty. It''ll be like 4k. Dead-easy.

If you don't have "Save for web and devices", another little trick is to use a basic image editor like Preview (Mac) or MSPaint.exe (PC). Just open it and save it again. Much smaller this time!


The bolded part is completely irrelevant in this case (in my opinion ;) ). Afterall you are talking about reducing an image to a much smaller and much lower quality so any loss during save as is not worth the while trying to avoid.