Photoshop Document presets

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@Semaphoric wrote:

There used to be a file in the prefs called something like New Doc Sizes.txt, which you could edit in an ordinary text editor, specifying things like guides and aspect ratio, as well as dimensions and background. For some reason, this rwas removed sometime before CS4 (the oldest version I have installed).

 

There is now a New Doc Sizes.json file, which has a space in each entry for guides, but only says "[]". I tried entering some numbers, like I did back in the .txt verion, but Photoshop didn't accept it, and created a new default version, wiping out all the presets I had there. I had to copy them back from CC2019.

 

The old way was so straighforward, I don't know why they got rid of it.

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JSON files are plain text, however, they are certainly easier to edit with appropriate syntax highlighting, indenting and other "beautifications" applied:

{
    "sections": [
        {
            "section": "user",
            "presets": [
                {
                    "name": "400 px x 400 px",
                    "identifier": "",
                    "group": "user",
                    "width": 400.0,
                    "height": 400.0,
                    "units": "pixelsUnit",
                    "profile": "sRGB IEC61966-2.1",
                    "resolution": 28.346456692913386,
                    "resolutionUnits": "centimetersUnit",
                    "depth": 8,
                    "scale": 1.0,
                    "mode": "RGB",
                    "fill": "white",
                    "guides": [],
                    "artboards": []
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

The New Doc Sizes.json file is stored is at the user level, not to be confused with Default New Doc Sizes.json which is at the application level.

In the example above, I didn't have to write any JSON code, using the legacy new document interface to create a new document preset automatically created the content. My guess is that the new JSON method is required for the "new" new document interface (which I disable), not the legacy one.

ok thank you