Libqpsd - Qt/C++ plugin for Photoshop Document (PSD/PSB )

Code_ReaQtor

Greetings!

I started coding a plugin for Photoshop Document (PSD/PSB).
This library is licensed under GNU LGPL.

Critiques, contributors, developers, etc. are all welcome to visit "libqpsd on GitHub":https://github.com/Code-ReaQtor/libqpsd
Thanks!

infoctopus

good stuff! You might find something useful in Krita repos..

Code_ReaQtor

[quote author="infoctopus" date="1358333656"]good stuff! You might find something useful in Krita repos..[/quote]

Thanks!

Code_ReaQtor

"libqpsd":https://github.com/Code-ReaQtor/libqpsd now supports CMYK color mode!

Jake007

Hi!

Does this plugin have support for layers (access each layer as a separate image) and December 2012 psd file specification?

Otherwise it looks awesome and may come in handy.

Code_ReaQtor

[quote author="Jake007" date="1364633374"]Hi!

Does this plugin have support for layers (access each layer as a separate image) and December 2012 psd file specification?

Otherwise it looks awesome and may come in handy.[/quote]

Layers - NO
Dec 2012 PSD Spec - YES

It was based on the "PSD File Specification":http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml/

I have plans to support reading the "layers" but I still don't have the time to continue it. It only supports reading the "image data". Currently, I am working on reading the "curves" layer for Duotone (mono, duo, tri, quad) color mode. On the other hand, I don't have enough psd images for testing different color modes and using only Photoshop's "convert" feature so development might be a little slow.

7 out of 8 color modes are already supported (partially). Feel free to try and test it! :D

Jake007

This is gonna be an amazing plugin when it'll be finished.
There will probably be a dozen different Photoshop versions being made, as they did with webkit and browsers :D .

But for current project, I unfortunately need something that answers both of my questions with "yes".

Keep up the good work!

Code_ReaQtor

[quote author="Jake007" date="1364647100"]This is gonna be an amazing plugin when it'll be finished.
There will probably be a dozen different Photoshop versions being made, as they did with webkit and browsers :D .

But for current project, I unfortunately need something that answers both of my questions with "yes".

Keep up the good work! [/quote]

Thanks!

sfiel

Hi,

we just integrated libqpsd to our image viewer (http://www.nomacs.org) .... it's really easy to use, the images look very good and we were all surprised by the loading times - you are fast as hell :)

Thanks for sharing this great piece of code with the community

Greetings

Code_ReaQtor

[quote author="sfiel" date="1366267531"]Hi,

we just integrated libqpsd to our image viewer (http://www.nomacs.org) .... it's really easy to use, the images look very good and we were all surprised by the loading times - you are fast as hell :)

Thanks for sharing this great piece of code with the community

Greetings [/quote]

You're welcome!!! :D

Update: I am already working on PSB (Photoshop Big / Large Document Format) support and my initial codes are a success. I just need more time to test the codes on other color modes of PSB.

(I don't have much PSB files on my machine and I am still searching for sites/people/friends who can give me a copy of their PSD/PSB files that are NOT on RGB mode. Thanks!)

asgohtals

hi,

i have added some psbs to our ftp:
"ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/small-psb.zip":ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/small-psb.zip
"ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/not-that-small-psb.zip":ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/not-that-small-psb.zip
the zips contain 3 images in Lab, CMYK and quadtone

I hope they are of use for you.

Code_ReaQtor

Thank you!

I will work on these, ASAP! :D

Code_ReaQtor

[quote author="asgohtals" date="1366364540"]hi,

i have added some psbs to our ftp:
"ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/small-psb.zip":ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/small-psb.zip
"ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/not-that-small-psb.zip":ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/not-that-small-psb.zip
the zips contain 3 images in Lab, CMYK and quadtone

I hope they are of use for you.

[/quote]

Thank you again for there images! They were all very nice and libqpsd were able to read them!

However, there still a bug in the Lab to RGB conversion and several pixels in the "wall-small-Lab.psb" are MISCALCULATED. The conversion algorithm were contributed by Yuezhao and we still don't have a perfect reference for the method other than "EasyRGB.com":http://www.easyrgb.com/

Morever, I will update the libqpsd repository tonight :) Feel free to check it.

asgohtals

I have found a psd (CMYK) with wrong color conversions:
"ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/libpsd-cmyk.zip":ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/libpsd-cmyk.zip
we currently use the lipqpsd version from the ~17.04.2013 unfortunately, I cannot test it with the current github version as imageData.size() (qpsdhandler.cpp::730) is 0 for this image (did some interfaces change except for the refactoring?).

