Output images to disc for client...

[Damian Brown]

My workflow:

Shoot Raw,
After adjustments: Save as psd
Convert all the keepers to hi quality jpeg - which then get archived, used for reprints (copied then resized as needed) and used to produce the web versions with border and signature..

However, I'm concerned about the difference between my final psd file and the hi res jpeg, in particular the sharpeness which seems to disappear when I convert to jpeg, always at max quality.

I tried it with TIFF too, and it was the same. My web images don't show this problem as they are sharpened in the web gallery software, and the latest reprints haven't been bad. But there is a definite issue when I view it on the PC...

I want to output the images to disc at the same sharp quality I view them on my PC in PSD format, but in the high quality jpeg format or TIFF.. either way, it must be as sharp as the psd.

Any ideas?

 

[Steep]

Avoid jpg if not for web use, you should by rights see no difference between a tiff file and a psd if you save uncompressed 16bit versions.

 

[Damian Brown]

The 16 bit thing.. that could be it. Once CS3 has finished the jpeg conversions, for web use, i'll try a TIFF conversion on one image but at 16 bit. Thanks, the title was a little misleading.

I'd like to output to TIFF in that case for client use.