Photo format question

Newbie question: when designing an ID document (let's say ID CS4, since that's what I'm using), is there any difference in placing a Photshop image (.ps) versus a .TIF file? I've done both. And is there any harm in using high-res .JPG's? I have a friend who works in Quark and he always changes every photo to .TIF before placing. Thanks.

Resizing is a different issue altogether from format.
It's safe to scale the image in ID regardless of the format. If you look in the info panel with the image selected you'll see two resolution numbers listed, actual and effective. Actual is just the resolution at the dimensions the image was saved and is essentially irrelevant. Effective resolution is what you have at the dimensions you are currently using, and that's the number that counts. If that number is in the range that is acceptable for the type of output you are using, there is no need to resize the image in Photoshop at all.
If you MUST resize the image, then yes, convert to something besides jpeg if that's what it is to start. And keep in mind that up-sampling won't improve image quality in general, and downsampling more than 20% or so can cause you to lose fine details (but so will scaling down).
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