TIFF vs PSD? Which is better & WHY!

Hey Blake, if have an image saved as a PDF but want it now to be a PSD, I couldn't just go into Photoshop and do that correct? I would have to open it as RAW then save as a PSD yes? Thanx, great video!

Awesome as usual! Thank you so much Blake!

Where is the pan on a Mac when trying to save

Why haven't you checked ZIP in image compression, that would have made the file even smaller than a PSD, for me personally now and after many tests, TIFF is my way to go when saving files from photoshop as they are a big space saver plus they have a preview, which is very helpful.

Very helpful, thanks!

Nice T-shirt!

Good job bro

Finally !!! I understand. Thank you

what about a pdf photo file

Hey Blake, what about DNG? When I export to another application from Photolab 5, it asks me if I want to use TIFF or DNG. I want to continue editing for example in Photoshop or Exposure 7. Which should I use... the TIFF export or the DNG export? Thanks

Great information Thanks

TY...very informative and helpful

Thanks once again for a straightforward video giving a common sense approach to file saving and explanation.

Thank you for covering this Blake! BTW: how long did it take you to memorise all the acronyms for the video? lol. I would have gotten so tongue tied repeating them. 🤪 All kidding aside, I'm happy to finally have a better understanding of the difference between saving as a TIFF vs PSD

Very informative. Thanks!

Great Video! What about saving your TIFF image as a LZW image compression. I had to use this for printing banner size images to help with the process, what do you think?

good stuff

Very helpful. Thanks a lot.

when you're about print a multilayered *.PSB file do you flatten it then save as Tiff? If a PSD/PSB file is an adobe proprietary version of a tiff is there much difference?

what about DNG? for futur evolution?

Exactly my proces. But I did that not knowing all the differences. Great explanation!

Thanks very helpful👍

One can obviously use a jpeg to make a print but IMHO jpeg should be used only for the the Web, especially if you are saving it with an sRGB profile. The risk is to great especially with a print to have squashed colors, banding and probably other artifacts as well. Because the format is not lost less one should always go back to a lost less format to make edits and then create a new jpeg. My philosophy about all of this is to keep as much info as you can (layers, 16 bits or more) in your originals as every tiny bit of detail is important especially for a print. If you don't print, then jpeg is fine most of the time, except for originals of course.

Thanks for the video, very well presented.

Another awesome video Blake. Finally, the Adobe file system is explained in simple to understand plain English. Hallelujah 🙏🙏

Great video and good explanation. Question: I want to sell my images on a website.via Lightroom. What file type do I send/save my images as? Thanks much, Richard

Good video. So dumb question here. You mention a PSD codec for windows. I did not know there was such a thing. Is there? If so where do you get it? Thanks

Very clear !!. Thanks Blake

Regardless whether to save as a tiff or psd, all those layers would crash or freeze my photoshop ;)

Very useful as usual Blake. I personally use TIFF most of the time, if my file size goes higher than 4GB (which is the limit for TIFF) that is when I use PSB. I rarely ever use PSD.
Keep up the great videos, I've learned to much through your channel.

Epic video brother, so helpful and easy to understand, I was only able to do the thumbs up once but here is another 2 just for good measure 👍👍
Can’t wait for the next video

Thank you so much 😊

Just curious how many times it took to say that intro 😂 sounds like the next version of “she sells sea shells...” ha!

As a matter of interest how big is the raw file straight out of camera?

Very helpful with good recommendations. Thanks.

Great explanation with much needed visuals. Thanks.

I tend to use PNG if I'm sharing a file on social media as it does not matter how many times it's re-saved by others as there is no loss, unlike jpeg.

Thank you for this video. Have been wondering how and why to save files a certain way. Will be checking out the other videos.

Thanks Blake. You didn't mention .PDF files?

Nicely explained! Thanks

Before I save my PhotoShop work, I check the file size because more than once I have had the wonderful wait for file save only to be told the file is more than 2 GB (due to AR2 and AR3 uncompressed raw images). I use the Lightroom catalog for maintenance quick viewing of the PSD/PSB files including doing jpeg exports for web. I also run the jpegs through a jpeg compression utility - some of my jpegs are over 20 Meg and compression helps to get them down to around 12 Meg.
What about dng file format? I save over one TB annually by converting my Sony uncompressed raw files into lossless compressed raw files. I sadly learned the hard way to never ever trust Sony's lossy compressed raw. :( I use Adobe's DNG Converter with Medium Size jpeg preview, don't embed fast load data, don't use lossy compression, preserve pixel count, and don't embed original. Only way to get in-camera lossless compressed raw files in a Sony camera is to purchase the A1 -- that would buy me a LOT of storage. :p

PNG is a lossless format which I personally prefer for fine art prints on a professional RGB printer

In your diagram you indicate a maximum bit depth of 8 bit for jpg file. I assume you mean per channel so a maximum of 24 bits combined just as png. A gif has a maximum of 8 bit.

You mentioned something about PSD codecs for PSD files; I have a Win 10 PC but can't see any previews of PSD files, jpeg and raw files preview OK - is there something that I need to download / install to get PSD previews / thumbnails & where would I get it from ?

Good explanation Blake. One more thing, with having a Canon camera and uploading .cr2 raw files, my question is the possible dropping of this format. Is .dns file format a safer alternative and can it be converted in camera, prior to uploading or converted after uploading? Or should I just forget it, I have over "10,000" image's and hate to think I could loose them because of a manufacturing change.

Great info Blake. Hoping Kansas warms up soon for you. Cheers from Nova Scotia.

If you've got text, you are better off with a PNG. I save my layers as TIFF because I don't like opening up Bridge or some other software to see what the PSD has.

If you're working with adobe colour, in your camera and when processing in Raw does using PSD keep the adobe colour flow better rather than putting it in a TIFF file?

What are DNG?

You should use File->Export to save a JPEG or PNG not Save As. It doesn't flatten the file then so you can later save as PSD. However that can cause problems with scaling layer styles so it is wise to create a stamp visible layer first.

I know this is off topic but have you considered making a video about computer requirements for working with Lightroom Classic and Photoshop 2021? I'm looking to upgrade my 3-year old Windows PC, which seems to be getting slower and slower (typically taking over a minute to transfer an A7R III file from Lr for editing in Ps), and need some advice on minimum hardware requirements.