Most commonly used file types in Photoshop

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I have been asked so many times, “what format do I send this files as”, “what should I save this as..” etc. What is the difference between PSD, PSB, Tiff, Jpg, gif and png? This guide explains the main formats and tells you what they are used for.

There are other file formats, in fact LOTs of them. But these are the most commonly used ones. We are focusing on working formats for Photoshop. These are the ones you will save projects to.