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[sgRHOllin]

I have a picture that I would like to upload, however it's too big. How do I make it small enough to fit my profile for this forum?

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Originally Posted by sgRHOllin

I have a picture that I would like to upload, however it's too big. How do I make it small enough to fit my profile for this forum?

sgRHOllin,

You will need a graphics editor to re-size it. We recommend a free graphics editor irFanview - see: http://www.irfanview.com/.

Profile Photo - Size restrictions:

file dimensions: length x width = 300 x 300 pixels = 3.125 x 3.125 inches

file size maximum: 25,000 bytes which is equal to 24.41 kb.

After downloading irfanView, Here? s how to Re-size.

First, to reduce the file dimensions:

Open irFanview - then open your GIF or JPG file. At the top menu, click IMAGE ? then scroll down to re-size/re-sample. Check the box that says ?Preserve Aspect Ratio.? Where its states ?set new size,? you?ll see some values associated with the current size of your image (height and width). In the box (height or width) with the largest value, type in the number the number 300 or lower (depending on the size you want) - then click OK. You?re done re-sizing. Note that any image smaller than 300 x 300 pixels does not need re-sizing.

Also, as noted the file data size must be less than 24.41 kb. Using irfanView, the easiest way to reduce the file size of photos is to decrease the numbers of colors in the photo - to do this, select Image (in the irfanView tool bar) select decrease color depth - then select 256 colors . Using 256 colors reduces file size dramatically.

If your file size is still too large, try reducing the dimensons a bit, as shown earlier.

Then Save your file and upload.