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sAVe A lAyered tiFF File
Some software that can’t use native PSD files can use layered TIFF files, which allow
you to maintain as much of the native information as possible in the resulting file.

1. With aftermath.psd open, choose File>Save As.

2. If necessary, navigate to your WIP>Movie folder as the target location.
The Save As dialog box defaults to the last-used location. If you continued the entire way
through this project without stopping, you won’t have to navigate.

3. In the Save As/File Name field, type -layered at the end of the current file
name (before the .psd extension).

4. Click the Format/Save As Type menu and choose TIFF.
5. Make sure the Layers check box is selected in the lower half of the dialog box.
Because this file contains
layers, this option is
probably checked by default.
If your file contained alpha
channels, annotations, or Choosing a different
spot colors, those check format automatically
boxes would also be changes the file’s
extension.
available. The As a Copy
check box can be used if
you want to save multiple
versions of the same file with
different options (which you
will do in the next exercise).

6. Leave the remaining options at their default values and click Save.

7. In the resulting TIFF Options dialog box, make sure the None image
compression option is selected.
TIFF files can be compressed (made smaller) using one of three
methods:
• None (as the name implies) applies no compression to
the file. This option is safe if file size is not an issue, but
digital file transmission often requires files to be smaller
than a full-page, multi-layered Photoshop file.
• LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) compression is lossless,
which means all file data is maintained in the compressed file.
• ZIP compression is also lossless, but is not supported by all desktop-publishing
software (especially older versions).
• JPEG is a lossy compression scheme, which means some data will be thrown
away to reduce the file size. If you choose JPEG compression, the Quality options
determine how much data can be discarded. Maximum quality means less data
is thrown out and the file is larger. Minimum quality discards the most data and
results in a smaller file size.

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