pymel.core.system.launchImageEditor

launchImageEditor(*args, **kwargs)

Launch the appropriate application to edit/view the image files specified. This command works only on the Macintosh and Windows platforms.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
editImageFile (eif)		unicode
	If the file is a PSD, then the specified verison of Photoshop is launched, and the file is opened in it. If file is any other image type, then the preferred image editor is launched, and the file is opened in it.
viewImageFile (vif)		unicode
	Opens up an Image editor to view images.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.launchImageEditor

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# Create a blinn shader with a psd file texture.
pm.shadingNode('blinn', asShader=True)
# Result: nt.Blinn(u'blinn1') #
pm.sets(renderable=True, noSurfaceShader=True, empty=True, name='blinn1SG')
# Result: nt.ShadingEngine(u'blinn1SG') #
pm.connectAttr('blinn1.outColor', 'blinn1SG.surfaceShader', f=True)
pm.shadingNode('psdFileTex', asTexture=True)
# Result: nt.PsdFileTex(u'psdFileTex1') #
pm.connectAttr('psdFileTex1.outColor', 'blinn1.color')
pm.setAttr('psdFileTex1.fileTextureName', 'C:/test.psd', type='string')

# Create a poly plane, and assign the blinn shader to it.
pm.polyPlane(w=10, h=10, sx=10, sy=10, n='pPlane1')
# Result: [nt.Transform(u'pPlane1'), nt.PolyPlane(u'polyPlane1')] #
pm.sets(e=True, forceElement='blinn1SG')

# Now you can launch Photoshop to edit this psd texture file
pm.launchImageEditor(eif=pm.getAttr('psdFileTex1.fileTextureName'))