Layered TIFF files

anyone ever use a layered TIFF?

What the hell are they for? I'm sure somebody uses 'em, but for what?

Photoshop CS still allows you to save them, but I really think it should be a preference toggle, because I hate the damn thing.

Oops. I look like a retard now.

Can a Mod change the thread to say Layered, instead of Lared? thanks.

I think I will leave it. And also point out that you posted it in the wrong forum! Though technically it isn't a photoshop question... so it could be posted here I suppose.

I guess they are for things you need to save as a TIFF with multiple pages?

Why you bustin' my ball$??? :D

thanks, dude.

Just kidding... I changed your title.

But seriously, guess it's just for saving multi-page documents as tiff? maybe that was the standards before PDF's and such?

My understanding of a layered tiff is this:

In Indesign 2.0 and CS, you can utilize PSD files in your work, meaning you can import transparencies and different layers in a Photoshop file. Essentially, the layered tiff is the same thing as a PSD. It allows you to go back and edit an unflattened tiff.

Now I'm not sure, but maybe a layered tiff is easier to rip then a PSD (The company that used to make our proofs would make 1 gig + rips whenever we experimented with a transparency.) We now work with a PDF workflow, so I use nothing but PSD's and flattened tiffs (If anything is gonna choke, its our comp making the PDFs...big deal). I export the page as an EPS, flatten it, then lay my type over top, all the while preserving and text wrap boxes I have (they now have no images in them, they are just empty boxes/paths that tell the text where to go).

I honestly would talk to a printer about them. Unless they are setup for such a file, I would either avoid them unless you make PDFs.

The fact remian than older version of photoshop may not read them... Some printer may not be able to use them if their software cant tread them...

So the only kind of file I keep layered are .psd and .pdf

I make tiif (or eps) whne I work i my layout prohram (In design or Quark)