Forum Profile Picture Size This post is an in-depth guide on about the 50 KB Limit to upload a profile picture to SGM Forums and many Other Forum and Web Pages. Disclaimer: This may not affect everyone and maybe many people don't encounter this issue, however for many Artists using Graphics, it may be very useful and prevents you from starting over again or scrapping the entire project. Lossy And Lossless Compressors Many websites use Lossy or Lossless Compressing, in simple form, with lossless every single bit of data that was originally in the file remains after the file is uncompressed, on the other hand, lossy compression reduces a file by permanently erasing certain information, especially redundant information. In this case, pixels. Overall Lossless is the better type of compression, however, we will be using Lossy due to the main fact that lossless doesn't compress much considering it has to retain all the original information. Compression Websites I will link below some websites in order of effectiveness of compression. PNG Compression (Retains Transparency) www.tinypng.com www.compresspng.com JPEG Compression www.tinyjpg.com www.compressjpeg.com Photoshop Saving Another Method of Compressing is by saving it correctly, firstly you need to take into account that the lower the Pixel Resolution, the lower the file size. E.g. 200x200 > 900x900. So first click 'File' and then instead of clicking 'Save As' click 'Save For Web'. Then copy the settings for both PNG and JPEG files, you can adjust the 'Colours' to lower the file size. Remember to click '2-Up' tab instead of 'Normal' and that if you want to save a PNG, use 'PNG-8' instead of 'PNG-24' as it drastically affects the file size unless you want transparency then use 'PNG-24'. Spoiler: PNG Settings Spoiler: JPEG Settings
