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1. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Chris Cox Mar 2, 2010 1:57 PM (in response to jmagyari)Get the current SDK, and request the current PSD documentation.
Why are you looking at stuff 7 to 10 years old instead of current documentation?
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2. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
cperkinscperkins Mar 11, 2010 9:48 PM (in response to Chris Cox)Might it be that the PS6 and CS SDKs were the last ones to include the Photoshop file format specification?
I'm looking at the CS4 SDK and I don't see the Photoshop file format as one of the PDFs included in the 'documentation' directory.
Is the PSD file format part of the SDK docs or does it have to be specially requested? If the latter, from where?
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3. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Chris Cox Mar 12, 2010 1:10 PM (in response to cperkinscperkins)> Might it be that the PS6 and CS SDKs were the last ones to include the Photoshop file format specification?
Nope, because they weren't.
The CS4 SDK tells you how to request the PSD and Photoshop file formats documentation.
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4. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
jmagyari Mar 16, 2010 11:55 AM (in response to jmagyari)Thanks I assumed that the included SDK HTML docs were all there were. After searching I found your reference to the pdf in adobe_photoshop_cs4_sdk_win\Adobe Photoshop CS4 SDK\documentation\html\faqs.html
which under section
2.8 Where is the Photoshop File Formats.pdf file?
You need to request the Photoshop SDK. In your request make sure you explicitly ask for the "Photoshop File Formats.pdf" file. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/
I requested the SDK again this time asking for the pdf. Again received just the SDK. Sent back reply back to partners team they replied they were escalating request to concern team. So hopefully the concern team will be able to get me the doc. Thanks once again.
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5. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Tom Ruark Apr 23, 2010 3:20 PM (in response to jmagyari)Did you get this resolved? We are having issues with "File Format" (PSD Spec) requests. Please let me know.
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6. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
cperkinscperkins Apr 28, 2010 9:55 AM (in response to Tom Ruark)Tom,
I was out on vacation when you sent this email.
No, I never received a copy of the modern File Format PSD specification.
I sent an email to Bryan Hughes, but never heard back. The request URL
in the docs just redirects to the main developer page and there is no
clear direction there.
Chris
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7. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
jmagyari Apr 30, 2010 10:47 AM (in response to Tom Ruark)Tom,
I did not receive a copy of the CS4 PSD spec. I am still interested in
a copy.
The web documentation I downloaded when I downloaded the CS4 SDK seemed
to be missing some things I saw when looking at the structure of PSD and
PSB files and was hoping maybe it might be documented somewhere else.
Thanks,
john magyari
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8. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Tom Ruark Apr 30, 2010 11:00 AM (in response to jmagyari)Can you give me contact info similar to how Chris did above?
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9. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
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10. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
qu1j0t3 May 3, 2010 11:05 PM (in response to jmagyari)jmagyari
The PSD docs found in SDK at least through version CS have numerous bugs and omissions. It may save you a few hundred hours of trial and error resolving some of these, if you refer to my source code at http://telegraphics.com.au/svn/psdparse/trunk ; contact me if you need more specific help.
--Toby
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11. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
peter_xx May 11, 2010 1:38 PM (in response to qu1j0t3)Hello, I had the same problem to get the current SDK for PSD file format description.
Anyway,what I need is just to get a correct layers, shapes, maska and groups hierarchy of psd file.
I have it almost done, but I have a problem to find a difference in between GROUP type of layer and SHAPE type of layer. Shape layer has the same flags as group, but there is missing end tag in the name of layer (GROUP end with </Layer group> tag).
Could you advice how could I distinguish Groups and Shapes layers ?
Thank you.
Peter
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12. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Tom Ruark Nov 8, 2010 6:08 PM (in response to peter_xx)Good news. After much back and forth with you don't know how many people I am finally able to post the PDF. No questions asked! I'll attach it here and to other threads for download. Look for it soon in HTML format on http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/ after I update it with some CS5 information. Also note the "Panel Guide" for CS5 is now live on that page as well.
