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Jun 21, 2007 21:34 |  #1

Reading some of the posts here, I see many people saying that they edit their pics in Tif format, and they don't mention PSD. Why is that? Is TIF a better format than PSD when editing in Photoshop? I like that Tif files get a preview in Explorer, but it just seems to make sense that Photoshops own format would be the nest, lossless format to use when editing. Observations or comments?


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Jun 21, 2007 21:51 |  #2

I always save using the PSD format when working with Photoshop. The only time I work with Tiff files is when I'm using DPP to convert my raw files. Once brought into PS, they'll get converted to PSD and the TIFF files deleted. For the same image, PDS files are about half the size of TIFF files.


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Jun 22, 2007 17:48 |  #3

Flattened Tif aren't bad in size, but the thumbnail-in-Explorer things is actually pretty nice. And Tif is a slightly more versatile format for sharing. Still interested in hearing from those who edit in Tiff instead of PSD.


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Jun 22, 2007 22:02 |  #4

Yeah, all about the psd for me. Lightroom = Raw...export as psd into photoshop for editing, save as whatever I intend to use it for.


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Jun 23, 2007 05:04 |  #5

psd for me. If only to have an easier distinction between layered (psd or psb) and flattened (jpg or tiff) files.


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