Best Image Type for TIF? (for print)

Jessica Dinh · Mar 2011

Hi guys, I'm trying to get something color-printed as a TIF so that I can keep all the image information. In the image control box, I have several options for "Image Type": 8-bit color, 16-bit color, 16 bit SGI LogL, 32-bit SGI LogLUV. Which is the best? And there is a checkbox for store Alpha Channel. What is that?

Jessica Dinh · Mar 2011

by the way, the default is set to 8-bit color.

Runner · Mar 2011

Use 8bit. You only need to save the Alpha (transparency) if you want to edit the TIF image later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format

btw RGB right?

Jessica Dinh · Mar 2011

Thank you Runner! Yes, RGB.

Runner · Mar 2011

No prob=)

AlecMoody · Mar 2011

You should talk to your printer about this. Things like ideal image formats and color spaces depend a lot on what kind of printing it is, what printing rip they are using, or even the specific hardware they are printing with.

Best Image Type for TIF? (for print)

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