Creating avatars...

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

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/i​mage_resizer/

This may be a good place to look.
-=FAQ=- Images and Avatars, How, Where and Why -=FAQ=-

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

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

ebann wrote in post #5690523
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

TheHoff wrote in post #5690651
Where do I send my $20 to get a larger "Mod Special" avatar?

Send me $50.00 and we can talk...

Received Paypal payment, your should be all set..

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

ebann,
Try saving it as a gif.

DAMphyne wrote in post #5692383
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?

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #5691489
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...

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

FuryMe wrote in post #5695863
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...

FuryMe wrote in post #5695863
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?