Need to shrink file size for pic

i have been trying to upload a picture onto this website but the pics i have are all over 820 kb and the max that is accepted is 150 kb. how can i change this? i know redusing the wuality of the pic may shrink the file size but i cant figure out how to do that. please help!!

 

sure. just open the image/pic with an image editor and either reduce the size or quality with it. my favorite image editor is "The Gimp". it is free to dowload and install and is not shareware or any of that BS.
The Gimp:
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

i believe you can change the size with paint too but it only exports with jpeg extensions and will rape the image quality.

 

i think you will need to install the GTK stuff first but i dont know for sure because i dont use wndows.

 

you can also search for windows power tools and download the program called image resizer. you can shrink a pic and then shrink it again and again to whatever size you need

 

My favorite free image editor is Paint.net. It's pretty powerful and far more user-friendly than either Photoshop or the Gimp. It requires the .NET framework from Micro$oft (also free).

 

so-After shrinking then what-How to upload to forum?-Is it a pay service or free?

 

Robspace, I think he meant trying to upload to the galleries HERE.
First, we didn't get info on filetype. You all know .bmp's are much larger than .jpg's.
Even paint can change the filetype making it much smaller.

 

It is as simple as google. What I ALWAYS do is use a JPG otimizer - and I often don't have one on the machine I'm using so I do a search in google, which provides me with plenty of sites to download one from. Try it.

 

Matt-I have put my photo in the system but how do I get it next to my name on deck so ta speak? I noticed a pay service option-is that how is done?It is uploaded already-but with my name when I post-

 

Whoops-Meant to say it's not with my name-how do ya move it from the profile area?