PSD convert to.., use of file.psd[0] vs file.psd

[nileshp]

hey,

I notice something odd when i try to convert images that are *.psd format. multi-layers.


I get very odd results with multi-layer images using the normal...

convert -flatten file.psd newfile.jpg


yet the solution for me was to use...

convert -flatten file.psd[0] newfile.jpg

doing that, the image convert out more correct, as expected.


the psd files are photoshop sample files , found in adobe/photoshop/samples/ folder..

test i was trying to convert psd to jpg...

DVDMenu.psd(convert good with use of [0] at end of filename, yet odd results use convert -flatten name.psd new.jpg ...vs.. convert -flatten name.psd[0] new.jpg

Fish.psd( convert odd, color are very odd, not sure whats up with this file, its also mutli-layer)

Flower.psd (convert real good with use of convert -flatten Flower.psd[0] new.jpg .. vs.. convert -flatten Flower.psd new.jpg

..

any suggestion or tips on correctly converting PSD to JPG? flatten all layers (multi-layer psd file , alpha , text layers etc..)

so far, i am not 100% sure why the [0] would work good vs not using [0]

thanks for any feedback,

[igorb]

hello,
i'm using ImageMagick-6.4.0-4-Q16 for Windows, and
i'm having the same problem with photoshop's Fish.psd file, when i try to
convert it to JPG. I run the following command:

convert Fish.psd[0] -flatten Fish.jpg

where my Fish.psd is here:
http://www.freewebs.com/extramilk/Fish.psd

and i get the following JPG as result:
http://www.freewebs.com/extramilk/Fish.jpg

, and i'm getting some strange colors for this JPG file.

Can someone help me in order to convert this PSD correctly?
Is this a problem with ImageMagick, or am i doing something wrong?

Thanx,
Igor

[magick]

Try this command

• convert Fish.psd[0] Fish.png

This appears to give reasonable results. The -flatten option composites the fish with the white background making the colors look unattractive.

[igorb]

Thanx,

i've tried
convert Fish.psd[0] Fish.jpg
and it works just perfect for all other PSD files,
but for Fish.psd the result is not good enough.

Actually i think i found the reason, well it's because Fish.psd file
is 16bit, and when i make it 8bit color, conversion is successful.

Is there any way to make this conversion (16bit PSD to 8bit, and then to JPG) using ImageMagick
in single command, or something similar?

[magick]

Add -depth 8 to your command line or -colors 256. Either converts a 16-bit image to 8-bits.

[igorb]

Well, it seems this doesn't work.

I'm trying first to convert 16bit Fish.psd to 8bit Fish8bit.psd, and then to convert
Fish8bit.psd to Fish.jpg, but this is not working at all.

I'm using following commands:

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convert Fish.psd -depth 8 Fish8bit.psd

and

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convert Fish8bit.psd[0] Fish.jpg

, and here are the results

http://www.freewebs.com/extramilk/Fish8bit.psd
http://www.freewebs.com/extramilk/Fish.jpg

Am i doing something wrong? How to fix this?