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PSD at a glance
PSD
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.
DCR at a glance
DCR
Digital photography fragmented into many manufacturer-specific raw formats because camera makers optimized for their own sensors, metadata, and software ecosystems rather than for one shared public raw standard.
Format comparison
| Feature | PSD | DCR |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Created year | 1990 | 2004 |
| Inventor | Adobe | Kodak |
| Status | proprietary | proprietary |
| 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 | Supported |
| HDR support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use PSD
- Your source file is already in PSD.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to DCR.
- PSD is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use DCR
- Your target workflow expects DCR.
- Improve delivery compatibility with DCR.
- DCR is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert PSD to DCR?
Convert to DCR when preserving compatibility with an older camera-specific raw workflow or recovering legacy photographic originals.
In current practice it is mainly an archival and migration target.
What changes when converting PSD to DCR?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to DCR removes layer support. Moving to DCR adds camera raw data.
What should I review after converting PSD to DCR?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.