The kinds of TIFF PSCraft reads
- Flat TIFFs from scanners, cameras and archives, at 8 or 16 bits per channel, and 32-bit floating point.
- Layered TIFFs saved by Photoshop. The layers, masks and effects open as layers, not as a merged image.
Drag the file onto the editor or use File › Open. Nothing is uploaded.
Three common jobs
Cleaning up a scan. Crop away the scanner bed, straighten the page, set black and white points with a Levels adjustment, then export a JPEG small enough to email.
Working on a 16-bit photo. The extra depth is why photographers keep TIFFs. Make tonal changes with Curves or the Camera Raw filter and smooth gradients such as skies stay free of banding.
Editing a layered TIFF. Some studios deliver layered TIFF in place of PSD. Open it, change the layers you need and save it as TIFF again, or as a PSD if that suits the next person better.
Keeping the bit depth
PSCraft works at the depth of the file you open. What happens on export depends on the format:
- TIFF keeps 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit float data.
- PNG keeps 8-bit and 16-bit.
- JPEG and WebP are 8-bit formats. PSCraft warns you that the depth is being reduced.
For an archive master, save TIFF. For sharing, export JPEG and keep the TIFF as the original.
Large files
A big scan can run to hundreds of megabytes. It is loaded into your browser's memory, so close other tabs first, and if you only need a small copy, reduce it under Image › Image Size before exporting.