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		mishmash on June 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sleep Sort Those source cap was a PNG, however imgur scales and compresses large images to 1MB JPEGs. From http://imgur.com/faq Is there a maximum file size I can upload? The maximum non-animated file size you can upload is 10MB. However, if the image is over 1MB then it will automatically be compressed or resized to 1MB, for better viewing on the net. The maximum animated file size (both GIF and PNG) is 2MB. edit: formatting

ars on June 16, 2011 [–]

Why was your png so big? Even one as long as that should be far less than 1MB.

Try using a png optimizer on it first.

mishmash on June 16, 2011 | [–]

I will in the future, thanks.

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