Show PSD Preview in PictureBox

Question

Is there a way to show the preview of a PSD file in a PictureBox or ListView?

Can it be done without the help of a library?

Answer 1

There is no explicit native solution for this, but there are various libraries and projects that you can use.

Your best option may be to start with these CodeProject articles:

Yet Another PSD Parser

Reading Adobe Photoshop Images

Answer 2

I've tried competent_tech's links and they don't work with most of psd files. This one: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10398/Import-Adobe-Photoshop-psd-images is a little better, but still doesn't work with newer psd files.

This one: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php works fine (I checked the compiled convert.exe from the installation folder), and there is a .NET wrapper: http://imagemagick.codeplex.com/, which I failed to use. Anyway you could run an external process of convert.exe to save the file as a common format and load it to the PictureBox.

If you have time to read code, the library is open source.