[skwatch]

I have now spent far too much time trying to load pictures into the gallery.

I found instructions that said:
No more than 1024 pixels across longest length
No more than 300 K

I found the photo I wanted to submit and it was too big. Reduced it to 800 on the longest side - got a message saying file size too big.
I went to 600 eventually in order for the gallery to accept it.

In the gallery I see photos with a longest side of:
900 - 291.0 file size
800 - 25.1 file size
1024 - 194 file size
and my own at
600 - 266.6 file size.

As a newby to this stuff I'm completely in the dark. Why the wide range of acceptable numbers? Am I supposed to do something to the photo in addition to changing the size? I have Photoshop Elements 3 on my computer and don't see any file size numbers that look similar to the ones the gallery asks for (mine have lots and lots of digits).

I'd really appreciate a lesson worded for a non computer wise beginner.

Thanks - skwatch