Color Balance Algorithm
Can someone explain to me the algorith used to color balance images?As an example, if I was to set a setting of +100 Blue on highs/mids/lows, how does the pixel coloring change?
View ArticleRemove slices through SDK?
I can't find any information on this in the SDK PDF (only a read-only property for how many slices a document contains), but is there a method to automatically remove any slice data that's in an image?...
View ArticlePiPL Documentation - a few questions
Hi, I am slowly figuring out what needs to go into the PiPL file, but I have a few questions. I started using Dissolve.r as the sample to emulate. The first question is on this line: resource 'PiPL' (...
View ArticleNeed precise description of tile data received after advanceState()
I am working on my first filter. It isn't running yet, so the code I use to get a tile of data from Photoshop (modified slightly from the Dissolve sample) is just a guess:...
View ArticleHow to parse text layer in PSD file?
Hello, I am new to the SDK. I am trying to create command line tool(EXE) that parses Text (layer) in Photoshop PSD file programatically . Is this possible? If so, is sample code available? Thanks in...
View Articlehow to use Selection.select()
Today I wanted a minor script to create a selection. Should have gone easily via: app.activeDocument.selection.select(...) The Photoshop CS4 JavaScript Ref.pdf says the "select" method of the Selection...
View ArticleHow can I see the alpha channel in the channels palette?
Hello, mi format plugin loads a rgba image. I see it with transparency, that's ok, but when I go to the channels tab I only see 4 items (RGB, Red, Green and Blue). How can I see the alpha channel of my...
View ArticlePSB PSD 8BIM 8B64
I noticed in CS4 that when saving same png file to PSB and PSD thatSDK File Format Spec CS4 indicates Signature: '8BIM' But I see 8B64 in PSB file and 8BIM in PSD file.1) Is this documented somewhere?...
View ArticlePlease, help me to describe the high-pass math
I want to request an estimate for a simple plugin, but I don't know how to explain the math involved to a developer who is not so graphically curious as I am. I pushed the limits of my brain trying to...
View ArticleCould plugin menu items change dynamically other than determined by PiPL resouce
As we know that a valid photoshop plugin contains PiPL resources, such as the snippet in .r file: Kind { Filter },Priority { 3 },Name { pluginName},Category { suiteName }, and then the plugin menu item...
View ArticleHow does Photoshop decide which dict file (tw10428.dat) should be loaded?
I want to add some ZStrings to dictionary file tw10428.dat, In my computer, the file is in folder "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Locales\XX_YY\Support Files", Here XX_YY stands for locale...
View ArticleNVIDIA Texture Tools plugin
I recently applied NVIDIA Texture Tools (http://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-adobe-photoshop) which allows the exportation of .DDS files. My problem arises when I try to actually save my...
View ArticleBUG in getting layer's bounds
Hi all! This code contains weird bug: // // GET LAYER BOUNDS // error = PIUGetInfoByIndex(LayerCounter,classLayer,0,&descLayer,NULL); if (error) goto returnAutoError; error =...
View Articlegetting the foreground color - or - subscribing to events
Hey guys, I'm still working on my native color picker. It's up and running and looking good. I've implemented so that the eyedropper tool is chosen when the cursor is moved outside the window (using...
View ArticleHow to get the destination path in an photoshop sdk export plugin when using...
Hello, I've written an exporter plugin (not save-as) that exports a given file to a custom format. I was able to open a file selector dialog and choose a path that is then transported to the saving...
View ArticleBackward compatibility
Hello,I am looking for some reference information about the backward compatibility of latest PS versions.We have an old plug-in which is built on top of PS 7 SDK. Would the newer versions of PS e.g....
View ArticlePiPl Documentation
I am starting development on a plugin for photoshop, however, I have not been able to get the sample plugins that come with the sdk to load in Photoshop. I've tried simpleformat and 3dformat. I've...
View Articlepsd and psb File Format Specifications
Besides these 2 documentsa) Photoshop CS File Formats Specification October 2003b) Adobe Photoshop 6.0 File Formats Specification Version 6.0 Release 2.0 November 2000 Are there any other documents...
View ArticleCS5.1 overrides CS5 registry entries, how do I get the photoshop installation...
Hi there, I'm creating a installer for my Photoshop plugins, so I need to find out Photoshop installation directory. I did this by looking for registry 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Photoshop\',...
View ArticleMac SDK example plugins - none compile (Missing Base SDK)
Hi All I'm a Windows developer, and it's been a long time since I've developed our plugin for the Mac (10 years ago using powerpc, codewarrior etc), so my Mac skills are rusty. I thought I'd start with...
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