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How to integrate photoshop presets in app

zaogord

zaogord

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Hey, so i'm looking for ways to use a photoshop action that i made and make my own app for those actions so that users can convert their images using my photoshop actions.

How can i do this? Where do i start and what should i lookout for.
 
Dannydet said:
Android studio and coding.
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You sure like to make sarcastic comments, but i am being dead serious.
After searching multiple forums and asking different people, i didn't get the answer i was looking for.

You represent the androidforums community, and this community is here for a reason.
If you didn't want to help, you shouldn't have wasted your precious time to comment on my post.
 
zaogord said:
You sure like to make sarcastic comments, but i am being dead serious.
After searching multiple forums and asking different people, i didn't get the answer i was looking for.

You represent the androidforums community, and this community is here for a reason.
If you didn't want to help, you shouldn't have wasted your precious time to comment on my post.
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Seemed like correct answer to me, given your question. "make my own app for those actions"

I'm not a dev myself, but AFAIK to make Android apps you need Android Studio and the appropriate code for the task. Specifically in Java or Kotlin I believe it is. Do you know these languages?
 
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mikedt said:
Seemed like correct answer to me, given your question. "make my own app for those actions"
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I wanted to know if there is a way to do this.
Maybe using any libraries specific to photoshop tools if there exist any,
or should i use a virtual machine and connect it to the app.

How do other big photo editing apps integrate their filters into the app?

mikedt said:
I'm not a dev myself
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Are there any other forums whose members are actually android devs with no ego?
 
Photoshop is not an Open Source project, it's owned, developed, and managed by Adobe so delving into its source code to copy its functionality is a proprietary licensing issue. If you intend on your app to be publicly used (i.e. available in the Play Store), it will be legally vulnerable, if this app is just for yourself that's not going to be an issue.
But given Photoshop is major commercial project, reverse engineering its functionality is not going to be a trivial task. I agree with what @Dannydet suggested, start getting well versed in Android studio and get comfortable with coding.
Personally I'd suggest if you want to create your own graphics app that has Photoshop-like functions, there will be a lot less stumbling blocks to overcome if you start working with GIMP. It is an Open Source project and it's source code is readily accessible:
https://www.gimp.org/source/
 
zaogord said:
I wanted to know if there is a way to do this.
Maybe using any libraries specific to photoshop tools if there exist any,
or should i use a virtual machine and connect it to the app.

How do other big photo editing apps integrate their filters into the app?



Are there any other forums whose members are actually android devs with no ego?
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I'm not sure that what you want is possible. Photoshop is proprietary software, which means you can't look at the source code to see how custom actions are executed so that you can do the same in an app. Also photoshop is written in C++, though not sure that would matter.

Not sure, but I think the ".atn" files for the custom actions are binary files. You would need to convert them to plain text to see how they are structured. Perhaps like this you can figure out how to execute it from java or rewrite it in java.

Do note, aside from a couple facts, this post is mostly assumptions from an app developer and photoshop user.

By the way, great idea. I love custom actions. There's really no software out there that does it like Adobe products.
 
zaogord said:
Hey, so i'm looking for ways to use a photoshop action that i made and make my own app for those actions so that users can convert their images using my photoshop actions.

How can I do this? Where do I start and what should I look out for.
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Hey, Hope you are doing good in 2022. I'm doing the same project that you have mentioned in 2019. I'm creating an android app for filters and I have created some filters in photoshop. Now I am finding ways to use these action files in android studio. So if you solved this problem 3 years ago I hope you can help me in this regard.

Reading the other replies seems like no one wants to help on androidforum.
 
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