[[APh] Layered TIFS readable by Photoshop]

It would be nice that Affinity Photo could export to layered Tifs that are readable by Photoshop. When I export to layered TIF, Photoshop opens this file as a flattened TIF.

 

At the moment, I have to export to PSD to preserve layers that can be read by PSD.

 

Thanks.

 

Bud

[Introduce Yourself]

Bud James here. I live in North Wales, PA and have an office for my business in nearby historic Doylestown, PA. Fine art and travel photography is my passion, hobby and part-time business. You can check out my work at www.budjames.photography.

 

I have been a Canon shooter since high school, over 40 years. Three years ago, I sold my $30k+ worth of Canon pro DSLRs and "L" pro lenses and switched over completely to Fuji-X cameras and Fuji XF lenses. The reduced weight, size and cost was a pleasure and the image quality, particularly with JPGs, was an improvement over the Canon system because the Fuji-X sensor and Fuji XF lenses are so good.

 

Unfortunately, as a long time Lightroom/Photoshop user, I was not completely happy with the RAW conversions of my Fuji RAF files. Then I discovered CaptureOne Pro! OMG, what a difference in image quality with much less fuss and fiddling. Three months ago, I converted my 145k+ Lightroom image library to a number of C1P catalogs (C1P chokes on large image libraries). A step in that process required converting all of my PSD files to layered TIFs because C1P cannot recognize PSD files. That was not a big deal because I mostly save to layered TIFs anyway for maximum compatibility at the expense of larger file sizes.

 

My last need to completely dump the Adobe subscription model was to find a replacement for Photoshop. Although I am a competent Photoshop user, the depth of the program has always been way more than I ever needed for my relatively light usage for image retouching and composition.

 

Then I discovered Affinity Photo! It does everything that I need and even can launch some of the Photoshop plugins that I use, although I find the plugins less useful now since I can do so much in CaptureOne Pro.

 

I have completed my workflow conversion to CaptureOne Pro (now version 10) and Affinity Photo.

 

Today, I cancelled my Adobe Creative Cloud subscription! Hooray!!!

 

Regards,

Bud James

 

www.budjames.photography