1. A method of image processing in a computerized system, which comprises: (a) supplying data defining an original image into the system; (b) assigning pixels from the original image to pixels in a new first image format so that the first image is organized into groups of pixels, each of the groups being individually compressible to yield a reduced size image; and (c) reducing the number of assigned pixels to form a reduced resolution image by averaging a particular number of adjacent pixels falling within a first predetermined area into a first averaged pixel, organized by the groups of pixels, and performing this computation across the entire first image format, to form a reduced definition image.