The PSD format: Understanding what's compatible and what's not

…The Photoshop format is very useful…for transferring imagery between Painter and Photoshop.…Especially if you are using both applications…as a broad image making tool set.…Understanding the unique features saved by each application…will help to prevent you from using important data.…The key feature that Painter and Photoshop…can preserve with the Photoshop format, is layers.…Layers are really…important between the two apps and the fact that they…can cock back and forth and preserve layers, makes it an…excellent file format for being able to work in both…of these applications, and preserve all the work that you're doing.…

Aside from layers, it will save layered groups, it will save masks,…it will save blend modes, which in painter are called compositing method,…and I've got a list here to show you.…These are the blend modes that Photoshop and Painter share.…There are many more in Photoshop, but Painter only has this subset here.…So, the normal which is what it's called in Photoshop, and default in Painter the…