SDK or dll

Is available an SDK or dll library for using the filters in a third program other than Photoshop or alike?

The post doesn`t apply to what we want to do.

Say we use your program as a linked library, if my users wants to use it , need to pay you for a license.
After that he will be able to call the filters and pass a bitmap, returns the same bitmap filtered.

You are selling your program, in form or a dll instead of an exe or Photoshop plug-in.

No need to create any propietary output format or alike.

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caputo wrote: able to call the filters and pass a bitmap

You can call the command-line renderer and get much of what you're requesting.

>>You can get almost the functionality you're seeking by implementing PS Plugin Host capability in your applicati

Is there any example/sample code in c++ of how to do it?

The SDK specs from Adobe are probably good if you want to write a plug-in for Photoshop, but not to write a program that accept a plug-in (on this case is just a bunch of sh.t).

Say an example of a filter plug-in from the SDK:


case WM_INITDIALOG:
CenterDialog(hDlg);
// recalculate the proxy and upd ate the pixel data in inData
GetProxyItemRect(hDlg);
SetupFilterRecordForProxy();
CreateProxyBuffer();
CreateDissolveBuffer(gData->proxyWidth, gData->proxyHeight);
UpdateProxyItem(hDlg);

// set the dialog items based on the last values used
SetDlgItemInt(hDlg, kDEditText, gParams->percent, TRUE);
CheckRadioButton(hDlg,
kDFirstRadio,
kDLastRadio,
kDFirstRadio + gParams->disposition);
CheckDlgButton(hDlg, kDEntireImage, gParams->ignoreSelection);
ShowWindow(GetDlgItem(hDlg, kDEntireImage),
gFilterRecord->haveMask ? SW_SHOW : SW_HIDE );
SendDlgItemMessage(hDlg, kDEditText, EM_SETSEL, 0, (LPARAM)-1);

Se tFocus(GetDlgItem(hDlg, kDEditText));

// intentional fall through to the WM_PAINT message
case WM_PAINT:
if (*gResult == noErr)
PaintProxy(hDlg);
return FALSE;
break;


I guess your plug-in will work pretty the same, if i need to read and implement all possible calls to Photoshop Api,initializations,proxies,etc that can be found.....

better I write the filters myself...