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Is It Possible To Create A PSD For Photoshop From an Image Created With Daz Studio?

mechengineer97mechengineer97 Posts: 116
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Hey guys -  wondering if it's possible to create an image from Daz to be used to create a PSD for use in Photoshop.  I created a full scale model within Siemens NX that I converted for use within Daz maintaining a 100% in scale.  The supplier now wants me to provide a PSD for photoshop so they can plot the Daz generated image to scale.  Is this possible?

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  • GoggerGogger Posts: 2,493

    Render your image in DAZ. Save file. Open in Photoshop. Do a "Save As" and save as PSD.  I do it every day.  If you set up your DAZ image properly you can even get transparent areas by saving as PNG with transparency. Open in Photoshop. Save as PSD.

    It really is that super simple. 

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,097
    edited November 2019

    I believe that PSD format is proprietary to Adobe and requires licensing for other companies to produce a PSD.   Although there are some products that can read a PSD.  But licensing can be expensive and many companies don't bother with producing PSD because there are other formats that work just as well.  TIFF format for example.  It can retain any layer information as well as being a compressable yet non-lossy format.  I'm not sure but I think DAZ Studio can output a TIFF format image. 

    If of course you have Photoshop, it's easy-peasy.  "Photoshop" ($$$) or "Photoshop Elements" ($$) are the straight forward solution.enlightened  Or a one month subscription to Adobe's Creative Cloud Photoshop ($) if you only need to use it a few times.

    But if the supplier would accept TIFF format that's probably the quickest solution.  Does the supplier need the layering & transparency information?  What's special about the image that they need PSD?  Or did they just not mention any other acceptible alternative formats?  If the supplier doesn't need layering information then there are any number of free imaging products that can convert anything to anything.

    DAZ Studio or DAZ Carrara experts, jump in here.  Can DAZ output full TIFF images?

    Regardless, the solution is going to be simple if we know exactly what is needed.

     

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  • Matt_CastleMatt_Castle Posts: 3,010
    edited November 2019
    mechengineer97 said:

    The supplier now wants me to provide a PSD for photoshop so they can plot the Daz generated image to scale.  Is this possible?

    I think the most important question in answering whether it's possible is "Why do they need a PSD file to do this?". What is it specifically that they need from the PSD format that means that it has to be that format rather than, say, a JPG, PNG, TIFF or EXR?

    Yes, you can certainly put DS rendered images into a PSD file, but whether that's actually any use will depend on why they need it in that format.

    Post edited by Matt_Castle on
  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,775

    Studio can render TIFs with transparency, I'm doing it right now. Save as a TIF, open in Photoshop, and immediately save it as a PSD. There won't really be any difference though except the ability for the PSD to retain certain layers and styles, while a TIF won't.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085
    edited November 2019

    If it's just a PSD file you need, but you don't have Photoshop (maybe you need to share the image with someone who requires a PSD?), there is the free software Krita... https://krita.org/en/features/highlights/

    You can import the render in whatever format you like and export it as a PSD.

    It's pretty good software for the price... free. 
     

    Also, GIMP might do this too... I forget... https://www.gimp.org/

    Post edited by McGyver on
  • carrie58carrie58 Posts: 4,088

    Yup GIMP will create PSDs

  • ArtAngelArtAngel Posts: 1,942
    Matt_Castle said:
    mechengineer97 said:

    The supplier now wants me to provide a PSD for photoshop so they can plot the Daz generated image to scale.  Is this possible?

    I think the most important question in answering whether it's possible is "Why do they need a PSD file to do this?". What is it specifically that they need from the PSD format that means that it has to be that format rather than, say, a JPG, PNG, TIFF or EXR?

    Yes, you can certainly put DS rendered images into a PSD file, but whether that's actually any use will depend on why they need it in that format.

    They don't need a PSD. Use a flattened PNG or Tiff. You can save your images on your personal PC as PSD by simply opening in Photoshop, add a new empty layer and save will automatically be a PSD. Oftentimes PSD are saved as layers. Maybe they are hoping for that but layers are yours, your recipe for what you accomplished in photoshop. Never share layers unless you are okay with people having your secret recipe.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,097
    McGyver said:

    If it's just a PSD file you need, but you don't have Photoshop (maybe you need to share the image with someone who requires a PSD?), there is the free software Krita... https://krita.org/en/features/highlights/

    You can import the render in whatever format you like and export it as a PSD.

    It's pretty good software for the price... free. 
     

    Also, GIMP might do this too... I forget... https://www.gimp.org/

    As will "XnView".  I've used "XnView" for many years and never realized that it can convert to PSD format among the hundred others that it handles.  Great free image display/conversion program.  Just be sure to get it from a trustworthy source and virus scan it before installing it to avoid getting a hacked version.

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