Howdy,

Several people have mentioned some good things, but beyond figureing out what a byte is this may help you with your graphic size problem.

When scanning or preparing something that will only appear on a computer screen go with 72 to 75 dpi. Anything above that is a waste as computer screens (99%) can only do 72 dpi max.

Normally, a picture that will be seen only on a screen is best when saved as a jpg and gif is best for cartoon like graphics. Some graphic programs allow you to set a quality level when saving a graphic as well.

The number of colors in a graphic can greatly increase the size of a file, therefore if you are doing a large graphic will only a few colors it may well be smaller in size than a much smaller graphic with 256 colors.

Now, when saving a graphic the computer sets aside so much space on the storage medium (disk) based on the size of the item. For example, if the item is less than 1k (1000 bytes) in size the computer doesn't care. It will assign the entire 1k of the disk to it as it can only assign one file to any one section of the disk.

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