Trance Form Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I created an avatar by cropping two pictures, putting them on separate layers, lowering the opacity of the top layer, and then flattening the image. The problem is, the file size was 91k, and I needed it below 20k. I then took a screen shot (ctrl+alt+prnt scrn, then paste onto a new image), and cropped it to the original size, and lowered it to 32k. Does anyone have any ideas on how I may further reduce the file size, or remove the middle step all together next time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 You can use PNGout or this online tool if you aren't the command line type. PNGout is great, but I have not used the other one Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Flatten as you have been doing and save the file as a .png instead. Do this for two reasons: 1) I'm biased towards .png format and... 2) with a .png you can employ a compression program such as PNGGauntlet (which uses the excellent method of PNGout) and this compresses the file size brilliantly without any loss of quality. Give it a try and see how it fairs for you. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Yeah PNGGauntlet is great. It uses PNGOUT, which is an incredible piece of software. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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