Which External File format to choose?

Hello I use aperture only for wedding professional photography, which external file format is better to use? TIFF or  PSD , 8 BIT OR 16 BIT?
Thanks a lot!
Enrico

Since your raw images probably have more than 8 BIT, I'd pick one of the 16 BIT formats. This will ensure a very high quality when doing color adjustments, skin smoothing and retouching. As for the difference tiff-pds, I have no clear preference. Both are lossless formats and work well with Photoshops layers; only the file size usually is higher for uncompressed TIFFs then for comparable PSDs. What is the external editor you want to use? Have a look, what the manufacturer recommends.
Regards
Léonie

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