Digital BW, The Print

I stand corrected. However Lightroom reads layered TIFF files perfectly well as do all of the other image processing programs I own/use. Whatever its origins TIFF has more universal acceptance than PSD or other more recent Adobe formats.

 

________________________________
 From: Mike Finley <mike.finley@...>
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, 6 September 2013, 16:20
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] RE: Photoshop Create Cloud program for photographers
  
 
   
 
Strictly speaking Tiff is a proprietary format managed by Adobe, originally designed by Aldus. It is not an international standard. Its also not in any realistic sense a single format - there are many different Tiff formats (T stands for tagged, and the tag defines what the file actually contains). I wouldn't bet on all Adobe layered  TIFF files being readable by all image processing applications - what does Lightroom do with them?  I wouldn't even bet on Photoshop being able to read use all data contained in all current Tiff file formats. Likewise DNG is an Adobe format, not an international standard, one reason not everyone adopts it.


On 06/09/2013 15:57, David Whistance wrote:
 
  
>I save all of my files as layered Tiff's but if you aren't going to do anything else to the file then by all means flatten it to save space.  As Tiff is an international standard not a proprietory format there is no lock-in issue with this approach.  Theoretically DNG should be the same but it hasn't had universal buy in so far. 
>Â  
>David Whistance 
>
>   
>
>.  
>   
-- 
mike finley photography http://www.mikefinley.co.uk/