Re: No more Tiff

"Mair's Photography" <terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:07:25 -0600

I didn't know about the file size difference.
 I would not think you would ever send a layered file to 
an agency.
As for a single reason to save as a TIFF, I never use PS to 
convert RAW files, in my opinion PS' RAW file converter sucks, so the program I 
use to convert files, the one which came with the camera, converts to TIFF, so 
rather then go through one more conversion step I keep them as TIFFs until time 
to send to the printers.
Terry L. Mair
Mair's Photography
158 South 580 East
Midway, Ut. 
84049
(435)654-3607
www.mairsphotography.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Herschel 
  Mair 
  To: List for Photo/Imaging 
  Educators - Professionals - Students 
  Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:23 
  PM
  Subject: Re: No more Tiff

  A few reasons to use PSD rather than layered tiff.

  1. You're working in photoshop anyway
  2. PSD is about half the file size of a layered tiff
  3. When you send the agency the Tiff file, they don't know there are 
  layers and can't do anything with them, They could use any number of viewing 
  programs, whereas if you send a PSD file, they autmatically open it in 
  Photoshop and can see,what's going on.
  4. You open the RAW file in PS, you edit in PS then why save it as 
  tiff.

  Moreover I can't come up with a single reason to use Tiff instead of PSD? 

  herschel

  >
> 
just one more advantage of TIFF, I never save as a PDF 
  or PSD format, is 
this format supposed to be superior to TIFF and 
  how?
Terry L. Mair
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> 

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