Help with photoshop, noob here

[ironchef]

Ey photoshopers, im a corel guy, just got photoshop. Having a hard time figuring the best way to send this to corel so i can print. So far ive been pressing flatten image and then saving it as psd, but theres a 2gb limit. Whats the best way to open photshop files in corel with out sacfricing image quality?

 

[J Hill Designs]

.tiff

 

[rubo]

Whats the best way to open photshop files in corel with out sacfricing image quality? - you don't open it - you import it into corel

 

[ironchef]

Lol right, i meant import, so a tiff is better then a psd?

 

[MikePro]

.psd only if you want to save your layers & effects for future use, much like .ai files.
if you're flattening for production, export or save as a .tiff.

 

[StudioSignsInc]

Try .tiff with LZW compression - it'll reduce the file size by over 50% over no compression.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Convert all layers with effects to smart objects and save as .psd.... that is the best for corel and the method I use.

 

[the graphics co]

design at 1:10 scale to keep your file size down. You shouldn't have working files running at 2gb, that will drag any system to a crawl.

 

[knucklehead]

another PS noob, if I get a compressed psd file to import into Corel, says it's compresed, how does one go about un-compressing it.

 

[ironchef]

What does compressed mean? Is that the same as flattened? And thanks on all the advise guys, when i bring it to corel in 1/10 how do i blow it back up? Also if im working with bitmaps and then flatten it or what not, and send it as tiff in that scale, wont it get pixelated once i bring it up to size in corel?

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

In corel change size to 1000%. In photoshop save the file as 1/10 scale but 10 times the dpi for no resolution loss.

 

[StudioSignsInc]

What does compressed mean? Is that the same as flattened?

'Flatten' merges all visible layers into one layer.

In photoshop save the file as 1/10 scale but 10 times the dpi for no resolution loss.

The file size will be the same if you do that.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Exactly... that's why it doesn't make sense to work in 10th scale other then for effects.

 

[ironchef]

So whats the solution?

 

[J Hill Designs]

.tiff

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

I work in full size 72dpi - 150dpi depending on the artwork size... Convert effects layers to smart objects and save as psd. Then just import in to coreldraw with typically no issues and it retains each individual layer.

 

[knucklehead]

Thank Ya.