How can I extract png images from plist files? - png

Question

I currently have a set of plist files. Inside are png images, some files have numerous images. I'm using win64 vista.
I've looked for things specifically for this such as FileJuicer, but that is only for mac users.

Answer 1

I have written this script to unpack png files in the plist file packed by TexturePacker
First, make sure you have both the png and plist files in the same directory, in my case: freeGifts.plist and freeGifts.png
Second, same the following script as unpack_plist.py
Then, python unpack_plist.py freeGifts, it will generate lots of png files to a directory named freeGifts
Requirement: python, PIL
#! /usr/lical/bin/python
import os,Image,sys
from xml.etree import ElementTree
def tree_to_dict(tree):
d = {}
for index, item in enumerate(tree):
if item.tag == 'key':
if tree[index+1].tag == 'string':
d[item.text] = tree[index + 1].text
elif tree[index + 1].tag == 'true':
d[item.text] = True
elif tree[index + 1].tag == 'false':
d[item.text] = False
elif tree[index+1].tag == 'dict':
d[item.text] = tree_to_dict(tree[index+1])
return d
def gen_png_from_plist(plist_filename, png_filename):
file_path = plist_filename.replace('.plist', '')
big_image = Image.open(png_filename)
root = ElementTree.fromstring(open(plist_filename, 'r').read())
plist_dict = tree_to_dict(root[0])
to_list = lambda x: x.replace('{','').replace('}','').split(',')
for k,v in plist_dict['frames'].items():
rectlist = to_list(v['frame'])
width = int( rectlist[3] if v['rotated'] else rectlist[2] )
height = int( rectlist[2] if v['rotated'] else rectlist[3] )
box=(
int(rectlist[0]),
int(rectlist[1]),
int(rectlist[0]) + width,
int(rectlist[1]) + height,
)
sizelist = [ int(x) for x in to_list(v['sourceSize'])]
rect_on_big = big_image.crop(box)
result_image = Image.new('RGBA', sizelist, (0,0,0,0))
result_box=(
( sizelist[0] - width )/2,
( sizelist[1] - height )/2,
( sizelist[0] + width )/2,
( sizelist[1] + height )/2
)
result_image.paste(rect_on_big, result_box, mask=0)
if v['rotated']:
result_image = result_image.rotate(90)
if not os.path.isdir(file_path):
os.mkdir(file_path)
outfile = (file_path+'/' + k).replace('gift_', '')
print outfile, "generated"
result_image.save(outfile)
if __name__ == '__main__':
filename = sys.argv[1]
plist_filename = filename + '.plist'
png_filename = filename + '.png'
if (os.path.exists(plist_filename) and os.path.exists(png_filename)):
gen_png_from_plist( plist_filename, png_filename )
else:
print "make sure you have boith plist and png files in the same directory"

Answer 2

Lol, this is all Steve Jobs' doing. You could parse the plist in C# using ChadBurggraf's library https://github.com/ChadBurggraf/plists-cs. But as discussed in the comments, the files you want probably aren't in the plist file.

Answer 3

Thanks to Sean.Z. first.
But I found that the rotate is not good, and ygweric's patch is not good enough.
because it will fail when the png include jpg file(mode P). and sometime Transparent will became black background.
I try to fix this and my code as below:
#! /usr/lical/bin/python
import os,Image,sys
from xml.etree import ElementTree
def tree_to_dict(tree):
d = {}
for index, item in enumerate(tree):
if item.tag == 'key':
if tree[index+1].tag == 'string':
d[item.text] = tree[index + 1].text
elif tree[index + 1].tag == 'true':
d[item.text] = True
elif tree[index + 1].tag == 'false':
d[item.text] = False
elif tree[index+1].tag == 'dict':
d[item.text] = tree_to_dict(tree[index+1])
return d
def gen_png_from_plist(plist_filename, png_filename):
file_path = plist_filename.replace('.plist', '')
big_image = Image.open(png_filename)
root = ElementTree.fromstring(open(plist_filename, 'r').read())
plist_dict = tree_to_dict(root[0])
to_list = lambda x: x.replace('{','').replace('}','').split(',')
for k,v in plist_dict['frames'].items():
rectlist = to_list(v['frame'])
width = int( rectlist[3] if v['rotated'] else rectlist[2] )
height = int( rectlist[2] if v['rotated'] else rectlist[3] )
box=(
int(rectlist[0]),
int(rectlist[1]),
int(rectlist[0]) + width,
int(rectlist[1]) + height,
)
sizelist = [ int(x) for x in to_list(v['sourceSize'])]
rect_on_big = big_image.crop(box)
if v['rotated']:
rect_on_big = rect_on_big.rotate(90)
result_image = Image.new('RGBA', sizelist, (0,0,0,0))
if v['rotated']:
result_box=(
( sizelist[0] - height )/2,
( sizelist[1] - width )/2,
( sizelist[0] + height )/2,
( sizelist[1] + width )/2
)
else:
result_box=(
( sizelist[0] - width )/2,
( sizelist[1] - height )/2,
( sizelist[0] + width )/2,
( sizelist[1] + height )/2
)
result_image.paste(rect_on_big, result_box, mask=0)
if not os.path.isdir(file_path):
os.mkdir(file_path)
outfile = (file_path+'/' + k).replace('gift_', '')
print outfile, "generated"
result_image.save(outfile)
if __name__ == '__main__':
filename = sys.argv[1]
plist_filename = filename + '.plist'
png_filename = filename + '.png'
if (os.path.exists(plist_filename) and os.path.exists(png_filename)):
gen_png_from_plist( plist_filename, png_filename )
else:
print "make sure you have boith plist and png files in the same directory"

