Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 258

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Saving Images
PCX format
PCX format is commonly used by IBM PC-
compatible computers. Most PC software
supports version 5 of PCX format. A standard
VGA color palette is used with version 3 files,
which do not support custom color palettes. PCX
supports the RLE compression method. Images
can have a bit depth of 1, 4, 8, or 24.
Photoshop format
Photoshop format (PSD) is the default file format
for newly created images. You can open PSD files
that were created in Adobe Photoshop; however,
you may not be able to access all file data. For
example, Photoshop Elements does not support
layer sets, layer color coding, paragraph type,
advanced type formatting, or annotations. No
data is discarded when you resave a file that
contains unsupported features from Photoshop
Elements.
Photoshop 2.0
(Mac OS) You can use this format to open an
image in Photoshop version 2.0 format or to
export an image to an application supporting only
Photoshop 2.0 files. Saving in Photoshop 2.0
format flattens your image and discards layer
information.
Photoshop EPS format
You can use Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format
to share Photoshop files effectively with many
graphic, illustration, and page-layout programs.
For best results, print documents with EPS images
to PostScript-enabled printers.
To save a file in Photoshop EPS format:
Choose File > Save As, and choose Photoshop
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EPS from the format list.
Specify a filename and location, select saving
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options (as described in "Saving images" on
page 246), and click Save.
For Preview, choose a low-resolution preview
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type. To share an EPS file between Windows and
Mac OS systems, use a TIFF preview. The 8-bit
preview option results in better display quality but
larger file size than does the 1-bit preview option.
You must save a preview of an EPS image to view
the image in the destination application.
Note: To use the JPEG preview option in Mac OS,
you must have QuickTime installed.
4 For Encoding, choose an encoding method:
ASCII, Binary, or a JPEG option. ASCII-encoded
files contain about twice as many characters as
binary files and may be slower to work with. JPEG-
encoded files are smaller than binary files;
however, using JPEG encoding decreases the
image quality. (See "Choosing a print encoding
method" on page 263.)
To display white areas in the image as trans-
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parent, select Transparent Whites. This option is
available only for images in Bitmap mode.