TIFF supports layers too. But they are huge files, if you have many layers they can get really huge too! PSD may make more sense as I'm sure there will be no loss of quality.I've recently sent some pictures out for printing and framing, and the guy doing it asked for images in TIFF format. I've retained them on my system in PSD to retain the layers in case I want to do some more editing later. I don't if that's the right thing to do or not, so this is an interesting read.
I've always preferred using PSDs having started by converting the CR2 file to DNG. I love it that all editing is non destructive as long as it is done using layers, as I've many times come back to favorite images, as my knowledge has increased, and re-edited a completely new and improved version. I've never tried any of this with TIFs but in any case I feel safer sticking with the Adobe tools throughout.I've always saved uncompressed tiffs from Photoshop but wonder whether I'm missing a trick? Might psd files be faster or more space efficient? I know I'd need to check the 'maximize compatibility' option to make Lightroom happy.
I've always preferred using PSDs having started by converting the CR2 file to DNG. I love it that all editing is non destructive as long as it is done using layers, as I've many times come back to favorite images, as my knowledge has increased, and re-edited a completely new and improved version. I've never tried any of this with TIFs but in any case I feel safer sticking with the Adobe tools throughout.
Thanks, I didn't know that history. But does that mean that TIFFs are just as convenient as PSDs are?Tiffs are an Adobe file format. It was invented by Aldus who were then taken over by Adobe who then updated the Tiff File format. It is the basis of most Raw formats as well as PSDs and DNG.
So it has a long history.
Aldus also invented Pagemaker Now also Adobe and the the forerunner of InDesign
The same image in photoshop saved as tiif and psd will have significantly different file size with psd generally being much smaller. The more layers there are the bigger the difference seems to be. For example I have one image with around 30 layers, as a tiff it is obver 2Gb as a psd it is around 650Mb.Thanks, I didn't know that history. But does that mean that TIFFs are just as convenient as PSDs are?
If you are saving an original raw in lightroom all your work in progress is saved in the lightroom index and applied when you re open the file.Thanks, I didn't know that history. But does that mean that TIFFs are just as convenient as PSDs are?