Can someone re-size my sig as it seems its now too big?

 

 

Bill's on the case

 

ok am i being thick... whats the difference?

 

maria i think he means file size, not physical size

 

One's a smaller size in memory I think. Dam too late.

 

About 50kb smaller in file size Maria.

 

ah got ya!

how dya do that then?

 

Yes you are and I don't know either!!

 

 

It's called optimising the image - basically, a JPEG is a compressed file, but a lot of the data can be removed without being noticable to the human eye, and results in a smaller file which takes up less disk space and is quicker to load.

 

cool!

ive got a sig i use on another forum but its too big for here... how do i do it then?

 

I use Photoshop or Fireworks (image editing programs) or you can post it here / PM it to me (with the required size limits).

 

i think to be fair it might still be too big for this place as it has moving bits in it! lol

 

That'll be an animated GIF - they don't optimise as nicely as JPEGS unfortunately, so as they are optimised, the image becomes noticably crappier (unless you reduce the image dimensions).

 

what dya reckon? any chance?

 

I hope it doesn't involve a silver German car as my wife now thinks its hers

 

what about the file size on this??

 

awww does she!!!

nah doesnt have percy on there!

Hope youre looking after him and patrick!

 

Stop it with the names thing!!

 

Yours is secretly called ernie....

 

Stop now, there is no way my car would answer to that.

 

Nope!

But for example sake, this is how it comes out:





Two variations, but both had to have frames removed and the sig' shrunk in size, and the results are poor I'm afraid.

GIF optimisation basically makes the file size smaller by removing colours - works well for logos and flat areas of colour, but not great for photo's.

 

What are we looking at Bill?

 

martin, i reckon yours is a rambo

 

thank you very much! im not quite sure what you did it just looks smaller to me thats all!!!




and Martin.... ernie, percy and patrick!

 

Maria I'd expect

The examples I've put up are noticably 'grainier' than Maria's original, and they are smaller and have lost the animated transitions/fades. (if I read your question properly)

 

doh! still says file is too big! never mind! thank you very much for trying anyway!

 

They're both under the file size limit, but sometimes when you upload to a photo hosting service, a few bytes get added and so go over the limit.

See if you can link directly to the images I put up (right click>properties and copy and paste the URL).

 

File size is okay, but the height of the image is too big - 150 pixels is the max for PF.

(150 pixels high and under 25k)

 

nope even when i direct link it from the ones you put up it says remote file too big

 

That's a little strange as one is smaller than your current sig' and the other is only ever so slightly bigger (by a few bytes).

 

Billabong, not meaning to teach my granny to suck eggs or anything, but one of the problems with maria's image is that each frame still contains the whole lefthand portion of the image, even though only the right righthand size changes.

So make it into two images, with the still portion in one, and the framed portion in the other, and it should get smaller which means you can keep the quality higher with the allotted space

 

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ill try the smaller one

 

It already occurred to me to do that Chip, but you're only meant to have one image for a sig on PF

GIFs only 'make bytes' for changed data also....to the best of my memory.

 

thank you anyway chicken!

 

Book, book, book...... (you have to say it aloud)

You could have the sig' as a single JPEG image - you'd just need to pick which of the four main frames you prefer.

 

is that ur dog maria ? if so bung sum pics up please oh i think martooooooons car is more of a goose like geezer from topgun , maria

 

Oh goodie, a rule that serves NO purpose at all when they could just say "images total size and placement mustnt exceed a box X by Y"

 

FWIW I agree, but as I used to do a fair few sig's years ago, I always made sure they followed the rules (set a good example and all that, lol).

I'm sure you understood, but to make it clear to anyone else, I meant one physical image file - both our sig's have multiple images but in one file, so they're ok.