[OM] Re: Olympus RAW files?

[jowilcox]

Quoting Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > Several years ago I began storing all my scans from
> film as
> > .psd files.  I had been storing them as TIFFs but
> began
> > saving custom channels and layers in some cases which
> pretty
> > much required staying within the .psd format.  Those
> files
> > load faster in PS too.  I don't see that there is
> anything
> > wrong with the idea.
> 
> There's nothing wrong with that as long as you plan on
> sticking to only Adobe
> products.  Adobe is going to great lengths to prevent
> other vendors from
> reading psd files.  That would be problematical if you
> want to import the
> images into other applications such as a photo database
> program.
>                                       -mark 

Right.  I sort of figured I would always have the option of
converting to TIFF at my leisure at some later time.  I do
expect to stay with Adobe (and Windows -- unholy marriage if
there ever was one).

Joel W.


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