I have tried for an hour now and still can't get my pic unter 6.5 kb's or 6kb's whatever the requred size is. I went to shrinkpictures.com and resized it to an avatar size but it still says it is 7.5 kb's. How can I do this without losing my mind. I've resized lots of pics before now and never had this particular problem. Thanks!!
I was having this problem yesterday. Go to this website.
http://www.gifworks.com/cgi-bin/gifworks.pl?com=transfer_open
It is pretty easy to use. Make sure the picture is saved as a .GIF or you can't use it on this website. Saving as a .gif will also make the pic a smaller. You do lose a little of the color quality though! Also once you get it to 6KB or under make sure it is no bigger than 110 by 110.
You can also go into the Paint program if you have it and resize it there.This is probably a little easier to use.
i go into paint on windows...."start,programs,accessories,paint"....then i open the picture and go to "image, stretch/skew" and then type in 50/50...then if its still not the right size then do 75/75...that should work..if not go down another 75/75...will make it smaller ....no programs to install or anything like that..thats all ive ever used.
I had the same problem! I saved my avatar as a gif, put the pixels as 72 and made the size about 80 x 80.
It took a lot of fiddling!
Sugar_Plum_Fairy sent me this great site.
www.shrinkpictures.com
You can get your pics downsized for your avartar or if you cant fit them on this site.
I also recommend this! It is sooo easy! Click on the create an avatar and then I do the custom size (for this site I do 110x110) and it creates a perfect sized, cropped avatar.
Sugar_Plum_Fairy sent me this great site.
www.shrinkpictures.com
You can get your pics downsized for your avartar or if you cant fit them on this site.
I also recommend this! It is sooo easy! Click on the create an avatar and then I do the custom size (for this site I do 110x110) and it creates a perfect sized, cropped avatar.
I did this too but, it still wasn't under the 6KB.
You are going to the shrink avatars tool right? It is highlighted in red. Otherwise you are shrinking but it is a little different.
THANKS to everyone who replied! 
HEY! I DID IT TOO!
And here's what I did:
I took an avatar I'd already shrunk, and then tried it again and set the Avatar size to 70. It came out 4kb! I bet you could set it at 80 or 90 and still get in under 6.5!
Well...I accomplished one thing today...not on my to do list at ALL...but it's accomplished none the less!
if you are using a digital camara, you should also be able to look at the settings to determine photo size. i am not all that technical savvy but i remember i had that problem when i first got my camara, my husband adjusted something and now my pics upload just fine.
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