“Parse Custom Shapes File” is a custom shapes files utility script using the JSON Action Manager scripting library, and more specifically its module jamShapes.
This stand-alone script written in JavaScript is used to parse a Photoshop custom shapes file (.csh) or a custom shapes preferences file (CustomShapes.psp) into a JSON text file.
Please refer to the Photoshop Custom Shapes File Format page for detailed information about the structure of a custom shapes file.
Parsed custom shapes file (Valentine.json):
{
"fileVersion": 2,
"customShapes":
[
{
"name": "Heart in a Square",
"ID": "425441a3-7191-11e2-bf7c-89eed4dfa6ce",
"bounds":
[
22,
-1,
458,
481
],
"pathRecords":
[
[
"pathFill",
null
],
[
"initialFill",
0
],
[
"closedLength",
4
],
[
"closedUnlinked",
[
[
0.99541282653809,
0.05186724662781
],
[
0.99541282653809,
0.05186724662781
],
[
0.99541282653809,
0.05186724662781
]
]
],
[
"closedUnlinked",
[
[
0.00458717346191,
0.05186724662781
],
[
0.00458717346191,
0.05186724662781
],
[
0.00458717346191,
0.05186724662781
]
]
],
[
"closedUnlinked",
[
[
0.00458717346191,
0.94813275337219
],
[
0.00458717346191,
0.94813275337219
],
[
0.00458717346191,
0.94813275337219
]
]
],
[
"closedUnlinked",
[
[
0.99541282653809,
0.94813275337219
],
[
0.99541282653809,
0.94813275337219
],
[
0.99541282653809,
0.94813275337219
]
]
],
[
"closedLength",
4
],
[
"closedLinked",
[
[
0.41192662715912,
0.99792528152466
],
[
0.22477066516876,
0.74896264076233
],
[
0.11467891931534,
0.59958505630493
]
]
],
[
"closedUnlinked",
[
[
0.27981650829315,
0.5
],
[
0.27981650829315,
0.5
],
[
0.27981650829315,
0.5
]
]
],
[
"closedLinked",
[
[
0.11467891931534,
0.40041494369507
],
[
0.22477066516876,
0.25103735923767
],
[
0.41192662715912,
0.00207471847534
]
]
],
[
"closedUnlinked",
[
[
0.83027523756027,
0.5
],
[
0.83027523756027,
0.5
],
[
0.83027523756027,
0.5
]
]
]
]
}
]
}
This script can be used in Adobe Photoshop CS3 or later. It has been successfully tested in CS4 on Mac OS X, but should be platform agnostic.
This Software is copyright © 2011-2015 by Michel MARIANI.
This Software is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v3.
Download the Zip file and unzip it.
Move the script to the Presets/Scripts folder in the default preset location of the Adobe Photoshop application. On next launch, the script will appear in the File>Automate submenu.