Picture compression issues in Outlook 2003

[akg]

I can't find anything in Microsoft's help files that explains photo
compression for Outlook 2003.

Here's what's happening:

Scenario #1: When I add a photo to the body of my email message, I use
the Outlook compression tool to compress the pic, but nothing happens.
The pic arrives at the recipient as a huge file with no compression
artifacts.

Scenario #2: When I resize the pic (using the Outlook tool) and I
uncheck the compression option, it arrives at the recipient full of
compression artifacts, which means it did compress it. The whole reason
why I resized the pic was so that the file would be smaller without
sacrificing the visual quality, but Outlook seems to automatically
compress it anyway. Maybe the program sees resizing and compression as
one and the same (which it shouldn't).

Scenario #3: When I add a pic, sometimes Outlook will automatically
resize the picture without explaining why it's doing it. I have to
resize it back to it's original size manually by using Outlook's tools,
which means it will compress it automatically as well (which I don't
want sometimes).

As you can see, the program seems to compress the pics when I don't
want it to, and it won't compress the pics when I do want it to. If I
have to use my Photoshop image editor to do these things before placing
my pics in an email, then the image editing tools in Outlook are
completely useless!

Any demistifying help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Do you have Windows XP Power Toy - Image Resizer - installed? How are you
selecting the images to send?

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After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
akg <[email protected]> asked:
| I can't find anything in Microsoft's help files that explains photo
| compression for Outlook 2003.
|
| Here's what's happening:
|
| Scenario #1: When I add a photo to the body of my email message, I use
| the Outlook compression tool to compress the pic, but nothing happens.
| The pic arrives at the recipient as a huge file with no compression
| artifacts.
|
| Scenario #2: When I resize the pic (using the Outlook tool) and I
| uncheck the compression option, it arrives at the recipient full of
| compression artifacts, which means it did compress it. The whole
| reason why I resized the pic was so that the file would be smaller
| without sacrificing the visual quality, but Outlook seems to
| automatically compress it anyway. Maybe the program sees resizing and
| compression as
| one and the same (which it shouldn't).
|
| Scenario #3: When I add a pic, sometimes Outlook will automatically
| resize the picture without explaining why it's doing it. I have to
| resize it back to it's original size manually by using Outlook's
| tools, which means it will compress it automatically as well (which I
| don't
| want sometimes).
|
| As you can see, the program seems to compress the pics when I don't
| want it to, and it won't compress the pics when I do want it to. If I
| have to use my Photoshop image editor to do these things before
| placing
| my pics in an email, then the image editing tools in Outlook are
| completely useless!
|
| Any demistifying help would be greatly appreciated.
|
|
|
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[akg]

I use the Insert Picture tool in Outlook. I get the pic from the My
Pictures file.

Thanks for the tip on the XP Power Toy Image Resizer. I downloaded and
installed it...great feature, but it, too compresses the pics when
resizing them. I hate jpeg compression artifacts--they're my pet
peeve!

Al

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Do you have Windows XP Power Toy - Image Resizer - installed?
How are you
selecting the images to send?