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If you check the box "Always Maintain Compatibility for Photoshop (PSD) files under Edit>Preferences>File Handling" you should understand what you are paying for in relation to what you are getting.
If you never export PSD files, you get zilch.
If you rarely export PSD files, you can make them compatible before exporting without arranging that compality in advance.
If the PSD files are layered there is likely to be a huge increase in the file size by saving with this caveat. I have many files which about double in size. For example—and this is typical for me—here’s a file that goes from 19.1 MB to 36.9 MB. Disk space is squandered but, just as important, file loading and manipulation are encumbered.
Therefore, it seems to me, all users but those who routinely import PSD files to other applications, the above-cited checkbox ought to be left unchecked. At the very least, users should be aware of what they are forfeiting. I had not previosly been so aware. The box was somehow checked and I was oblivious to the consequences.
George
If you never export PSD files, you get zilch.
If you rarely export PSD files, you can make them compatible before exporting without arranging that compality in advance.
If the PSD files are layered there is likely to be a huge increase in the file size by saving with this caveat. I have many files which about double in size. For example—and this is typical for me—here’s a file that goes from 19.1 MB to 36.9 MB. Disk space is squandered but, just as important, file loading and manipulation are encumbered.
Therefore, it seems to me, all users but those who routinely import PSD files to other applications, the above-cited checkbox ought to be left unchecked. At the very least, users should be aware of what they are forfeiting. I had not previosly been so aware. The box was somehow checked and I was oblivious to the consequences.
George
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