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I was talking to some friends the other day about what format to use for saving files and I mentioned that I use TIFF format. Some of them were surprised and some confused. TIFF?! Why? You can’t save your layers in TIFF format one person said! Not true my friend! You can save your layers and more!In this video I’ll show you the live demo of why I use TIFF format for saving my layered files instead of using PSD format. If you want to save more disk space (e.g. in many cases 1/2 your file size!!!!!) then this is for you.
You need Flash Player 9 or later installed to play this s3streamingvideoNow please keep in mind that you do not need to save in PSD. By saving in TIFF format with your layers preserved you can return to your file at anytime in the future open it up and tweek it just as you may have done in the past using the .PSD format.
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May 16, 2012 11:16 pm
Very nice video, really it helped a lot for me, and it saved my lot of harddisk space.
Thankyou thankyou very much for showing this video.
May 8, 2012 11:41 am
just wanted to congratulate you on your expansion of your business. Inkfx will no doubt be a success. It is interesting to see you diversify. Again Congrats. Wish you delivered outside Australia.
May 6, 2012 9:02 pm
Shane…Will have to try this one. At home I have an older version of Photoshop (PS2) at work CS5. I’m interested in seeing how TIFF perserves the layer. Thanks.
May 27, 2011 2:05 am
Impressive – have learnt some tips – thanks a lot !
February 23, 2011 8:29 pm
Shane that is the most FANTASTIC tip I have seen in a lo-o-ng while. I just did not know that saving in TIFF LZW or ZIP was a lossless format. I am going to go through all my old files & change those PSD ones for TIFF. You know, I was misled by the TIFF Options menu where it says at the top ‘Image Compression’: I read ‘lossy’ for ‘compression’!!! I wish someone had explained it years ago. Thank you so very much.
February 21, 2011 10:55 am
Shane, any idea why Adobe keeps using .psd as their default?
February 16, 2011 12:42 am
I was aware of this opportunity, as it is around for quite some time. But I do not use it.
First: it is practically the PS, that allows you to do this. In order to exchange the file with other people collaborating, but using different editors, *.psd is still a reasonable exchange alternative.
Second: compression, though claims to be safe, is not quite. There is such thing as corrupt archives, which also applies here.
February 16, 2011 6:53 am
@Aldis, show me an editor that can open .psd files but can’t open .tif files?
February 12, 2011 10:08 pm
very good info on saving as a tiff
February 5, 2011 2:02 am
Just curious, Shane. When the original TIFF file would be say 90-100 MB when choosing NONE, what happens to the ‘saved’ MB when choosing the LZW or ZIP options? Do not those saved MB contain image info? I always chose the NONE for compression, being afraid that something strange would occur with any compression.
February 4, 2011 11:26 pm
Thanks for the info – I didn’t realize I could keep my layers when saving as a tiff.
May 5, 2012 7:05 am
Nor did I. Great tip! Thanks!
February 4, 2011 6:19 pm
Hey Neville, keep in mind that you do not need to save in PSD. By saving in TIFF format with your layers preserved you can return to your file at anytime in the future open it up and tweek it just as you may have done in the past using the .PSD format. This effectively REPLACES the need to use the .PSD format with some added benefits of smaller file size!
February 4, 2011 6:11 pm
Little things mean a lot.I have always saved processed images as TIFF’s.But now I know how to save more space.
I have been taught to save as a PSD so that the image can be further tweaked at a later date should that be required. Is this the reason for saving as a PSD?
February 4, 2011 5:01 pm
Good one Shane, I often wonder why Camera makers have stopped saving as Tiff.