support .psd files

tlinn · Post by **tlinn** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:00 am

My workflow involves converting from RAW to .psd for my master image. It would be nice not to have to mess around with .tif files. It's a frustrating extra step.

Thanks.

Post by **NITeam** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:12 am

I understand this would be easier. There are several RAW converters around each with its own benefits and drawbacks. Probably it would be simpler if a RAW file could be directly opened in Photoshop and then processed using the Photoshop plug-in version of Neat Image. Is it possible to get a RAW file directly to Photoshop for your camera?

Vlad

tlinn · Post by **tlinn** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:57 am

Vlad:

PS CS will open my RAW files.

I'm reasonably good at using PS but you raise an issue that I guess I've never thought out. Can I use the PS plug in to perform noise removal on .psd files (or any file type that is already open in PS) and not have to save the file as a .tif or .jpg? If so, that will work for me.

I've actually got a number of images that have already been post-processed and, except for noise removal, they are good to go. I'd like to go back and clean them up but I don't want to convert them all to flattened tiffs. I want to keep them as layered .psd files with the noise removal on its own layer.

Thanks.

Post by **NITeam** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:44 am

tlinn,

Yes, you can open a PSD file in PS, then select an area in a layer (or just whole layer without selection) and invoke the NI plug-in. It will process the selected area and return filtered data to your PSD image. You don't need to flatten PSD image for that.

Vlad

tlinn · Post by **tlinn** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 7:12 pm

Thanks, Vlad. Looks like I'll be getting the Pro+ package then.

Thanks for the quick feedback.