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Re: Dumb Digital Question...

Sandie, if you use Photoshop as part of your process, then this may apply to you: (got this from Dummies eTips)

Photoshop recompresses a JPEG image every time you save it. During a single edit session, this compression won't hurt because JPEG works from the on-screen version. But, if you close, reopen, and resave it in JPEG format, some damage, albeit small, occurs. Repeat this process over and over, however, and the damage increases each time. Some advice ­ apply all your necessary edits to the image, save in JPEG format, and leave well enough alone. If you need to edit an image over a longer length of time, save it in a native Photoshop format. Then save it as a JPEG only after you have completed your editing process.

Lynn

Lynn Jenkins
Speaker, writer, consultant
Nature's Garden
www.gardeningwithnature.com




At 12:27 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote:

 
This might be really obvious to most of you, but here goes anyway.
 
Please provide an answer that isn't too technical...or email me off list
at RSBirdy@Comcast.net
 
When someone emails a digital photo to me at 300dpi with a size of 4x6
in jpg...why does it degrade to a lesser resolution when I email it along?
I don't save it or touch it, I just email it direct. My editor wants the photo
at 300dpi 4x6 size. How can I get it to him without it "changing" as it
goes "through" my computer?
 
Any help would be appreciated.
 
Sandie Parrott
Freelance Garden and Travel Writer
Advanced Master Gardener - Oakland County Michigan
Garden Tour Leader - Master Gardener Society
Author of FREE NYC - The Ultimate Free Fun Guide to the Big Apple
(Scheduled publication January 2006)
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