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pspsvg [-g geometry] [-h] [-o path] [-p] [-v] [-V] [path]

The pspsvg utility converts the gradient files used by PaintShop Pro (which usually have the extension jgd or PspGradient) to the Scalar Vector Graphics (SVG) format​.

The program will read from stdin if a file is not specified as the final argument, and write to stdout if the --output option is not specified​.

--backtrace-file path

Specify a file to which to write a formatted backtrace​. The file will only be created if there is a backtrace created, typically when an error occurs​.

--backtrace-format format

Specify the format of the backtrace written to the files specified by --backtrace-file, one of plain, xml or json​.

--comments-read path

Read the comments from the specified path and add them to the output gradient​.

The format is simply a plain text multi-line document without any comment delimiters (those will be added by the program)​.

--comments-generate

Create a comment with summary data (the date of creation, name and version of the cptutils package) in the output file​.

-g,  --geometry widthxheight

Specify the size of the SVG preview in pixels​.

-h,  --help

Brief help​.

-o,  --output path

Write the output to path, rather than stdout​.

-p,  --preview

Include a preview in the SVG output​. See also the --geometry option​.

-v,  --verbose

Verbose operation​.

-V,  --version

Version information​.

Create an SVG file from PaintShop Pro:

pspsvg -v -o foo​.svg foo​.jgd

The author could find no public documentation for the PaintShop Pro gradient file format and so reverse-engineered it for the first version of this program​. An improved analysis of the format by Olivier Berten was used for the present version​.

The PaintShop Pro format can be read by Photoshop, but Photoshop's native (grd) gradient format cannot be read by this program​. To convert Photoshop gradients, see the pssvg(1) documentation​.

PaintShop Pro™ is a trademark of the Corel Corporation​. Adobe Photoshop™ is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc​.

J​.J​. Green

pssvg(1), svgx(1)​.