How do I make a picture smaller (to use for my avatar)

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:05 am

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've been looking and "Searching" all night and have seen no refernce to this. So here's what I've done so far: Have a ".jpg" picture that was originally 434K. Right-clicked on it, said "Send to email recipient", then selected "make all my pictures smaller". Saved to my hard drive. Result was that the picture is now around 63K. BUT, I can't find a way to make the picture any smaller than that. (Same process doesn't result in any smaller pictures).

I've seen several avatars that look like they must be personal photos, so there must be a way to do this and it's just eluding me.

Any tips? Here's my picture.

Thanks for any suggestions!

MrsLatch · Post by **MrsLatch** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:06 am

you can use a photo editing software (like photoshop) and scale the image to a maximum of 128x128 and then that will work, if you dont have a photo editing software, i will scale it for you and if you PM me your e-mail ill send it to you.

MrsLatch · Post by **MrsLatch** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:17 am

or right click this and save it, I'm pretty sure that will work

CiaoItalia · Post by **CiaoItalia** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:16 am

Irfanview is your friend...and best of all it's free to download.

robby · Post by **robby** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:14 pm

As is http://www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar/

kh4130 · Post by **kh4130** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:40 pm

Also, Microsoft Picture Manager , which is part of MS Office, is easy to use for that.

Picture > Resize > One the right you can change the size. I like using a predefined size from the drop down list.

r0sa · Post by **r0sa** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:55 pm

i use paint, open the picture, go to 'image' and resize, and type in the dimensions. i usually put 15 x 15 or u could go smaller if that doesn't work

Sombre-clair · Post by **Sombre-clair** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:27 am

I find the easist is to go to http://tinypic.com/?t=postupload it does it automaticly for you and hosts the picture

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:02 am

Thanks everyone, for your suggestions! I'll let you know how it turns out.

rsneha · Post by **rsneha** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:57 am

I use jpeg compressor site to make a picture smaller

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Sat Oct 22, 2022 4:56 pm

I use the free app image resizer. It works as a right click popup and is easy to use.

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