Can't Make Avatar Small Enough?

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Can't Make Avatar Small Enough?

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I tried to upload an avatar, but it has to be less that 6K in size. Couldn't figure out how to make my JPG small enough to fit! I tried reducing the quality to 0 (which makes it a big pixelated mess) but still to big... Image size is 100x80 pixels. Any tricks for making it work? Seems like it's pretty tight as... 80x100= 8000... so less than a byte per pixel.
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Re: Can't Make Avatar Small Enough?

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attach it to a reply on this thread and maybe somebody will take pity on you and shrink it for you.
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I wonder if the image is just too intricate and that's why it can't be compressed enough?
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Here see if this works.
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An 8-bit PNG would probably be smaller, too. Although really 6KB is stupidly small.
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Re: Can't Make Avatar Small Enough?

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Worked like a charm and still looks good enough for me. Thanks JB!
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