CS jpeg to tiff and back to jpegs

When I download images from my Canon S50, they are in jpeg. I save the jpegs on
a CD to prevent future degradation. I then open selected ones, size them as
tiff at 11x17" at 240 res on my hard drive. I make necessary adjustments and
resize to smaller dimensions as needed. Sometimes I resize to 6x8 or smaller
and save them on my hard drive as jpegs at 72 res for emailing. When I do this
and mail them (lately to myself as a test ) they will not open, and I get an
error message asking whethetr I want to search the web for a program to open
them or designate the program.When I designate Photoshop CS (or 7.0 that I
still have) they open. How can I save tiffs as jpegs, downsize, and have them
open readily in emails?

On 23-Dec-2003, arosenblat DeleteThis @aol.com (ARosenblat) wrote:

> When I download images from my Canon S50, they are in jpeg. I save the
> jpegs on
> a CD to prevent future degradation. I then open selected ones, size them
> as
> tiff at 11x17" at 240 res on my hard drive. I make necessary adjustments
> and
> resize to smaller dimensions as needed. Sometimes I resize to 6x8 or
> smaller
> and save them on my hard drive as jpegs at 72 res for emailing. When I do
> this
> and mail them (lately to myself as a test ) they will not open, and I get
> an
> error message asking whethetr I want to search the web for a program to
> open
> them or designate the program.When I designate Photoshop CS (or 7.0 that I
> still have) they open. How can I save tiffs as jpegs, downsize, and have
> them
> open readily in emails?

I'm sure someone who knows will respond, but here's my $.02.

1) ensure that you name the file xxx.jpg or xxx.tif
2) if you're saving a jpeg, use "file/save for the web..." that will strip
out bad characters from the name and some extra stuff that "save as..." can
stick in the jpeg.
3) AOL has options for compressing image and files that are attached to
emails. Turn them off. I rarely have problems opening files from anyone
(Max, Windows, or Unix/Linux), when I do it's almost always from an AOL
account.

My suggestion would be to turn AOL off completely and get a better ISP, but
I'm old and opinionated so feel free to ignore me.

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