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09/30/2005 01:47:33 PM · #1 |
| When I download pictures into Photoshop Album, they are in JPEG format. Is there a way I can set up my camera (Canon EOS Rebel XT)or Photoshop to save them as PSD's? |
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09/30/2005 01:50:23 PM · #2 |
| in photoshop, use SAVE AS |
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09/30/2005 01:55:14 PM · #3 |
All cameras I know of save files in JPEG, TIFF, or RAW; a few old ones may save in BMP, and the movie files are usually AVI or QTM (QuickTime).
I've never heard of any camera saving a file in Photoshop's proprietary format.
If you open the file in PS and add an adjustment layer or something (even if it makes no adjustment), as soon as you try to save you'll be in the SaveAs dialog, with PSD as the default format. |
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09/30/2005 02:07:04 PM · #4 |
For best possible quality I do it this way.
Shoot in RAW
Post process and save as TIFF (Canon has a program, there are others)
Open TIFF in Photoshop and save as PSD
Make adjustments to the PSD file
Save as JPEG for distribution
This way you have a RAW, TIFF, PSD(s), JPEG(s)
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09/30/2005 02:17:58 PM · #5 |
Is there any important difference between PSD and TIFF files that says I should prefer one format over the other?
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09/30/2005 02:23:29 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by brianlh:
Is there any important difference between PSD and TIFF files that says I should prefer one format over the other? |
PSD will save layers in photoshop. I don't think tif does.
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09/30/2005 02:24:10 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by brianlh:
Is there any important difference between PSD and TIFF files that says I should prefer one format over the other? |
PSD keeps all your layers, masks, paths and such intact -- Tiff isn't so much a fixed format as a list of options that can be put into the same file. That means each implimentation of Tiff may be a little different -- for instance, some allow LZW compression, others jpg compression and still others no compression at all.
David
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09/30/2005 02:24:51 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by louddog:
Originally posted by brianlh:
Is there any important difference between PSD and TIFF files that says I should prefer one format over the other? |
PSD will save layers in photoshop. I don't think tif does. |
TIFF can save alpha channels (masks), but not adjustment layers. |
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09/30/2005 02:28:54 PM · #9 |
Odd - I always thought TIFF did save layers.. guess I never really paid much close attention! Thanks for all of the answers.
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09/30/2005 02:28:59 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by brianlh:
Is there any important difference between PSD and TIFF files that says I should prefer one format over the other? |
I'd like to know the answer to this as well. I used to save a TIFF file after doing adjustments in raw. From TIFF I do all my adjustment layers and then save a PSD. I decided to skip the TIFF due to space issues, LZW TIFFs are huge! If at some point I need to retrieve a TIFF, I open the PSD file, delete all adjustment layers and then Save it as TIFF. Close the PSD file and say no when asked if you want to save the changes.
Is this good? What am I missing if I do it this way?
BTW, the final image if it's for print is a tiff file.
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09/30/2005 02:38:35 PM · #11 |
I have the following files:
1. Capture: JPEG (all my cameras do)
2. Edit: PSD
3. Save final edited version: TIFF -- apply any sharpening here
4. SaveAS: JPEG -- final print image for online printing
If I'm going to resize an image, as for a DPC entry, I take the final edited TIFF image (#3), resize that, and SaveAs also in TIFF; then sharpen and SaveAs in JPEG.
If I apply any noise-reduction, that's done on the unsharpened TIFF (#3), and re-saved also in TIFF format; steps proceed as usual from there.
If I'm making a bordered/titled print (often), I'll take the final TIFF (#3), sharpen, then SaveAs in PSD; add border and type, and SaveAs directly to JPEG without another intermediary TIFF. |
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09/30/2005 04:20:49 PM · #12 |
| Is the reason you save as tiff to be able to do noise reduction (i.e. NeatImage)? |
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09/30/2005 04:27:14 PM · #13 |
| Sorry, I restarted the thread because when I clicked submit it said it caused an error and I did not think it posted. I was gone for awhile and did not see it on my home page and thought I would try again. (I got the error message again, but I guess they post whether it causes an error or not!) |
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