The advanced tiff option is not default "on" because most other apps can't read/open/import advanced tiff.
As for X-press: as far as I know you have to use clipping paths because postscript needs'em to work with transparancy.

http://www.photoshopgurus.info/forum...ine=1019851685

[This message was edited by Erik Heyninck on August 16, 2002 at 11:34.]