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Photoshop File Formats.pdf 360.6 K
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13. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
peter_xx Jun 27, 2010 1:41 AM (in response to Tom Ruark)Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Peter
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14. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
thegarfield Jul 8, 2010 4:51 AM (in response to Tom Ruark)Thank You very much, mr. Ruark.
I cant however access http://www.stage.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/. I get Access Denied. Should I register somewhere?
Also, I downloaded the latest SDK and the docs state "You need to request the Photoshop File Formats documentation explicitly".
Is this (still) the case? Will the CS5-updated version be made public.
Thank You.
MihailNaydenov
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16. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
qu1j0t3 Jul 8, 2010 6:49 AM (in response to thegarfield)Mihail
I wouldn't get your hopes high for any CS5 related material. The most recent references are to CS3, as far as I can see, and the document is dated July 2007. It is basically the same incomplete, buggy file that is familiar from old SDKs. You could use it to get the most basic elements of a document, as long as you are prepared for hours of trial and error as well, but most features post-5.0 are either described as black boxes, or left out entirely. Clearly nobody inside Adobe uses this document or is properly updating it for third parties.
--Toby
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17. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Ed Crfev Nov 2, 2010 12:56 PM (in response to jmagyari)Any news on this topic?
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18. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Chris Cox Nov 2, 2010 1:30 PM (in response to Ed Crfev)Ed - READ the previous replies, especially the ones with the direct links to the documentation.
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19. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Ed Crfev Nov 8, 2010 11:09 AM (in response to Chris Cox)I did. And I read "Look for it soon in HTML format on http://www.stage.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/ after I update it with some CS5 information."
Since that page still gives an "Access denied" answer, I was wondering if we already reached "soon" or if it's still to come...
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20. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Chris Cox Nov 8, 2010 12:26 PM (in response to Ed Crfev)That page has been working just fine since Tom posted it.
I've tried from the office, from home, and from remote desktop to Australia -- all can access and download the SDK.
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21. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Ed Crfev Nov 8, 2010 1:31 PM (in response to Chris Cox)Well... it seems I'm not the only one denied http://forums.adobe.com/message/2956903#2956903
Could you tell what's the procedure to access these pages? I always get this on the whole http://www.stage.adobe.com server:
Access denied
We're sorry, you are not allowed access to the service you requested.
If you feel you should have access, please contact the appropriate authorities and give them your IP address: ***.***.***.***
Thank you for your patience.
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22. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
qu1j0t3 Nov 8, 2010 2:42 PM (in response to Ed Crfev)Denied here too, but I think these documents are restricted to program participants of some kind?
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23. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Chris Cox Nov 8, 2010 6:07 PM (in response to qu1j0t3)Duh. My mistake.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/
Yeah, Tom pointed to the staging server, and yes, access is restricted.
When I tried it from home, I typed in the URL and ignored the stage part...
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24. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Ed Crfev Nov 9, 2010 7:07 AM (in response to Chris Cox)OK! now I can get to that page but since the most recent information there dates from April 30, 2010 and Tom's post dates from Nov 8, 2010 I presume the answer to my original question is "No"
Hopefully we'll reach "soon" any time... soon...
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25. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Chris Cox Nov 9, 2010 2:39 PM (in response to Ed Crfev)That's because Tom's post got edited yesterday to correct the URL.
Tom actually wrote his post in June.
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26. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
thegarfield Nov 10, 2010 1:06 AM (in response to jmagyari)The way I see it it is still the same old thing:
1. Go to http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop.html
2. Download Photoshop CS5 SDK
3. Open documentation.html
4. "Frequently Asked Questions" on the left
5. "2.8 Where is the Photoshop File Formats.pdf file?
You need to request the Photoshop File Formats documentation explicitly. In your request make sure you explicitly ask for the "Photoshop File Formats.pdf" file"
6. Click link provided: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/
7. stare (or go to 1.)
