Python PSD layers?

Question

I need to write a Python program for loading a PSD photoshop image, which has multiple layers and spit out png files (one for each layer). Can you do that in Python? I\'ve tried

Answer 1

Use Gimp-Python? http://www.gimp.org/docs/python/index.html

You don't need Photoshop that way, and it should work on any platform that runs Gimp and Python. It's a large dependency, but a free one.

For doing it in PIL:

from PIL import Image, ImageSequence
im = Image.open("spam.psd")
layers = [frame.copy() for frame in ImageSequence.Iterator(im)]

Edit: OK, found the solution: https://github.com/jerem/psdparse

This will allow you to extract layers from a psd file with python without any non-python stuff.