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josel
Joined: 19 Aug 2005
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 Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:24 am Post subject: Saving Photoshop |
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Hi all,
I have been told that TIFF lossless, is the best format to save your work for the best quality. But others say use the photoshop PDF. I am not bothered about file sizes, just want to save my images to the highest quality, so which is the best one to use and what are the pro's and cons?
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cbadland
Joined: 19 Jan 2005
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Well… PDF can support ZIP compression that is lossless.
But I’d go with TIFF or PSD just to be safe. |
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qubert
Joined: 24 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:51 am Post subject: Re: Saving Photoshop |
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| josel wrote: | Hi all,
I have been told that TIFF lossless, is the best format to save your work for the best quality. But others say use the photoshop PDF. I am not bothered about file sizes, just want to save my images to the highest quality, so which is the best one to use and what are the pro's and cons?
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Look up on goggle "Raw" because .RAW files are about a third or half of the size of .TIFF, also you can do alot more with the .RAW file format I hear. But as you may (or may not know) .PSD is just about the ONLY file type format that saves Photoshop files layers, alpha channels and paths.
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cbadland
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And just to add a little more about RAW. That is great for image capture, but it is not a format per se to save files. RAW files are like negatives: they are not manipulated, they just stay as they are. The option to Save As Photoshop Raw is not the same thing as shooting camera RAW |
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stevealmighty
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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Location: upstate NY (WAY UPSTATE!)
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Excellent point. You should'nt save over your .raw images. Save your work or final product as a .tiff or whatever and leave your raw image alone. Once you print an image from an actual negative, you wouldn't destroy the negative would you? Chances are no, so be sure to save your .raw original!
Some newer cameras will allow you to capture in a .raw format and a .jpg format at the same time (resulting on 2 seperate images on the card in the camera), which is not a bad thing to practice--this gives you a jpg for smaller prints and a .raw for larger prints.
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