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Photoshop color distorted

I can capture a color from an image using Pixie. When I paste the color into Photoshop's color picker the incorrect color is displayed. The same holds true when opening an image. I can view the imagine in FF/Windows Explorer but viewing it in Photoshop results in a different hex code. Maybe someone has an idea on what is wrong, thank...

Photoshop for Mac OS X: Which version is the best for me? Help!

I need Photoshop for my iPhone game development and I use Mac OS X. All I have to do actually is to cut out Objects from JPEGs and convert them into an PNG with alpthatransparency for the iPhone, so that they look nice in my layers. But I don't understand all the photoshop products Adobe offers. There is Photoshop 7, and there is Photo...

I need an graphical Editor to create PNG files with alphatransparency

Unfortunately, Photoshop currently is the only graphical editor I can use to create PNG files with alphatransparency. I really hate it. But I need it. But can't afford it. Pixelmator looked so good, but it crashes over and over again. On my brand new MacBook Pro. Really, that's not an option. Gimp: It crashes imediately after start. A...

Parsing xml using javascript outside of browsers?

I need to be able to parse an xml file inside photoshop, using javascript. I tried activex but it didn't work. How do I go about parsing it. Does javascript itself has an xml parser? ...

Automate Photoshop to insert text from file

I have a multilanguage website and need automate the process of updating textlayers in psd-files from a csv-source. I know that there might be glitches in the psp because of changed widths, but anyway it would help a lot to have the text inside the documents. What are my options? EDIT: Murmelschlurmel has a working solution. Here is ...

Photoshop save for web

In Photoshop's "Save for web and devices" dialog, how can I choose the file format that ALL the slices will in, without having to go through and select the format for each slice. I have alot of slices and will need to do this more than once. I'm using Photoshop CS4. ...

Photoshop Undo System

The question probably applies to drawing systems in general. I was wondering how the undo functionality is implemented in PS. Does the program take snapshots of the canvas before each operation? If so, wouldn't this lead to huge memory requirements? I've looked into the Command pattern, but I can't quite see how this would be applied to ...

How would I write a Photoshop plugin for an image format?

I have an image format, and photoshop doesnt support it, and Ive been tasked with writting a plugin to import or open the format, but there seems to be little information out there and what information I can find is all about writting filter, but I want import/export/open not a filter!!!! ...

How to automate Photoshop?

I am trying to automate the process of scanning/cropping photos in Photoshop. I need to scan 3 photos at a time, then use Photoshop's Crop and Straighten Photos command, which creates 3 separate images. After that I'd like to save each of the newly created images as a PNG. I looked at the JSX scripts and they seem to a lot of promise. ...

Photoshop blending mode to OpenGL ES without shaders

I need to imitate Photoshop blending modes ("multiply", "screen" etc.) in my OpenGL ES 1.1 code (without shaders). There are some docs on how to do this with HLSL: http://www.nathanm.com/photoshop-blending-math/ http://mouaif.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/photoshop-math-with-glsl-shaders/ I need at least working Screen mode. Are there a...

Photoshop plugin Pipl resources and disabling save

I have a photoshop plugin for a file format Ive written in c++ that loads and opens the images, however I do not have code to save the image in the same format Using SimpleFormat sample plugin as a base I have the following code: FormatFlags { fmtSavesImageResources, fmtCanRead, fmtCanWrite, ...

Automate Photoshop with C#

Looking for a way to add a background layer to existing photoshop files with c# code? Any ideas? Thanks -c ...

Can my file (image) names be too long?

When outputting images from Photoshop that are over 31 characters I get a compatibility message? Is there a downside to making image names (or any filenames) too long? I want to make sure my web app displays my images correctly in all major browsers, including mobile, and that my image names get picked up by Google for indexing. For ex...

Editing Photoshop PSD text layers programmatically

I have a multi-layered PSD, with one specific layer being non-rasterized text. I'm trying to figure out a way I can, from a bash/perl/python/whatever-else program: load the PSD edit the text in said layer flatten all layers in the image save as a web-friendly format like PNG or JPG I immediately thought of ImageMagick, but I don't t...

Photoshop plugin options dialog UI

Im writting a fileformat plugin for photoshop and I need to popup a window with options on load and save such as checkboxes comboboxes etc, how would I do this? ...

Photoshop's "Screen" mode in DirectX

Edit: Problem solved! See end of post. How to implement "Screen" blending mode from Photoshop in DirectX 8? Info, i've found on this topic (http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=228): Result = 1 – (1 – destination) * (1 – source) Result = 1 – (1 – source – destination + destination * source) Result = 1 – 1 + source + de...

Photoshop px vs. OS px

While converting a webdesign given as a photoshop file to html+css, I got confused with font sizes. As seen on the image below, 30 px in photoshop does not equal 30 px in other Windows programs (different on Mac or others?), or browsers. This seems to be unaffected by creating the photoshop image in different resolutions than 72 which is...

SetFilePos error Photoshop Format plugin

I'm writting a photoshop plugin. Im currently trying to write code to save my data to file, however any attempt to do so is resulting in SetFilePointer returning -1. What to do!!!! OSErr SetFPos (int32 refNum, short posMode, long posOff) { long moved = SetFilePointer((HANDLE)refNum, posOff, NULL, posMode); if (moved != posOff) ...

recognizing text effect on an image for photoshop

Hello, I had my site designed through an designer, I have this image from it, I want to use same kind of image for other navigation menus which I want to add now, my designer is not supplying me with psd`s of it. How can I know what text effects and fonts I should use in photoshop to achieve the same kind of result? Thank You. ...

Simulate Photoshop's saturation changes in Imagemagick

In Photoshop you can adjust the hue, saturation and lightness of an image with three sliders. ImageMagick you can modulate the brightness, saturation, and hue. Minimizing the saturation correctly produces a black and white image in both programs. Maxing out the saturation appears close, but ImageMagick appears to soften some of the blo...