I have a number of pix that are less than 100 X 100, but greater than 15K.
What are you using to shrink the file size? I have the ACDSee editor and a thumbnail program. Both drop my pic to the size I ask, but the file size just happens.
In any case, I was able to get one to work with the 15K limits, but its large size is 88.
(And you won't believe how long I spent on trying and searching for another program that I thought I had to do this.

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