How can I reduce a 5MB photo to 4.5MB without cropping?

For a photo contest I can't submit photos over 5MB, yet the 3 photos I have in the JPEG format in iPhoto to submit are 5.1MB to 8MB in size. Cropping is not an option.
Any ideas???
Thanx

Steve
Welcome to the Apple user to user assistance forums
Export the photo (file menu ==> export) and set the size you want there in one of the options - you can choose either setting the pixel dimension or the JPEG quality to reduce the size
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