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This is really irrelevant now because signatures are effectively unlimited
As you may or may not know the forum rules require signature images to be 90KB (Kilobytes) in size or less. Now there are few ways to get what we want and listed below are a few options. Here are the rules in full regarding signatures:
TinyPNG
"TinyPNG uses smart lossy compression techniques to reduce the file size of your PNG files. By selectively decreasing the number of colours in the image, fewer bytes are required to store the data. The effect is nearly invisible but it makes a very large difference in file size!"
Put simply it is simply to Smush It (see below) but this seems to be a bit more stable and give better results according to some, try it for yourself and see what happens.
Smush-It Provided By Yahoo!
The url has been blocked due to a swear word within the name so join Smush & It together
It is a free service provided by Yahoo! and allows you to greatly reduce the size of uploaded images. The image you upload is only stored for a short time allowing you to re-download it
Adobe Photoshop (thanks goes to moogle for explaining how to do this
)
For those of you who have Photoshop then you can do it yourself by doing the following.
1. With Photoshop open and your image loaded press "File" and select "Save for Web & Devices" (the image shows Photoshop CS5).
2. Now make the needed changes for the image (make yours look like mine):
3. Now press the "Save" button and choose where to save it and you are done!
Here is a before and after sample of using the Photoshop method:
Before being Photoshopped (91.2KB).
After being Photoshopped (19.4KB).
Paint.net (thanks goes to Glaucus for mentioning this)
Another similar option to that of Photoshop is Paint.net which is freely available for download and can be gotten from this link.
Stoner81.
As you may or may not know the forum rules require signature images to be 90KB (Kilobytes) in size or less. Now there are few ways to get what we want and listed below are a few options. Here are the rules in full regarding signatures:
OverclockersUK FAQ said:
TinyPNG
"TinyPNG uses smart lossy compression techniques to reduce the file size of your PNG files. By selectively decreasing the number of colours in the image, fewer bytes are required to store the data. The effect is nearly invisible but it makes a very large difference in file size!"
Put simply it is simply to Smush It (see below) but this seems to be a bit more stable and give better results according to some, try it for yourself and see what happens.
Code:
tinypng.orgSmush-It Provided By Yahoo!
Code:
http://www.smu****.com/ysmush.it/The url has been blocked due to a swear word within the name so join Smush & It together
It is a free service provided by Yahoo! and allows you to greatly reduce the size of uploaded images. The image you upload is only stored for a short time allowing you to re-download it
Adobe Photoshop (thanks goes to moogle for explaining how to do this
)For those of you who have Photoshop then you can do it yourself by doing the following.
1. With Photoshop open and your image loaded press "File" and select "Save for Web & Devices" (the image shows Photoshop CS5).
2. Now make the needed changes for the image (make yours look like mine):
3. Now press the "Save" button and choose where to save it and you are done!
Here is a before and after sample of using the Photoshop method:
Before being Photoshopped (91.2KB).
After being Photoshopped (19.4KB).
Paint.net (thanks goes to Glaucus for mentioning this)
Another similar option to that of Photoshop is Paint.net which is freely available for download and can be gotten from this link.
Stoner81.