Hi BadWolf -
That's right, & it's not just PhD.
Here's a quote from the
PS Help File:
TIFF format supports CMYK, RGB, Lab, Indexed Color, and Grayscale images with alpha channels and Bitmap mode images without alpha channels. Photoshop can save layers in a TIFF file; however, if you open the file in another application, only the flattened image is visible. Photoshop can also save notes, transparency, and multiresolution pyramid data in TIFF format.
Another PS export option is .PSD, but PhD doesn't recognise it.
Just complete all your layer editing in PS & export as a flattened file.
Cheers - Tony
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