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    Default Having problems creating my favicon

    So I've been trying to create my favicon for a few days now with no luck. I've tried increasing the saturation, sharpness, vibrance, etc. When I go to decrease the image size to 16x16, the original image becomes unrecognizable. The original image is at size 11729x11729. Does anyone have any suggestions to help me out. Thanks!


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    Maybe try a simpler version of the image? Or, scale it down 300 pixels at a time, and fix anything wrong along the way, though that may be a bit tedious...

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    Thanks for the suggestions. I really want this image though.

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    I just ran that image through the favicon generator on this site and I can still tell what the image is. Here is the ico file produced from the generator.

    http://www.thetestingsite.net/images/jus2sho.ico

    Hope this helps.
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    Just to make sure, you are using an icon file (.ico) called favicon.ico, right? And your using a code like this in the HEAD of your html page:

    HTML Code:
    <link REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.yourdoman.com/images/favicon.ico">

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    The one thetestingsite put up is about the best you're going to get. It's tough to get a pretty favicon.

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