Photoshop Text Engine Data

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'''Photoshop Text Engine Data''' (also called '''EngineData''') refers to a data format primarily used as a component of Adobe Photoshop [[PSD]] format. It is presumably used for the editable text elements.
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'''Photoshop Text Engine Data''' (also called '''EngineData''') refers to a data format primarily used as a component of [[Photoshop|Adobe Photoshop]] [[PSD]] format. It is presumably used for the editable text elements.
  
 
== Format details ==
 
== Format details ==
The format looks a little like [[PDF]], but only a little.
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The format looks a little like [[PDF]], but only a little. It uses "<code>&lt;&lt;</code>" and "<code>&gt;&gt;</code>" to delimit hierarchical data structures. Keywords are introduced by a "<code>/</code>" character. Examples of keywords are "EngineDict", "ResourceDict", and "ParagraphRun".
  
Although it is a text-based format, it contains text in multiple incompatible [[character encoding]]s (perhaps [[ASCII]] and [[UTF-16]]), so it may have to be treated as a binary format.
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Although it is a text-based format, it contains text in multiple incompatible [[character encoding]]s (perhaps [[ASCII]] and [[UTF-16]]), so it may require special tools to properly view and edit.
 
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The format uses "<code>&lt;&lt;</code>" and "<code>&gt;&gt;</code>" to delimit hierarchical data structures. Keywords are introduced by a "<code>/</code>" character. Examples of keywords are "EngineDict", "ResourceDict", and "ParagraphRun".
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The format can be found in at least two different places in a PSD file:
 
The format can be found in at least two different places in a PSD file:
 
# In a ''tagged block'' whose key is "Txt2"
 
# In a ''tagged block'' whose key is "Txt2"
 
# In a ''descriptor'' item whose key is "EngineData"
 
# In a ''descriptor'' item whose key is "EngineData"
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See the [[PSD#Specifications|PSD specification]] for an explanation of these terms.
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [https://github.com/layervault/psd-enginedata PSD EngineData] - A parser written in [[Ruby]]
 
* [https://github.com/layervault/psd-enginedata PSD EngineData] - A parser written in [[Ruby]]
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* [[Adobe Photoshop]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:37, 5 September 2016

File Format
Name Photoshop Text Engine Data
Ontology
Released 1998

Photoshop Text Engine Data (also called EngineData) refers to a data format primarily used as a component of Adobe Photoshop PSD format. It is presumably used for the editable text elements.

[edit] Format details

The format looks a little like PDF, but only a little. It uses "<<" and ">>" to delimit hierarchical data structures. Keywords are introduced by a "/" character. Examples of keywords are "EngineDict", "ResourceDict", and "ParagraphRun".

Although it is a text-based format, it contains text in multiple incompatible character encodings (perhaps ASCII and UTF-16), so it may require special tools to properly view and edit.

The format can be found in at least two different places in a PSD file:

  1. In a tagged block whose key is "Txt2"
  2. In a descriptor item whose key is "EngineData"

See the PSD specification for an explanation of these terms.

[edit] Software

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