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PSB at a glance
PSB
Photoshop's native format became one of the de facto interchange anchors of raster design and retouching, even outside Adobe-only teams, because so many creative pipelines converged around its feature set.
HDR at a glance
HDR
HDR raster formats became important in rendering and lighting workflows before consumer-facing HDR delivery stories matured in mainstream media formats.
Format comparison
| Feature | PSB | HDR |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Created year | 1990 | 1989 |
| Inventor | Adobe | Greg Ward |
| Status | proprietary | active |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Supported | Not supported |
| Vector scaling | Not supported | Not supported |
| Camera raw data | Not supported | Not supported |
| HDR support | Not supported | Supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use PSB
- Your source file is already in PSB.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to HDR.
- PSB is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use HDR
- Your target workflow expects HDR.
- Improve delivery compatibility with HDR.
- HDR is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert PSB to HDR?
Convert to HDR when you need scene-referred high-dynamic-range image data for rendering, environment lighting, or technical HDR processing.
It is useful for lighting assets and specialized imaging pipelines.
What changes when converting PSB to HDR?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to HDR removes layer support. Moving to HDR adds HDR content.
What should I review after converting PSB to HDR?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.