Reading PSD file format

Question

I wonder if this is even possible. I have an application that adds a context menu when you right click a file. It all works fine but here is what I\'d like to do:

If

Answer 1

ImageMagick.NET - http://imagemagick.codeplex.com/ - is the later version of the link 0xA3 gave, with some slightly different syntax. (Note, this is untested):

using ImageMagickNET;

public void Test() {
        MagickNet.InitializeMagick();
        ImageMagickNET.Image img = new ImageMagickNET.Image("file.psd");
        img.Resize(new Geometry(100, 100, 0, 0, false, false);
        img.Write("newFile.png");
}

Answer 2

I've had great success with Aspose's Imaging component which can load and save PSD files without Photoshop: https://products.aspose.com/imaging/net

Answer 3

This guy do it easier:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/simplepsd.aspx

With a C# library and a sample project.

I've tried with PS2 files and works ok.

Answer 4

Here is my own psd parser and exporter: http://papirosnik.info/psdsplit/. It allows to correctly parse psd with rgb color 8, 16- and 32-bit for channel, process user masks, export selected layers into jpeg, png, jng, bmp, tiff; create xml layout of exported layers and groups and also create a texture atlas and animations set from given layers. It's entirely written in C#. If you want its sources inform me via support link on About dialog in the application.

Answer 5

I got extraction from psd working. see my answer here

How to extract layers from a Photoshop file? C#

may help someone else.

Answer 6

I have written a PSD parser which extracts raster format layers from all versions of PSD and PSB. http://www.telegraphics.com.au/svn/psdparse/trunk