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Bernardo de La Paz

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4. I used GIMP, free and open program. Told it to reduce size, eliminate colour info

Reply to Not Heidi (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2024, 02:13 AM

Jul 2024

There seemed to be an irreducible extra 15 kbytes for the extraneous info, but I was able to eliminate it by telling it to not make a colour profile and unchecking a few options like that.

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Need help reducing image for avatar [View all] Not Heidi Jul 2024 OP

Post a link to the image for me. FuzzyRabbit Jul 2024 #1

Uh-oh . . . Not Heidi Jul 2024 #3

There's a free app called "Compress Image" intrepidity Jul 2024 #2

I used GIMP, free and open program. Told it to reduce size, eliminate colour info Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #4

Do you have the image in your phone's gallery? Lunabell Jul 2024 #5

A few people have offered advice, or to help Not Heidi Jul 2024 #7

Are you using an android phone? Lunabell Jul 2024 #8

It's best to have a square image that is 48x48 pixels in dimension blogslug Jul 2024 #6

I use IrfanView, a free imaging program... malthaussen Jul 2024 #9