Parse PSD File-Determine If Composite Exits

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Chris McFarling

Feb 9, 2004

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I’m not sure how technical this list gets, but i thought I’d throw this out and see if anyone knows.

I need to parse a PSD file programmatically to determine if it contains a composite image, i.e. it was saved with Maximize Complatibility enabled. Does anyone know specifically what to look for to accomplish this?

Chris Cox

Feb 15, 2004

You’d need some details from the Photoshop SDK for that.

See the Adobe web site for details.

Chris

In article <BC4D1DFB.86EE%>, Chris McFarling
wrote:

I’m not sure how technical this list gets, but i thought I’d throw this out and see if anyone knows.

I need to parse a PSD file programmatically to determine if it contains a composite image, i.e. it was saved with Maximize Complatibility enabled. Does anyone know specifically what to look for to accomplish this?

Chris McFarling

Feb 17, 2004

Chris, I have the v6.0 SDK, which doesn’t explicitly detail this, as far as I can tell at least.

Anyway, the 6.0 SDK does mention something about a flag called ‘HasRealMergedData’. I’m guessing that this is where PSD files store info on whether or not a composite is included. Is checking the value of this byte a reliable way to determine this information?

Thanks

On 2/15/04 3:49 PM, in article 150220041550245415%,
"Chris Cox" wrote:

You’d need some details from the Photoshop SDK for that.
See the Adobe web site for details.

Chris

In article <BC4D1DFB.86EE%>, Chris McFarling
wrote:

I’m not sure how technical this list gets, but i thought I’d throw this out and see if anyone knows.

I need to parse a PSD file programmatically to determine if it contains a composite image, i.e. it was saved with Maximize Complatibility enabled. Does anyone know specifically what to look for to accomplish this?

Parse PSD File-Determine If Composite Exits

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