Code_ReaQtor

[quote author="asgohtals" date="1368800361"]I have found a psd (CMYK) with wrong color conversions:
"ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/libpsd-cmyk.zip":ftp://scruffy.caa.tuwien.ac.at/staff/diem/libpsd-cmyk.zip
we currently use the lipqpsd version from the ~17.04.2013 unfortunately, I cannot test it with the current github version as imageData.size() (qpsdhandler.cpp::730) is 0 for this image (did some interfaces change except for the refactoring?).
[/quote]

Thank you for the image file. I just found out that it has 5 channels: cyan, magenta, yellow, key, and alpha... which is not actually tested with a real psd file. The original code takes the image in the arrangement A-C-M-Y-K which is incorrect. It should be C-M-Y-K-A. I just updated it with the bug fix.

The new code should be working... to be sure try building it with the following lines uncommented:
@
qpsdhandler.cpp::25 //#include <QDebug>
qpsdhandler.cpp::372-382 //#verification
@

If possible, use it on Qt Creator to get the debug output (when opening a psd file) then send me those outputs. Thanks.

EDIT: Possible reason for imageData.size() becoming zero was that it falls under "Zip with/without prediction" type of compression. Currently, it ONLY supports Raw and RLE.

asgohtals

hi again,
you have added:
@if (format() == "psd") { // line 266...@

to distinguish between psd/psb. The problem is, that we provide QPsdHandler directly with a buffer. Hence, the format() returns an empty string. Then, the compression value is loaded wrongly since in qpsdhandler.cpp::269 the skipRawData command is not executed. -However, for some cases (e.g. file prefetching) it would be cool to be able to call QPsdHandler with (already) loaded buffers.-
EDIT: now that I have found how to set the 'format' properly, we can work with buffers & whatever we want...
The call that didn't work was something like that (without line 10):
@
bool DkBasicLoader::loadPSDFile(QFileInfo fileInfo) {

QFile file(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath());
file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);

QPsdHandler psdHandler;
psdHandler.setDevice(&file); // QFile is an IODevice

// EDIT: fixes the issues described:
psdHandler.setFormat(fileInfo.suffix().toLocal8Bit());

if (psdHandler.canRead(&file))
return psdHandler.read(&this->qImg);

return false;
}
@

by the way, thanks for the fast CMYKA fix : )

Code_ReaQtor

[quote author="asgohtals" date="1369139349"]hi again,
you have added:
@if (format() == "psd") { // line 266...@ [/quote]

Yeah, I added it since the "psb" update. There is a difference between "Layer and Mask Info Length" of PSD (4 bytes) and PSB (8 bytes) files. I can't find a workaround yet.... but I think the possible solution is to modify the "switch()" statement at line 186 into this:
@ //Line 186
switch (version) {
case 1: setFormat("psd");
break;
case 2: setFormat("psb");
break;
default: return false;
break;
}
@

I won't update the repository right away, but tell me if this solution works. Thanks!

asgohtals

I have just tested the modified switch statement - it works perfect (psd & psb). it would be cool if you could add it to the repository : )

Code_ReaQtor

I made some major bugfixes today:

Lab (w/alpha) to to RGB conversion. "Here":http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1sbw7IyUMILv6LmcbhxobqtjcQ5N1 is the link to the screenshot.

16-bit RGB(A) and CMYK(A) support

Used D50 reference (whitepoint) instead of D65.

Too bad the image (wall-small-lab.psb) is too big and loading is still very slow. What are the options to prevent the GUI from freezing for some time? QEventLoop? etc?

asgohtals

The new Lab conversion is very nice.
We simply load images in a thread in order to prevent the GUI from freezing:
@
void DkImageLoader::load(QFileInfo file, bool silent, int cacheState) {

// loadFile() does the real loading job
QMetaObject::invokeMethod(
this,
"loadFile",
Qt::QueuedConnection,
Q_ARG(QFileInfo, file),
Q_ARG(bool, silent),
Q_ARG(int, cacheState));
}
@

in order to get this working, the 'DkImageLoader' needs to be moved to a worker thread:
@
// part of the DkImageLoader constructor
qRegisterMetaType<QFileInfo>("QFileInfo");
loaderThread = new QThread;
loaderThread->start();
moveToThread(loaderThread);
@