.psd vs. .jpg

Suma · May 21st, 2008

I know someone that likes to only use .psd files for texturing in 3ds instead of .jpgs... i guess my question is...

Is there any benefit or draw back on using .psd textures vs. .jpg in 3ds?

percydaman · May 21st, 2008

psd files dont really have compression, while jpegs do. psd files can handle transparency, while jpegs can't. I use tiffs with transparency instead of psds. LZW compression is decent enough.

Suma · May 21st, 2008

cool, thanks!

bully712 · May 21st, 2008

I use tiffs for all my textures.

Antisthenes · May 21st, 2008

if the texture has multiple layers and masks that you want to change in the PSD to make the texture different? other wise it makes no sence because you could always save out a JPG and keep the original PSD.

personally i prefer PNG becuase it is non destructive(no lossy compression) and has transparency, while being much smaller than TIFF

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Suma Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 4 Name: Shawn Bomers	.psd vs. .jpg I know someone that likes to only use .psd files for texturing in 3ds instead of .jpgs... i guess my question is... Is there any benefit or draw back on using .psd textures vs. .jpg in 3ds?

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percydaman Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 15 Name: shane purcell	Re: .psd vs. .jpg psd files dont really have compression, while jpegs do. psd files can handle transparency, while jpegs can't. I use tiffs with transparency instead of psds. LZW compression is decent enough.

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Suma Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 4 Name: Shawn Bomers	Re: .psd vs. .jpg cool, thanks!

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bully712 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Age: 30 Posts: 251 Name: Marc Bulebush	Re: .psd vs. .jpg I use tiffs for all my textures. __________________ wireboxdesign.com rendering the imaginative

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Antisthenes Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Phx Age: 31 Posts: 574 Name: Jonas Callewaert	Re: .psd vs. .jpg if the texture has multiple layers and masks that you want to change in the PSD to make the texture different? other wise it makes no sence because you could always save out a JPG and keep the original PSD. personally i prefer PNG becuase it is non destructive(no lossy compression) and has transparency, while being much smaller than TIFF __________________ The most necessary/useful piece of learning is that which unlearns what is untrue: 'evil' may be acquiring Happiness through virtue which is based on knowledge!/?

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