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size of tif files
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There are no problems with LZW compression. You won't lose anything.
Depending on what you did to the pic, you might have gotten a warning when saving about flattening. If you don't flatten, the size jumps up mucho. I usually keep the working copy in psd unflattened, but send out a flattened tiff with lzw compression to printers, etc.
Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4
Depending on what you did to the pic, you might have gotten a warning when saving about flattening. If you don't flatten, the size jumps up mucho. I usually keep the working copy in psd unflattened, but send out a flattened tiff with lzw compression to printers, etc.
Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4
mscallisto
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Printed where and how?
What exactly are you going to do with the picture?
...i agree with jmgalvin, LZW tif is preferable to jpeg compression in most cases for print...
...jpeg, gif etc for web...
...even PSD has a form of compression involved...
...more info here:
Andrew
...jpeg, gif etc for web...
...even PSD has a form of compression involved...
...more info here:
Andrew
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...the quality of your tif images will also depend on how well the image is captured...
...it's resolution in relation to the linescreen used in litho print...
...if you scale it up in a layout application you will lose quality as the resolution reduces in this scenario...
...the paper you print on...
...the output device you use...
...whether the print provider even uses litho print or digital, film or CTP...
Andrew
...it's resolution in relation to the linescreen used in litho print...
...if you scale it up in a layout application you will lose quality as the resolution reduces in this scenario...
...the paper you print on...
...the output device you use...
...whether the print provider even uses litho print or digital, film or CTP...
Andrew
>>> where it is in PShop? (v.7)
...flattening in photoshop depends on whether you have layers in your layers palette other than the background layer...
...you can flatten in the save as dialog or choose the flyout menu option in the layers palette...
Andrew
...flattening in photoshop depends on whether you have layers in your layers palette other than the background layer...
...you can flatten in the save as dialog or choose the flyout menu option in the layers palette...
Andrew
Hi, I agree with apepp and add this:
jpeg compression affects the image (with more or less damages), LZH compression affects the file only, but some softwares cannot read it
when you flatten your file, everything on it is "congealed", for example texts don't rely on fonts installed but are just pixels; same for the style, aso
in some cases, when you flatten your image some changes may occur. In this case, you can try <Merge visible> as a first step
Hope it helps, and good job
jpeg compression affects the image (with more or less damages), LZH compression affects the file only, but some softwares cannot read it
when you flatten your file, everything on it is "congealed", for example texts don't rely on fonts installed but are just pixels; same for the style, aso
in some cases, when you flatten your image some changes may occur. In this case, you can try <Merge visible> as a first step
Hope it helps, and good job
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