Plugin versus PSD File Generator

[Bugstumper]

Hi all,

I'm a C++ (MFC) developer that has just started looking at the SDK functionality. At my office, we're trying to figure out the best way to approach this problem. We have a lot of customers that take our images and format/label them in a specific way (four images in a square with a label at the upper left corner of each image). To create the images, we have an MFC application that generates this information.

The ideal situation would be for us to create a PSD file that contains one layer for each image and one layer for each image label. Can I create a PSD file from my C++ code? or do I have to have a plugin?

For the plugin, I would assume that I need to have the C++ program create a data file that contains the images and labels. When the user opens Photoshop and runs the plugin, it would ask the user for the data file, then create the layers with it.

I'm also open to other options on how to solve this issue.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Dougie

[Tom Ruark]

If you want to read/write PSD files yourself you need to request that <br />explicitly when requesting access to the Photoshop SDK.<br /><br /><br />"Doug Hoppes" <dhoppes@mbfbioscience.com> wrote in message <br />news:3bc435d8.-1@webcrossing.la2eafNXanI...<br />> Hi all,<br />><br />> I'm a C++ (MFC) developer that has just started looking at the SDK <br />> functionality. At my office, we're trying to figure out the best way to <br />> approach this problem. We have a lot of customers that take our images and <br />> format/label them in a specific way (four images in a square with a label <br />> at the upper left corner of each image). To create the images, we have an <br />> MFC application that generates this information.<br />><br />> The ideal situation would be for us to create a PSD file that contains one <br />> layer for each image and one layer for each image label. Can I create a <br />> PSD file from my C++ code? or do I have to have a plugin?<br />><br />> For the plugin, I would assume that I need to have the C++ program create <br />> a data file that contains the images and labels. When the user opens <br />> Photoshop and runs the plugin, it would ask the user for the data file, <br />> then create the layers with it.<br />><br />> I'm also open to other options on how to solve this issue.<br />><br />> Any help is greatly appreciated.<br />><br />> Dougie