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should i save my pictures as Tiff or PSD or is there a better choice.First, of course, keep your original raw files. Those are basically your digital negatives, so you can always go back to them if you need. Both TIFF and PSD formats are "lossless" in the sense that they retain all the image information that results from converting the raw format. If you are concerned that time will pass, and you will lose the ability to read the original raw files, you may want to also convert the raw file to TIFF or PSD and save a copy before you make any adjustments. For this purpose, TIFF may be a better option as it is a standard format.
Just bought a Nikon D70 and took a few shots using Raw
My concept of the issue:
There is no purpose to save an unprocessed raw image as a tif (or other format) file because there will be no way to convert back to raw format for processing.
It is not clear if the Adobe digital negative format will catch on, or even if Adobe will continue to support their new format. If Adobe continues to support the format then converting your raw image to that format may provide long term storage and usability of the raw data.
If you use lossless methods of image manipulation in Photoshop saving the image in psd format is preferrable so all your work is preserved, resumable, can be undone and saved in as compact a form as possible. If you want to send your image to someone who may not have a program that can open psd files then flatten the image and save it as a (non-compressed) tif or even a high quality jpeg.
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