GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 772519
Text information is lost when doing PSD export
Last modified: 2018-05-24 17:01:46 UTC
Created attachment 337080 [details] PSD export: text layer information All text information is gone if I make XCF to PSD export. Font layers become default normal layers without additional info and functions.
Hi! Have you tried if this is true with the dev version of GIMP as well (since there have been a few changes since 2.8)? In any case, there is also another bug with the reverse issue: text layers on PSD file import become images (bug 151686). Same as in this other bug, it could be easily implemented following the PSD specification for someone interested on the topic: http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml/ So adding the newcomers keyword.
Checking out the code for our PSD export, we indeed don't seem to do anything particular for text layer. Seems we export any layer as pixel data. Setting status to NEW.
Jehan, we do not provide PDB for text layers yet, so we can't import/export text layers in a plug-in yet. Moreover, we need to take a look at how text is stored in PSD. From what I know from Krita guys, they found it so different from SVG Text which they use in .kra now, that they decided to postpone adding support for text layers in PSD to indefinite future.
To be more specific, we need to compare how text is preserved in PSD vs. the Pango markup that we appear to use.
*** Bug 783694 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 783693 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I see that the other (bug 151686) is being worked on right now, will the work over on that bug make this one any easier to solve? What would it take for someone new to GIMP to work on this bug?
(In reply to resolutedreamer from comment #7) > I see that the other (bug 151686) is being worked on right now It is not being exactly worked on yet. But it is being prepared, yes. :-) > will the > work over on that bug make this one any easier to solve? Yes. > What would it take for someone new to GIMP to work on this bug? It happens in a plug-in which makes it not so hard to work on, as opposed to core code. As any code, it only requires time and dedication (well… and someone who knows what one is doing, of course).
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