Question for Signature Makers

[TheDeepBomb]

How do you make a good sized signature fit into these boards' constraints? I have a 100px high by 244px wide picture @ 8-bit color saved as a gif and it's still too big for these forums to allow it (17k, jpg is 72k)

I use Photoshop for all of my creations, just asking for some tips before I give up. 12k?

[A2theIzzo]

Ask in the Logo section and ull get more answers.

[TheDeepBomb]

Ah yes, thanks.

Go ahead and ignore/delete this thread, I've fixed my problem.

[Crimedogg32]

save for web feature (if you are using photoshop) and .gifs always look worse so try to make it a .jpg if possible

[TheDeepBomb]

I had to reduce my number of colors from 256 to 72 just to barely fit into the 12288 bytes. It's just very difficult to understand how someone can have a nice 468x100 or x60 signature and not break the 12k barrier. As you can see, the size of my signature is very mild and it's right against the limit.

[Crimedogg32]

its because people are saving them as .jpg not .gif

[TheDeepBomb]

Mine is a .gif and its size is much smaller than the comprable jpg I saved of it. Ah well, I'm just not used to working in such small constraints and performaing miracles with photography

[Crimedogg32]

if you are using save for web .gifs are much bigger and have worse quality then .jpg so not really sure what you are doing

[deluxe_247]

you should be clicking save for web and then save it as a jpeg. there is no reason a sig that size with a solid colored background shouldnt be able to be saved at over 60 percent original quality. if you dont use the save for web option you will never get a good looking product under cafe limits if it s a normal sized sig.

[ThunderSnarfer]

hmm, do u think save for web works with macromedia?

ive just been saving it as the .png, and then converting it to a jpg using a program called irfanview (thanks gjg), usually getting about 55-70 percent quality, would my sigs look better if i saved for web?