Improving Photoshop PSD file format support in the free software image editor GIMP

Rocafort Ferrer, Guiu

Improving Photoshop PSD file format support in the free software image editor GIMP

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Rocafort Ferrer, G. Improving Photoshop PSD file format support in the free software image editor GIMP. 2017. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33036

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Abstract

This project aims to improve the support for Photoshop PSD files in the free software image editor GIMP. We first analyzes the development environment in which we develop. Then we talk about the current code and check the existing features. We then find that the actual code is not well designed and very difficult to maintain, therefore decision of developing a new code from the start is then made. We empathize how important is to develop a good design for a software to be able to maintain it and allow it to develop through time. We design a new code structure which is more modular, and has integration / unitary tests. Following the design, the code is developed and the features are implemented.