[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 142629] Importing psd image with transparent background results in "Unknown image format"

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142629

--- Comment #10 from stephan.sotter at bistum-wuerzburg.de ---
Interesting discussion. As the creator of the issue over at ask.libreoffice I'd
like to pitch in.
For starters I'd like to add that looking for a workaround that user already
exported the files directly from Photoshop CC into TIFF which, interestingly
enough, resulted in the same error. Converting the PSDs to TIFF with XnView
*got rid* of the error. I had suggested exporting to PNG instead of TIFF and
thankfully that works. So while it's not exclusively a problem with PSD files,
the workaround does not need to involve another program.


As for discussion about maintaining the feature, I understand the notion that
programmers want to streamline their code and get rid of obsolete features. But
as someone that routinely needs to see things from a user perspective I'd like
to share that insight. It's not *that* rare that people use Photoshop (pretty
common, actually) and save their files in psd (also common). It does have it's
merits, like non-destructive editing, so it's hardly obsolete.
Removal of functionality from a software that you have used for years and that
was perfect for your needs always feels terrible, even if there is a
workaround. I always appreciated that LibO supported some more exotic file
types. It happened a couple of times that I could "win over" users by showing
them that they can edit PDFs and CDRs with it. In my opinion that's kind of a
trademark of LibO and it would make me sad if the political decision would be
made to only focus on "core features".

Also from what I've read here the fix sounds not too complicated. Some corner
case got overlooked during code cleanup, so maybe just reverse it? And btw. the
user sounded pretty happy when I told him about this bugzilla issue and that
therefore there is a chance that it will get fixed in a future version. So
maybe consider that as well. :)

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