Questions tagged [psd]

The PSD file type is the default file extension of the proprietary file format of Adobe System's Photoshop program.

.psd (Photoshop document), the default file extension of the proprietary file format of Adobe System's Photoshop program. A .psd file stores an image with support for most imaging options available in Photoshop. These include layers with masks, color spaces, ICC profiles, CMYK Mode (used for commercial printing), transparency, text, alpha channels and spot colors, clipping paths, and duotone settings.

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How do I convert pt to sp?

I am a visual designer, working on an android design and I"m trying to spec my PSD file for our engineers. I cannot seem to find any documentation regarding the conversion of point size to SP for the type in any Android documentation. (Just that SP…
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Extract layers from PSD with ImageMagick, preserving layout

I'm using ImageMagick to extract layers from a PSD, and it gets them all out fine with: convert image.psd image-%d.png But the resulting PNG images are of varying dimensions, depending on the actual contents of the layer. What I'd like is to…
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Using a CMYK PSD without Photoshop

I have run into a common, yet difficult problem. I do not use Photoshop for image manipulation. Since all my work is web-based, GIMP does what I need in 99% of the situations. The problem is that I occasionally receive PSD files with CMYK encoding…
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How to create a layered PSD file from command line?

I need to create a layered PSD file with ImageMagick or any other command-line tool available on Linux platform. Since I need to do this on Linux server, I can't use Photoshop scripting. The ImageMagick command below creates PSD file with a single…
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Convert .psd and .ai to PNG/JPG with imagick

I'm creating thumbnails for a Digital asset manager, what is the best way to do this with imagemagick? is there good resource out there?
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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…
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How to measure/convert CSS text margin/padding in the Photoshop?

How to get CSS text margin/padding from the Photoshop? or How to convert the distance from/to the text in Photoshop into CSS margin/padding? Distances from text elements (paragraphs) in Photoshop do not correspond to margins/paddings in the CSS.…
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psd file format

I am attempting to find documentation of the psd file format so I can read in a .psd and then save out the individual layers as files, along with do other modifications. Does anyone know of any document in on the .psd file format? (Just for…
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Android Vector drawable from psd has empty preview

I was trying to add a vector drawable to Android studio Using the vector asset in Android studio, I've imported a psd file, it but it seems like there is a rendering problem as the preview and the result xml file are empty, please check the output…
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What tools are there to slice a PSD?

I regularly slice web designs provided in PSD format. As a site-builder, I don't need to create graphics—I only rearrange the layers, hide ones and show others, pick colors, widths, heights, and so on. What tools are there to do that job? I know…
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Use Node.js (and NPM package 'psd') to parse Adobe PSD file, programatically replace image layer and then save/render as PNG

For a project I need to to parse an Adobe Photoshop PSD file, programatically find and replace an image layer and then save it back to a PSD file and/or export it as PNG (or JPEG). I do not have a lot of experience with Adobe Photoshop but I think…
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how to know about the font information in a psd file?

I have this psd and trying to convert it to html css. But only thing I can't determine is what font they used in the psd? How can i find out about the font information?
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convert PSD to website

I'm learning web dev and I am already stucked at some point.. How do I convert a PSD template to a html/css website ? I've cropped all part of the image and saved them in .gif separately, but then ? Do I have to manually place them in a…
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A way to convert PSD format to something Gimp can read

I have a bunch of PSD files (and more to come) and I want to get them into a format I can work with. I have had (some) success reading PSDs with Gimp before but these files won't read properly. Is there a way to convert PSDs to XCF? I have tried…
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How to use an UI Kit ( PSD ) in an Android Application

Hello developers & designers :) Today , i have a question about , how Android devs use an UI Kit, designed with Photoshop , in their Android application ? For example , i have this UI kit…
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