Should I Resample?

[Bill Murmann]

When I e-mail photos to friends, is it a good idea to resample large JPEGs and make them smaller, reducing them, for example, from something like 2000 x 2000 down to 600 x 600? Or even 300 x 400?

Will they still get a decent-looking photo?

And what if I convert the JPEGs to TIFs and then resample the TIFs to smaller sizes? Would this be better?

I'm curious about this because I use Paint Shop Pro 9 to handle digital photos and I suspect that most casual computer users don't have PSP-type image-editing software.

I wonder if casual users can open TIF images?

I'd appreciate any suggestions.

--Bill