Answer 4

Thanks to Sean.Z.
for the unpack_plist.py, you need:
1: PIL have been installed on you pc.
2: use python 2.5
python2.5 unpack_plist.py birdfly
or you will fail.
-----2013-07-25--
for some plist which is rotated, the above spcript may have some bugs. i modify it like following:
#python2.5 unpack_plist.py birdfly
#! /usr/lical/bin/python
import os,Image,sys
from xml.etree import ElementTree
def tree_to_dict(tree):
d = {}
for index, item in enumerate(tree):
if item.tag == 'key':
if tree[index+1].tag == 'string':
d[item.text] = tree[index + 1].text
elif tree[index + 1].tag == 'true':
d[item.text] = True
elif tree[index + 1].tag == 'false':
d[item.text] = False
elif tree[index+1].tag == 'dict':
d[item.text] = tree_to_dict(tree[index+1])
return d
def gen_png_from_plist(plist_filename, png_filename):
file_path = plist_filename.replace('.plist', '')
big_image = Image.open(png_filename)
root = ElementTree.fromstring(open(plist_filename, 'r').read())
plist_dict = tree_to_dict(root[0])
to_list = lambda x: x.replace('{','').replace('}','').split(',')
for k,v in plist_dict['frames'].items():
print "-----start\n----------"
rectlist = to_list(v['frame'])
print rectlist, "--------rectlist"
width = int( rectlist[3] if v['rotated'] else rectlist[2] )
height = int( rectlist[2] if v['rotated'] else rectlist[3] )
print width,height,"----width,height"
box=(
int(rectlist[0]),
int(rectlist[1]),
int(rectlist[0]) + width,
int(rectlist[1]) + height,
)
# bos is start & end point
print box,"-----_box-"
print v['rotated'], "---rotated"
sizelist = [ int(x) for x in to_list(v['sourceSize'])]
rect_on_big = big_image.crop(box)
'''
result_image = Image.new('RGBA', sizelist, (0,0,0,0))
result_box=(
( sizelist[0] - width )/2,
( sizelist[1] - height )/2,
( sizelist[0] + width )/2,
( sizelist[1] + height )/2
)
result_image.paste(rect_on_big, result_box, mask=0)
if v['rotated']:
result_image = result_image.rotate(90)
if not os.path.isdir(file_path):
os.mkdir(file_path)
outfile = (file_path+'/' + k).replace('gift_', '')
print result_box,"-----result_box-"
print outfile, "generated"
# result_image.save(outfile)
'''
if v['rotated']:
rect_on_big = rect_on_big.rotate(90)
if not os.path.isdir(file_path):
os.mkdir(file_path)
outfile = (file_path+'/' + k).replace('gift_', '')
rect_on_big.save(outfile);
if __name__ == '__main__':
filename = sys.argv[1]
plist_filename = filename + '.plist'
png_filename = filename + '.png'
if (os.path.exists(plist_filename) and os.path.exists(png_filename)):
gen_png_from_plist( plist_filename, png_filename )
else:
print "make sure you have boith plist and png files in the same directory"

Answer 5

If you have JRE in your PC or you may be install then you can use a tool which i create to unpack .plist file. It also has support .pack file that use in LibGdx projects and .xml file used in many engine like unity to pack texture.
https://github.com/itsabhiaryan/TextureUnPacker