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Recently I had a talk with a photoshop user who showed me how to save an
image from Photoshop into TIFF format with all layers preserved. I think
this makes TIFF  a good image exchange format for users of different
photo manipulation software. If it can support text layers, it would be
even better, because most of the times people exchange retouched photo
only need to preserve layers (including text layers) but do not need to
preserve all masks and paths. Since TIFF is usable for non-professional
users as well (both Linux and Windows can view and print these files
without using image manipulation software), it makes it idea for
exchange not only between people who do image manipulation but also
people who receive & use the result.

In the past, people who manipulate photos has to ask if the other one
want layered format (PSD, ideal for professional users but not viewable
to ordinary users) or ordinary image (JPEG, readable to ordinary users
but lost layer information for professional users), with TIFF they don't
have to.
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