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psd and psb File Format Specifications

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March 2, 2010
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Besides these 2 documents
a) Photoshop CS File Formats Specification October 2003
b) Adobe Photoshop 6.0 File Formats Specification Version 6.0 Release 2.0 November 2000

Are there any other documents which would be helpful in understanding the PSD and PSB formats?

Is there a document/spreedsheet which shows which features are supported via Photoshop Versions
2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 CS CS2 CS3 CS4 showing PSB and PSD features?

Where would these additional documents be located?

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thegarfield

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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.

Tom Ruark

Inspiring

Attached July 2010 version.

Photoshop_File_Formats.pdf

Tom Ruark

Inspiring

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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Ed_Crfev

Participant

Any news on this topic?

Chris Cox

Legend

Ed - READ the previous replies, especially the ones with the direct links to the documentation.

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Ed_Crfev

Participant

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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jmagyariAuthor

Participant

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.

Tom Ruark

Inspiring

Did you get this resolved? We are having issues with "File Format" (PSD Spec) requests. Please let me know.

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Anonymous

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

(cperkins@medialab.com)

Chris Cox

Legend

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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Anonymous

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?

Chris Cox

Legend

> 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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