Resizing images

[Aurorous]

I'm not very technologically literate and so I need some help resizing the files of my wyrms' registration pictures. Each photo is 2.6MB and they need to be 1MB or smaller to go on the wiki. I tried scaling down the image size by as much as 38% but that did not change the size of the file (I assume because of all the encrypted data in the photo). Could someone help me out?

[Mewrose]

Try saving them as different file types. I think .jpeg tends to be smaller than other types, like .png (which is my favorite).

[Aurorous]

My files were already .jpeg, but I found a solution! imageoptimizer.net did the trick

[Mewrose]

Good to know!

[Arazia]

Generally, I would say that there is no need to have your image any larger than 600-800px in length.
We display images at 600px, so anything larger doesn't actually display larger or with any additional detail.

Additionally, I also suggest that while a nicely framed photo with a gorgeous background is lovely, it isn't great for a Wyrm profile image. Please, cut your images down to be of the Wyrm itself. The Wyrm should be roughly centered and there should not be a lot of background/blank space around the edges.