Resizing Pictures in OE6

[Jay Cee]

When I send a picture in the body of an e-mail (ie using Insert>Picture, not
as an attachment) I can click it and then resize it at will using the
transform handles. What exactly happens? Are pixels discarded when making
pictures smaller? I checked OE6-resized pictures in Photoshop and they seem
to be same pixel size as original. Yes, I know about the right-click Resize
Pictures feature. It's just that it is so simple to resize a picture in OE6
and since the inserted picture can be distorted in width and height it would
make sense that pixels are being manipulated somehow (added/discarded?).

 

[Yves Alarie]

Not that easy to explain.
When you do this, Insert Picture, the picture is inserted in the e-mail
message. When using Outlook as your e-mail software (and probably Outlook
Express, although I don't know this for sure) the picture opens in the
message and you can, as you stated, resize it using the transform handles.
This is the same thing as importing the same picture in Microsoft Word. You
can resize it at will. There will be no distortion. Simply said a photo
file inserted in Outlook or Microsoft Word can be resized to anything you
want with no distortion, as long as you click on the corners of the file to
expand to reduce it.

 

[John Inzer]

When I send a picture in the body of an e-mail (ie using
Insert>Picture, not as an attachment) I can click it and
then resize it at will using the transform handles. What
exactly happens? Are pixels discarded when making
pictures smaller? I checked OE6-resized pictures in
Photoshop and they seem to be same pixel size as
original. Yes, I know about the right-click Resize
Pictures feature. It's just that it is so simple to
resize a picture in OE6 and since the inserted picture
can be distorted in width and height it would make sense
that pixels are being manipulated somehow
(added/discarded?).

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The reason for resizing images for e-mail
is to reduce the file size. Your method does
not accomplish that.

Considering the security problems we face
today...the best idea is to upload your images
to an online sharing/printing site and send your
recipients a link.

There are many online sites where you
can upload your images and order prints.
Have a look at the following link:

Guide to online photo albums:
http://tinyurl.com/3x3a

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[Jay Cee]

Thanks to Yves and John for the good info. Indeed I must have sent monsters
thinking I was dieting them!