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PDF is the universal fixed-layout document format — it renders identically across viewers, preserves fonts and formatting, and is the accepted-by-default format for invoices, contracts, government uploads, academic submissions, and portfolio work. Convert to PDF when the receiving system explicitly wants PDF or when the layout must not shift.
Technical comparison of the two formats — useful for deciding which to use, or for confirming what changes during conversion.
| Property | PSD | |
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| Full name | Photoshop Document | Portable Document Format |
| Year introduced | 1990 | 1993 |
| Developer / standard body | Adobe | Adobe |
| MIME type | image/vnd.adobe.photoshop | application/pdf |
| File extension | .psd | |
| Compression | Lossless (RLE) | Built-in (FlateDecode, DCTDecode) |
| Color / data depth | Up to 32-bit per channel | Vector + raster |
| Max dimensions / size | 300,000 × 300,000 px (PSB extends this) | 381 km × 381 km (15,000 × 15,000 inches) |
| Transparency | Yes | Yes |
| Animation | No | No |
| Standard / specification | Adobe (proprietary) | ISO 32000 |
| Best for | Professional image editing — preserves layers, masks, smart objects, adjustment layers | Final-form documents, contracts, archives — looks identical everywhere |
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