Resizing and resolution ?

[Sulis]

O.k, now I know that when you open a photo and drop it onto a 300dpi background, the photo's resolution (and therefore size) automatically changes to 300dpi also. Obviously if the photo is then enlarged considerably, it will lose quality, but is it possible to enlarge the picture slightly without it losing visible quality? Or should it ideally be kept at the same size as it initially appears on the layout when you first paste it there? What about making the photo smaller using the free transform handles - does this diminish the quality in any way?

[travelgirlut]

I have blown a photo up all the way to 12x12 and it looks fine. As long as the original photo is of a high enough quality. when I pull mine into my 300 dpi pages they end up being 5x7 I think. So if yours are starting out around that size you should have no problem blowing the picture up as much as you want.