8. stare more
9. Serach for "format" in page
10. Search for "request" in page
11. Try to *cearfully* read every link on the page
12. FAIL
13. Go read many many forum posts about the same issue
14. Eventually you might find a link that might be the holy request form
15. Write a polite request
16. Receive an mail that the team is on vacation and you will be contacted when they return
17. Do not receive any feedback half a year later
18. Forget about it until you receive a notification from the forum that the issue is still there but there is some progress
19. Remember also there is brand new SDK (CS5)!
20. Go to 1.
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27. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Tom Ruark Nov 10, 2010 6:50 AM (in response to thegarfield)Attached July 2010 version.
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Photoshop File Formats.pdf 241.1 K
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28. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Tom Ruark Nov 10, 2010 6:54 AM (in response to Tom Ruark)Why can't I search this topic! Grr. Does anyone know how to find all the links on this subject? I want to linke them all together and post the PDF on all of them
. I am working on getting the file on devnet. If you find a link please cross post and/or copy the PDF to that discussion. All links to a "stage" server are incorrect for public use. Can we get those links removed? And yes, I should know how to do that!
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29. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
thegarfield Nov 10, 2010 7:15 AM (in response to Tom Ruark)Thank, You.
The simplest (ok, may be not the simplest, but The Right) thing to do is just correct the SDK information.
Again, thank You.
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30. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
cppasm Feb 18, 2011 9:34 AM (in response to Tom Ruark)Hi.
I want to report about broken links in the Adobe Photoshop File Format Specification available on Adobe site at http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml/
I believe the specification itself should have following address: http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml/PhotoshopFileFormats.htm because all internal links in it points to PhotoshopFileFormats.htm document which is not available on the server, so you can't navigate thru specification using chapter links.
I think that making document PhotoshopFileFormats.htm available on your web server directly (not thru redirection to default document as it is right now) should resolve the problem.
And it would be nice to have a link to PDF version (along with present HTML version) on the SDK download page too.
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31. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Tom Ruark Feb 24, 2011 12:45 PM (in response to cppasm)Looks like it is fixed now. Thanks for the feedback. (The links on devnet.)
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32. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
chiYeung Nov 25, 2011 10:39 AM (in response to qu1j0t3)I am writing a C# app. and need to access the layer information.
Might anyone offer some advise?
In Layer Record, there is a variable "length of extra data field (the total length of the next five fields)"
But there are only 3 remaining variables. What am I missing?
1) layer mask data
2) layer blending ranges
3) layer name
I am successfully reading the Layer Record by reading in "length of extra data field" in PSD with multiple layer records.
Just not sure what they mean by "next five fields".
Tried using psdParser, but the project is missing a few files, png.h, psdrecover.h, sys/erno.h, etc.
Thanks,
CT
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33. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
chiYeung Nov 26, 2011 10:05 AM (in response to chiYeung)Thanks for the psdparser project, I am able to decode layer image content in packbits.
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34. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
photoshopBishnu Nov 29, 2012 11:44 PM (in response to chiYeung)Adobe Photoshop 6.0 File Formats Specification
I have given a task to read psd file made from photoshop cs5 from c# programming language. I had read psd file by using file format specification up to layer listings.
But now I am stucked on reading fonts on that file. After googling, I had found psd parser which reads font information for photoshop 5.0 only. But my file is on photoshop 6.0.
Please suggest me how to read font list or font details used on layers via c#? Also in which key or location font information is stored on psd binary file?
Regards,
Biran
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35. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
Chris Cox Dec 1, 2012 2:47 PM (in response to photoshopBishnu)Why are you looking at decade old documentation instead of the current documentation?
Get the CS6 SDK and read the documentation for the PSD format.
But I doubt you are going to be able to read the text layer data so easily - it is not simple data.
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36. Re: psd and psb File Format Specifications
photoshopBishnu Dec 6, 2012 1:26 AM (in response to Chris Cox)Thanks for your suggestion.
Finally I got the font list from psd file by parsing psd file via c#.
IM happy much more..




