Your free Crafty Avenue account only allows you to use up to 5 MB (5120 KB) of space in the Gallery. To make the most of your space, you should optimize your photos for the web, and compress them as much as possible. If you optimize correctly, you can get more than 100 photos in the Gallery!

Step 1
Launch Irfan View. Go to: File>Open and choose which image you would like to optimize. You should now be viewing your image at actual size. Next, go to: Image>Resize/Resample... or simply press Ctrl+R on your keyboard.

Step 2
A pop up window will appear as shown below. Type in your new height (the width will adjust itself accordingly). Close up images on the web are usually about 350-400 pixels high (this is true only if the image is wider than it is tall; if the image is taller than it is wide, then you should adjust the width to these measurements). Next, ensure that the box that reads: "Preserve aspect ratio" is checked. Then type in 72 in the DPI box. (I know the photo below says 75, just ignore that! lol) Click OK.

Step 3
You should now see your image at it's new smaller size. Go to: File>Save As...




Step 4
A pop up window will appear as shown below to the left. Choose which file you would like to save your image in, then type in your file name, and choose JPG from the drop down menu. Choosing JPG will bring up another pop up window as shown below to the right. Bring the slider to about 60 (this adjusts the actual file size and compresses it for the web). Click Save. Your newly saved image is now ready for the web!

And don't forget, if you start to run out of space in the Gallery, you can always Upgrade your account by visiting this page: http://www.craftyavenue.com/upgrade.html