Which popular fileformat is the best if you cant use psd?

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Aug 5, 2003
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I have made a document in Ps7.0 (*.psd)

The persons that are going to use it, dont have Ps7. What fileformat should I save the document in, if I want to minimize the loss compared to the original *.psd file?

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Aug 5, 2003
"Morten Holberg Nielsen" <holberg19@ DELETETHIS ofir.dk> wrote:

I have made a document in Ps7.0 (*.psd)

The persons that are going to use it, dont have Ps7. What fileformat should I save the document in, if I want to minimize the loss compared to the original *.psd file?

That all depends on what this person DOES have and what your file is. If you do not have special things like layers and masks, almost any file format that isn’t compressed in a lossy way (TIFF, BMP) will do. If you do have layers and masks, it depends on the other party what you will have to do. PaintShop Pro can open most PSD files, for example.

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Morten Holberg Nielsen
Aug 5, 2003
"Johan W. Elzenga" skrev i en meddelelse
"Morten Holberg Nielsen" <holberg19@ DELETETHIS ofir.dk> wrote:
I have made a document in Ps7.0 (*.psd)

The persons that are going to use it, dont have Ps7. What fileformat
should
I save the document in, if I want to minimize the loss compared to the original *.psd file?

That all depends on what this person DOES have and what your file is. If you do not have special things like layers and masks, almost any file format that isn’t compressed in a lossy way (TIFF, BMP) will do. If you do have layers and masks, it depends on the other party what you will have to do. PaintShop Pro can open most PSD files, for example.

When I say popular fileformat i mean types like *.jpg/jpeg/tiff/bmp and so on. Types that can be opened by most picture viewers from windows or even acrobat viewer.

As it is now, im thinkin about *.jpg/jpeg. Is that a possible solution?

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Mvh
Morten Holberg Nielsen

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Steen Alexandersen
Aug 5, 2003
Generally speaking you can say:
TIF-format is for print and without loss
JPEG-format is for the internet

stay happy
Steen

"Morten Holberg Nielsen" <holberg19@ DELETETHIS ofir.dk> skrev i en meddelelse
I have made a document in Ps7.0 (*.psd)

The persons that are going to use it, dont have Ps7. What fileformat
should
I save the document in, if I want to minimize the loss compared to the original *.psd file?

—
Mvh
Morten Holberg Nielsen

In an interstelaaarrr buuuurrssst im baaack to saaaveeee the
uuuunivereerse!
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Darrel Hoffman
Aug 5, 2003
When I say popular fileformat i mean types like *.jpg/jpeg/tiff/bmp and so on. Types that can be opened by most picture viewers from windows or even acrobat viewer.

As it is now, im thinkin about *.jpg/jpeg. Is that a possible solution?

First of all, .jpg and .jpeg are exactly the same thing. Just different names. (I’ve also seen them called .jpe) Yes, it’s a
possible solution, but be aware that it is a compressed file format, so there will be image degradation. They do have the advantage
of being (generally) very small, and readable on pretty much any system. (They’re designed for web graphics.) But if image quality
is important to you, you might want to stick with an uncompressed format such as .tiff or .bmp. (Mac users generally prefer .pict
to .bmp, though that’s changing.) If you’re doing anything with alpha channels, you should also look at .png or .tga. If you do
settle on .jpg, be sure to keep your original, and whatever you do, do NOT open the .jpg, make changes, and then re-save. Do all
your edits from the original uncompressed file. Every time you open and re-save a .jpg file, it re-does the compression algorithm,
and the quality gets worse and worse.
MH
Morten Holberg Nielsen
Aug 5, 2003
"Darrel Hoffman" skrev i en meddelelse
When I say popular fileformat i mean types like *.jpg/jpeg/tiff/bmp and
so
on. Types that can be opened by most picture viewers from windows or
even
acrobat viewer.

As it is now, im thinkin about *.jpg/jpeg. Is that a possible solution?

First of all, .jpg and .jpeg are exactly the same thing. Just different
names. (I’ve also seen them called .jpe) Yes, it’s a
possible solution, but be aware that it is a compressed file format, so
there will be image degradation. They do have the advantage
of being (generally) very small, and readable on pretty much any system.
(They’re designed for web graphics.) But if image quality
is important to you, you might want to stick with an uncompressed format
such as .tiff or .bmp. (Mac users generally prefer .pict
to .bmp, though that’s changing.) If you’re doing anything with alpha
channels, you should also look at .png or .tga. If you do
settle on .jpg, be sure to keep your original, and whatever you do, do NOT
open the .jpg, make changes, and then re-save. Do all
your edits from the original uncompressed file. Every time you open and
re-save a .jpg file, it re-does the compression algorithm,
and the quality gets worse and worse.

Tnx. Ill remember that when editing.

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Mvh
Morten Holberg Nielsen

In an interstelaaarrr buuuurrssst im baaack to saaaveeee the uuuunivereerse!

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