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[Dev]

Just wondering, if someone emails you a photo, how much resolution is lost compared to the original?

Is there any way to get a straight copy other than having a cd-r burned or puting it onto a flash drive?

[Demophobe]

Nothing would be lost because of the e-mail.

[spliff]

LOL...I guess if you forwarded the pic enough there wouldn't be any pic left eventually...

[blackjack]

when you send an email of a photo you are sending an exact copy. so it is a bit like sending them a word document or pdf. nothing of the file is lost.

If you resize a photo (to make it easier for people to download) then you are losing quality.

if you put the photo on a photo hosting site (e.g. ringo, flicker, etc) they will often resize the photo for you to make it easier (quicker) to display.

[hanguker]

[aarontendo]

Just save as a bitmap it's not a lossy format ;p

[pkang0202]

The photo doesn't lose any quality. However, for every picture that gets sent via email, a kitten dies.

[The King of Kwangju]

Every time you open and save or resave a jpg you lose a little quality. Do this enough times and it will look pretty beat up.

[ChinaBoy]

believe it or not, a few years ago a friend of mine told me not to copy a .jpg because it would lose quality the more times you copied it

people really aren't up on this new-fangled technology stuff, I suppose

[cbclark4]

Hotmail will shrink (resolution) your photo, if you use the 'attach photo' option. If you use the 'attach file' option it retains the original size.

I think there are certain requirements for the attach photo feature.

cbc