Incompatible PSD file

[axelrose]

Using IM 6.5.4-7 and input file http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/84530/IM/layers.psd

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convert layers.psd -background red layers1.psd

produces a PSD http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/84530/IM/layers1.psd
which is not usable in Photoshop (tested with CS4), error mesage "incompatible version".

If I fiddle with the -layers" option all works fine though:

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convert layers.psd -background red -layers merge layers2.psd

gives http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/84530/IM/layers2.psd

Thanks for your support
Axel

[fmw42]

the first frame of the psd file image.psd[0] is the flattened image. so if you are flattening all layers in the file, you will have it flattened twice. if you just want the flattened layer, then just specify image.psd[0]

[axelrose]

Understood.

I just think that it would be better to produce no PSD rather than an unusable one.

Cheers,
Axel.

[fmw42]

convert layers.psd -background red layers1.psd

-background red is an setting and not an action, so it does nothing here as far as I understand it. it needs to be used with some other action type option

don't know why you get unusable PS results, but I think this has been reported before. but possibly due to user misunderstanding. Cannot say if it is a bug or not.

[axelrose]

Doesn't make any difference. If I do

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convert layers.psd -resize 50x50 -background red layers-50x50-red.psd

the resulting PSD file is still unusable.

I know how to circumvent the situation by using a single layer.

The point I wanted to make is that without any error message or exit code != 0 IM is producing an usable file.
This is difficult to detect if you do batch processing.

Cheers,
Axel.

[fmw42]

convert layers.psd -resize 50x50 -background red layers-50x50-red.psd

background red is still useless in this situation, it only applies with certain commands, such as -layers, -flatten, -rotate, label, caption and should be put before these options.

convert layers.psd -background red -flatten layers_flattened_red.psd

but the first layer of the psd is already a flattened file, so you may have to exclude it from the frames.

layers.psd[1--1] for example I believe is all frames but the first one [0].

see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/basics/#sequence