[ANN] standalone PSD -> Gimp XCF converter
toby
I'd like to announce a command-line tool which converts PSD or PSB
files to layered XCF (v1), in RLE or uncompressed formats. I am aware
that Gimp imports PSD, but I've seen it reported that some files do
not import in layers, while this utility always produces a layered
XCF. Also, there may be situations where this conversion is required
but neither Photoshop nor Gimp is available.
* supports 8-bit RGB, Grey Scale and Indexed modes
* portable (tested on OS X, Linux, Windows)
* open source (GPL)
* very fast
* may help to recover damaged PSDs - based on the robust psdparse
code
Limitations:
* currently converts image layers only
* does not yet convert image masks
Binaries (OS X Intel/PPC, Win32) and source code available via:
http://telegraphics.com.au/sw/#psd2xcf
--Toby
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<82818b27-1b6a-4e50...@i18g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, toby
wrote:
> I'd like to announce a command-line tool which converts PSD or PSB
> files to layered XCF (v1), in RLE or uncompressed formats. I am aware
> that Gimp imports PSD, but I've seen it reported that some files do
> not import in layers, while this utility always produces a layered
> XCF.
Why not just roll your code into improving the Gimp importer?
> Also, there may be situations where this conversion is required
> but neither Photoshop nor Gimp is available.
Where can there be a situation where your app is downloadable but Gimp is
not?
toby
central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In message
> <82818b27-1b6a-4e50-97fe-fa58a5c45...@i18g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, toby
> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to announce a command-line tool which converts PSD or PSB
> > files to layered XCF (v1), in RLE or uncompressed formats. I am aware
> > that Gimp imports PSD, but I've seen it reported that some files do
> > not import in layers, while this utility always produces a layered
> > XCF.
>
> Why not just roll your code into improving the Gimp importer?
>
For one reason: it would have been at least 20x the effort, all things
considered, including learning the Gimp codebase. I don't have the
time budget for that. This converter was only about 3 or 4 evenings'
work. If somebody wanted to sponsor improvements to Gimp I'm all ears.
(Gimp devs have always been free to draw upon psdparse's underlying
code.)
> > Also, there may be situations where this conversion is required
> > but neither Photoshop nor Gimp is available.
>
> Where can there be a situation where your app is downloadable but Gimp is
> not?
It may not be an issue of 'downloadable'. The runtime/resources
requirements are completely different. My utility is perfectly suited
to non-interactive, server based or on-the-fly conversion, and is fast
and inexpensive.
--Toby
PS. Good to speak to you again. We met in person a very long time ago,
not sure if you remember :)
toby
> In article
> <d3a77ac0-9e5c-42fe-b9c8-32fcac19e...@m13g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
>
> toby <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> > It may not be an issue of 'downloadable'. The runtime/resources
> > requirements are completely different. My utility is perfectly suited
> > to non-interactive, server based or on-the-fly conversion, and is fast
> > and inexpensive.
>
No, it's all my code.
a.ja...@gmail.com
gcc -W -Wall -O2 -g -O2 -o psdparse main.o writepng.o writeraw.o unpackbits.o write.o resources.o icc.o extra.o constants.o util.o pdf.o descriptor.o channel.o psd.o scavenge.o mmap.o psd_zip.o duotone.o -lpng
main.o: In function `main':
psdparse/main.c:326: undefined reference to `rebuild_psd'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [psdparse] Error 1
ubuntu 12.04
a.ja...@gmail.com
automake -a -f --foreign
./configure
make
gcc -W -Wall -O2 -g -O2 -lz -o psd2xcf psd2xcf.o xcf.o psd.o util.o extra.o descriptor.o constants.o pdf.o resources.o icc.o channel.o psd_zip.o unpackbits.o duotone.o -lpng
psd_zip.o: In function `psd_unzip_without_prediction':
psd_zip.c:50: undefined reference to `inflateInit_'
psd_zip.c:54: undefined reference to `inflate'