psd to xml

[_Frraaz_]

Hi,

I was wondering if theres a tool that can generate xml files from psds and also include information about things like Layer Styles which are generally not supported by the JSDOM and we have to use actions... I did see a tool that can convert .atn files to xml but dyou think theres a way to automatically extract layer styles from a psd if we dont know the actions?

Help appreciated :)

Regards,

[_xbytor_]

> I was wondering if theres a tool that can generate xml files from psds and also include information about things like Layer Styles which are generally not supported by the JSDOM and we have to use actions... I did see a tool that can convert .atn files to xml but dyou think theres a way to automatically extract layer styles from a psd if we dont know the actions?

It is possible to get ActionDescriptor(s) that describe the layer style of the a
particular layer in PS. You can also convert that to XML. But how useful or
practical it is remains questionable. For instance, some styles contain
'pattern' objects which may be a bit difficult to handle.

Some of these parts in the inadequately document xtools library:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ps-scripts/

There's a downloadable zip file from about a year ago. You probably are best off
using CVS to get a newer snapshot. It will have new stuff and fixed bugs.

-X
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for photoshop scripting solutions of all sorts
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[_Frraaz_]

thanks.. and hey, do you have any idea how you'd put text on a path? Is that done thru actions too?

[_xbytor_]

Frraaz@adobeforums.com wrote:
> thanks.. and hey, do you have any idea how you'd put text on a path? Is that done thru actions too?

Use the ScriptingListener plugin. It generates JS code whenever you do something
that is recordable.

There is no JSDOM for arbitrary paths. All you can do directly via the PSJS-API
is text warping.


-X
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for photoshop scripting solutions of all sorts
contact: xbytor@gmail.com

[_Frraaz_]

oh, arrite, thanks!

Can scripting be used to extract pixel data of each layer. I mean like reading how each layer looks like?

[_Frraaz_]

and even the scriptlistener doesnt record anything when you use tools like brush...

[_xbytor_]

Frraaz@adobeforums.com wrote:
> and even the scriptlistener doesnt record anything when you use tools like brush...

If you can't record it, you can't (usually) script it. Brush strokes are in this
category.

-X
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[_Frraaz_]

Arrite, thanks a lot X :)

Just one more thing, 1 Text Layer can have content which can have multiple formatting, for example, the first word can be bigger than the second word. Is there any way to retrieve that information using the javascript built in functions because the ScriptListener produces thousands of lines of code which is a real pain!

[_xbytor_]

>Is there any way to retrieve that information using the javascript built in functions because the ScriptListener produces thousands of lines of code which is a real pain!

I wrote some experimental code in xtools (xlib/Text.jsx and xlib/TextTest.jsx)
to come up with more proper JS DOM for dealing with TextStyles and
TextStyleRanges. I haven't had much of a need to do this kind of thing in PS so
while the code may be functional it may not actually be useful.

-X
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