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RE: [Digital BW] Canon 10D

2004-05-19 by Ken Carney

> I am currently using the Canon software to convert the raw 
> files into tif files which I then convert into PSD files for 
> editing and printing. Does anyone here print and edit the tif 
> files? Is there quality loss into converting to PSD?

Tim, it is not necessary to convert a tif to psd for editing.  I'm not aware
of any quality difference between those two formats, although psd is
preferable when you want to save your adjustment layers for later review.
That is the only time I save as psd rather than uncompressed tif.

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