Are photoshop files- .psd, .tif, .jpg PC/Mac compatible?

I was wondering if I work on both a pc and a mac with photoshop files .psd, .tif, .jpg and burn them onto a CD can I go to the other computer and resume my work?
Regards,Charlie

Hi Charlie,

Whent you burn the cd make sure that you use the ISO 9660 format which the Mac and PC both recognise.

When going from PC to Mac, file names are more or less irrelevant . Going from Mac to PC you must make sure that the .psd, .tif. .jpg etc extensions are used for the PC to know which type of file it is trying to open.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Richard

charlie said:

I was wondering if I work on both a pc and a mac with photoshop
files .psd, .tif, .jpg and burn them onto a CD can I go to the
other computer and resume my work?
Regards,Charlie

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Thanks Richard. That is the info I am looking for. My daughter is in art school and needs a computer for general use but now she is taking a Photoshop+Illustrator course and will be using G4's at school. I would like to get her a G4 for at her apt. but I can get her a Windows based computer for a whole lot less. Probably a good background in Windows+ Mac OS will be usefull to her in the future. If she gets serious about doing computer graphics a Mac will be the way to go.
Regards,Charlie
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Good idea, Charlie.

More and more, cross-platform experience is becoming a big plus. Exposing your daughter to both platforms now will give her a great advantage over those who have only used Mac or PC.

By the time she gets out of school, neither platform is likely to be the same as it is now. The most important thing to learn about computers is how to teach yourself to adapt. That's why all these administrators switching their schools from Macs to PCs crack me up. They say that kids should learn the platform they will use when they get into the work field. If that philosophy held any water, I'd be using DOS right now, since that was what people in the workplace were using when I was in school.

If she does decide to move into graphics, she'll most likely stick with the Mac. But this way, she'll make an informed choice - something most people never get the opportunity to do.

charlie said:

Thanks Richard. That is the info I am looking for. My daughter is
in art school and needs a computer for general use but now she is
taking a Photoshop+Illustrator course and will be using G4's at
school. I would like to get her a G4 for at her apt. but I can
get her a Windows based computer for a whole lot less. Probably a
good background in Windows+ Mac OS will be usefull to her in the
future. If she gets serious about doing computer graphics a Mac
will be the way to go.
Regards,Charlie
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I agree with multiplatform advantage, but must add that when you make tiffs on the Mac which are to be read on the PC, you must choose the IBM row order otherwise they will not pop.

greetings
Patrick

mrjoec said:

More and more, cross-platform experience is becoming a big plus.
Exposing your daughter to both platforms now will give her a great
advantage over those who have only used Mac or PC.

By the time she gets out of school, neither platform is likely to
be the same as it is now. The most important thing to learn about
computers is how to teach yourself to adapt. That's why all these
administrators switching their schools from Macs to PCs crack me
up. They say that kids should learn the platform they will use when
they get into the work field. If that philosophy held any water,
I'd be using DOS right now, since that was what people in the
workplace were using when I was in school.

If she does decide to move into graphics, she'll most likely stick
with the Mac. But this way, she'll make an informed choice -
something most people never get the opportunity to do.

charlie said:

Thanks Richard. That is the info I am looking for. My daughter is
in art school and needs a computer for general use but now she is
taking a Photoshop+Illustrator course and will be using G4's at
school. I would like to get her a G4 for at her apt. but I can
get her a Windows based computer for a whole lot less. Probably a
good background in Windows+ Mac OS will be usefull to her in the
future. If she gets serious about doing computer graphics a Mac
will be the way to go.
Regards,Charlie
.

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I would use photoshop native format to transfer files as it holds the most information. Some formats do not support layers, masks or what-have-you. I keep everything in native .psd files and convert to tiff, jpeg or whatever at the final stage.

Kevin

charlie said:

Thanks Richard. That is the info I am looking for. My daughter is
in art school and needs a computer for general use but now she is
taking a Photoshop+Illustrator course and will be using G4's at
school. I would like to get her a G4 for at her apt. but I can
get her a Windows based computer for a whole lot less. Probably a
good background in Windows+ Mac OS will be usefull to her in the
future. If she gets serious about doing computer graphics a Mac
will be the way to go.
Regards,Charlie
.

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