SirLuthor
12-06-2004, 06:56 PM
Oi, hello good folks of the Photoshop forum! I've got a few questions for you knowledgable users of this most hallowed program for the creation of devinely inspired art as to the nature of the development of plugins for said program!
Or, in english, I have a few questions regarding plugin creation etc. for Adobe Photoshop :)
So, to start, a little info. I'm looking to make an exporter plugin for Photoshop that will streamline my workflow, by dropping the middle step of me having to run all my art through a seperate program to get it compatible with my engine. So I've been looking around for information on creating plugins for Photoshop. Just for the record, I've been programming in C++ for just over a year now, and have quite a good grasp on it, so programming difficulty is not an issue.
Firstly, after looking around in the support forums, I found out that one should submit a request for the Photoshop SDK, so I did. However, I am wondering, if anyone else that has done this is reading this, could they possibly tell me how long I can expect to wait for a reply? I do dearly hate waiting without a fixed date to at least aim for :)
Secondly, regarding the actual writing of plugins. When writing a plugin for photoshop, is it basicaly straight C++, with a few Adobe Photoshop specific libraries? At least in the case of writing a simple exporter? Any knowledge on what to expect would be most appreciated.
Last but not least, exactly how compatible are PS plugins with Jasc Paintshop Pro? If I were to code said file exporter, would you think it would be perfectly (or at least mostly) compatible with PSP?
My thanks to one and all who take the time to read this!
Or, in english, I have a few questions regarding plugin creation etc. for Adobe Photoshop :)
So, to start, a little info. I'm looking to make an exporter plugin for Photoshop that will streamline my workflow, by dropping the middle step of me having to run all my art through a seperate program to get it compatible with my engine. So I've been looking around for information on creating plugins for Photoshop. Just for the record, I've been programming in C++ for just over a year now, and have quite a good grasp on it, so programming difficulty is not an issue.
Firstly, after looking around in the support forums, I found out that one should submit a request for the Photoshop SDK, so I did. However, I am wondering, if anyone else that has done this is reading this, could they possibly tell me how long I can expect to wait for a reply? I do dearly hate waiting without a fixed date to at least aim for :)
Secondly, regarding the actual writing of plugins. When writing a plugin for photoshop, is it basicaly straight C++, with a few Adobe Photoshop specific libraries? At least in the case of writing a simple exporter? Any knowledge on what to expect would be most appreciated.
Last but not least, exactly how compatible are PS plugins with Jasc Paintshop Pro? If I were to code said file exporter, would you think it would be perfectly (or at least mostly) compatible with PSP?
My thanks to one and all who take the time to read this!