Reducing image file sizes

[J. Landman Gay]

Terry Judd wrote:
> There are two possible ways to go...
> 
> 1. resample the images to reduce the resolution
> 2. recompress the images
> 
> Method one will probably only be of use if the images are already at or
> greater than 300 dpi. You could probably resample them to as low as 200 dpi
> while still retaining sufficient print quality.
> 
> Method two will probably only be really effective if the images are
> currently uncompressed. If that's the case then saving them as max or high
> quality JPEGs will save you a lot of space without an appreciable loss of
> print quality.
> 
> Terry...

Thanks, very helpful. I think method 1 is the one that applies in this 
case, but I don't know what's involved with resampling. But see my 
answer to Brian, I'm going to explain more what this is for. Maybe I'm 
on the wrong track.

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