Workpaths and JPEGS

eLeMEnTS ArTZ newbie wrote:

is there a way to save some info in file other

formats than

PSD. i need to save the workpath to work on them later. if

i save in

the PSD format the file goes beyond 100MB but in JPEG it

does only a

3.5 MB approx and takes less time to open. the layers info

is not

needed as i have already flattened the image

Have you tried saving as a TIF using JPG compression?

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Ben Cooper

Photoshop is able to store paths into a JPEG file. InDesign sees them and allow you to use one of the paths to use as clipping path.

Waldo

"eLeMEnTS ArTZ newbie" wrote in message

hi,
is there a way to save some info in file other formats than PSD. i need to save the workpath to work on them later. if i save in the PSD

format

the file goes beyond 100MB but in JPEG it does only a 3.5 MB approx and takes less time to open. the layers info is not needed as i have already flattened the image

thanks.

Photoshop is able to store paths into a JPEG file. InDesign sees them and allow you to use one of the paths to use as clipping path.

It’s not a good idea to use a .jpg in a page layout program, especially if it’s going to a commercial printer. Use a tiff or psd. Preferably a psd which will maintain layers and editability until it’s bundled for print.

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In general that might be true, but saving a JPEG that you didn’t make yourself (coming from someone else, the web, or digital camera) as a TIFF or PSD won’t increase the quality…

If you use minimum compression, JPEG is quite acceptable for print, especially with the JPEG2000 support that was added to Acrobat 6. We did some experiments with JPEG2000 and other wavelet based compression methods (like DeJa Vu) and a 400 DPI full color image could easily be reduced from 45 MB to 1.5 MB without noticing any difference after printing. Even 0.5 MB was acceptable (although visible artifacts).
This test images contained both photographs and text.

I agree to keep the PSD because of the layer info etcetera, but sometimes the easiest way to transport such a file is to compress it. And not always does that effect the quality in such a bad way that it becomes unusable.

Waldo

"LauraK" wrote in message

Photoshop is able to store paths into a JPEG file. InDesign sees them and allow you to use one of the paths to use as clipping path.

It’s not a good idea to use a .jpg in a page layout program, especially if

it’s

going to a commercial printer. Use a tiff or psd. Preferably a psd which

will

maintain layers and editability until it’s bundled for print.

http://www.madmousergraphics.com
web design, print design, photography

better use the tiff format w/ lzw. don’t forget if u use the jpeg and you have to work again on it you may have quality losts…

michael

is there a way to save some info in file other formats than PSD. i
need to save the workpath to work on them later. if i save in the PSD format the file goes beyond 100MB but in JPEG it does only a 3.5 MB approx and takes less time to open.

DO NOT use JPEG on images you plan to work on later.

JPEG uses "lossy" compression to make the file size so small. That is why the files are tiny. Image quality is deliberately sacrificed, beyond recovery.

If you open a JPEG, edit it, and save it again, more quality is lost. If you open it, edit it, and save it again, still more quality is lost. DO NOT use JPEG format for files you plan to do continual work on.

If a 100MB file is too big for you, spend the $60 or so to buy a bigger hard drive.

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