Bitmap streaming API

[kilianc]

This API should allow a client connected to the PS JS Server, to get a group/layer flattened rapresentation in the provided format, following the provided format options.

The request will carry an options dictionary like the following one

{
    document_id: Number,
    layer_id: Number,   
    format: {
        name: String,
        compression: /* example */,
        transparency: /* example */
    }
}

The first version of this API will support only the "bitmap" format name. No additional options are needed.

This API should be non blocking, in order to allow the user to keep working without noticing weird behaviors of the UI.

[timriot]

Question from Tom R - Are we expecting a bitmap object which represents a composite of several layers (group) to also include positioning information or are we going to want to figure that out ourselves. I am assuming we will want to receive the pixels, as well as the positioning info. Let me know and I'll forward along.

[kilianc]

We don't need position data, we just need the bounds cropped bitmap. It's a separate call on a different layer than the DOM one.

Kilian C.

On Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Tim Riot wrote:

Question from Tom R - Are we expecting a bitmap object which represents a composite of several layers (group) to also include positioning information or are we going to want to figure that out ourselves. I am assuming we will want to receive the pixels, as well as the positioning info. Let me know and I'll forward along.

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