Photo File Size and Resolution

In the process of creating a book using iPhoto appeared in the corner. The warning said that the photo was of low resolution. I have scanned a lot of my slides, and the files are 65 Mb, which is too big, and the ones with the warning were around 200 Kb. My question is to get the best resolution (while creating a book) what size file should I import into iPhoto?

frevy,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
As you discovered,the low resolution warning hopefully prevents insertion of low quality pictures in a book.
Here is an Apple kb article which lists minimum resolutions for different size pages, along with helpful info:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61025
Hope it helps,
Scott
MacBook Pro,MacBook ,Powerbook G4 1.33 14,,isight   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   Canon D20,ipod 30 GB,Adobe Photoshop

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