28 Aug
2011
28 Aug
'11
6:06 p.m.
On 08/28/2011 06:52 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
I wrote one of the leading open source PSD parsers.
More than 90% of
functionality isn't even mentioned in that document you cite, and what
*is* mentioned, is very poorly described (i.e. too inaccurately to write
working code without many hours of reverse engineering).
That seriously sucks (Adobe's documentation); the open-source
community is surely glad for your efforts.
Do not mistake the existence of "a document"
for the existence of a
complete or useful reference. It is quite impossible, for example, to
write a PSD rasteriser. This plainly references anti-competitive
business motives... which are natural enemies of data preservation and
interoperability.
Now we could talk about all the world's data locked up in MSOOXML...
Well, the fools that use that kind of garbage get what they've got
coming to them. Microsoft doesn't even TRY to hide their whole vendor
lock-in campaign. People who fall for it? Screw 'em.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL