Image Size vs Image Use

Your camera can take different sized images. You know that the larger the resolution the more space it takes up. The more flexible images are the largest i.e. you can print high-quality images from larger files, but they may be unecessarily large if all you are going to do is send them over the internet. Shooting images, intended for internet, at "internet" resolution reduces the need to open the images in an image editing program (IEP) and reduce them in size but the quality is limited and should not be used i.e. don't expect good prints from these.

So . . . the first question to answer is What will the image be used for?

EasyShare has an automated feature which will eliminate the time and effort needed to do major size changes.

NOTE: Low quality images are perfect for sending on the internet particularly if you have slow internet connectivity or the recipient has slow connectivity. However, it is unfair to send someone who only has dial-up speed a file larger than 100 K without first checking to see if they want the image.

	Camera Sizes
You can see here that the camera originals, taken at the available quality settings, increase in size as the quality increases. size = quality
	EasyShare Email
When EasyShare email feature is used it itemizes the number of images being sent and their total estimated size.
You can choose to send the Original file. This will leave the image in its original state i.e. as it appears in your album.
You can allow EasyShare to resize the image to Best for email which takes the original and compresses it for the interent. NOTE: this does not change the original image file speed = loss in quality
	Results of Best for email
The reduction of the image size is dramatic. Shown here are the same images as above but sent via EasyShare's email feature and by selecting Best for email
When the image is opened up in an image editing programme, the file is uncompressed. Here is the info of the Camera Original
After EasyShare has compressed the image and it is received at the other end, this is info of the sent file.
	Original: shot at 230 dpi, 1288x966, saved as jpg
The main difference between the images is the resolution. The orginal has 230 dpi and the EasyShare is now 72 dpi. shown at 300%
	After EasyShare: shot at 230 dpi, 1288x966, auto-saved as jpg
Although the files appear almost equal in size i.e. width of 1024 vs 1288, the amount of pixilation of the EasyShare image is greater shown at 300%