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I believe that's because it saves bytes when generating a flattened preview image which for high resolution PSDs can be quite expensive to do losslessly. Can an
by Rumudiez 11y ago
I believe that's because it saves bytes when generating a flattened preview image which for high resolution PSDs can be quite expensive to do losslessly. Can anybody confirm?
- MontagFTB 11y agoThis is likely what is going on. PSDs have a flattened, full-size version of the image embedded for compatibility's sake. Instead of a white top-layer you could also disable the "Maximize compatibility" option when saving the PSD, which will strip out this full size rendition.
- jzwinck 11y agoIf you disable Maximize Compatibility you also lose compatibility with current programs from Adobe itself, such as Lightroom. So while it seems like a good thing to turn off old crufty stuff, it actually is horrible.
- Rumudiez 11y agoI didn't know that Lightroom had that restriction, actually. Is that tested with CC 2015 versions of both programs? I do know that Maximize Compatibility doesn't affect usage within Illustrator and InDesign documents, though, which to me are the more common use cases for a PSD anyway, so I'll probably stick to unticking that box.