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TIFF OR JPEG
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swanseamale47
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Are you printing from photoshop or lightroom? you can print directly no need to save a jpeg or tiff first, I'd save as a tiff it's bigger but can hold more information if your working in 16bit and will support layers.
Jpeg is compressed every time you save changes, so if your re-editing an image it's better to save as tiff or psd, if your just outputting for the web and you've finished editing that image then jpeg is fine.
Jpeg is compressed every time you save changes, so if your re-editing an image it's better to save as tiff or psd, if your just outputting for the web and you've finished editing that image then jpeg is fine.
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I would say Jpeg and SRGB profile for printing.
Jpeg is pretty good quality, but wll lose quality the more times you re-edit and save it.
TIFF - Is a lossless format, so you can re-edit and save without losing image Quality.
Jpeg is also a lot smaller file than TIFF.
Your Best keeping the Raw file (Digital Negative) and converting to Jpeg.
If you need to re-edit just start with the Raw file again.
Others may do it different.
Jpeg is pretty good quality, but wll lose quality the more times you re-edit and save it.
TIFF - Is a lossless format, so you can re-edit and save without losing image Quality.
Jpeg is also a lot smaller file than TIFF.
Your Best keeping the Raw file (Digital Negative) and converting to Jpeg.
If you need to re-edit just start with the Raw file again.
Others may do it different.
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You beat me to it wayne 
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sounds like jpeg then which is what i have always done i print using a bespoke profile created by permajet using their paper and ink.
i just wondered if tiff would give me better iq but maybe ill stick to what i know.
thanks guys for the replies.
i just wondered if tiff would give me better iq but maybe ill stick to what i know.
thanks guys for the replies.
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My work flow is pretty much the same as Wayne's everything in Raw/DNG or Tiff in LR and then output as needed.
If it helps I did a test once where a 22Mb tiff file was as printed at 20x16 then the same file reduced to a 2Mb jpeg and printed again at 20x16 and no one has ever been able to tell the difference viewing normally.
On a slightly different note, regardless of my work flow I always produce a full size srgb jpeg of every image.
Why, well if you want your pictures to be seen after you have gone in this digital age then your children/grandchildren upon finding a bunch of ORF's,CR2, 16 bit tiff (insert your own here ) on the computer/EHD will proberly discard them like they would a shoebox full of glass or b&w negatives.
But in the age of Facebook and Twitter the jpeg is the new 6x4 print in a shoebox and more likely to survive among the none photographic.
If it helps I did a test once where a 22Mb tiff file was as printed at 20x16 then the same file reduced to a 2Mb jpeg and printed again at 20x16 and no one has ever been able to tell the difference viewing normally.
On a slightly different note, regardless of my work flow I always produce a full size srgb jpeg of every image.
Why, well if you want your pictures to be seen after you have gone in this digital age then your children/grandchildren upon finding a bunch of ORF's,CR2, 16 bit tiff (insert your own here ) on the computer/EHD will proberly discard them like they would a shoebox full of glass or b&w negatives.
But in the age of Facebook and Twitter the jpeg is the new 6x4 print in a shoebox and more likely to survive among the none photographic.
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