making a avatar

[rossco]

help, im trying to turn a picture into a avatar but cant seem to get the file size below 30k without it becoming so small i can barly see it, any hints, using elements 6 if that helps
thank you in advance

[ricktas]

avatars are 80 pixels x 80 pixels. Are you resizing it?

[Kym]

Also when sized, you can adjust the jpg quality which will affect the file size, in addition don't save any metadata

[rossco]

yes rick resizing form taken pic to 80 pix, when i save i try to reduce the quality in jpeg options but file size will not go below 31k

[ricktas]

use file, save for web. you can slide it from 1-100 percent, much more accurate jpg resizing.

[rossco]

thank you both rick and cypher, i think i worked it out

[rossco]

awesome you guys rock, thank you