Photoshop can export a SVG like @Scott mentioned. However, this may or may not be a good move for your workflow as you might need to find the path from a very large list of stuff. It is also possible to read the path info with a script, in addition to allowing you to select what to export this also allows you to customize the exporter and it works on even older versions of PS.
Since i have already done this here, so i am going tp just paste it verbatim here:
// jooExportSVGScaffold.jsx
#target photoshop
main();
function ppos(point){
return ""+point[0]+" "+point[1]
}
function handlePath(path) {
var out = "";
var pnts = path.pathPoints;
var ipos = pnts[0].anchor;
var pos = pnts[0].leftDirection;
var pos2, pos3;
out="M"+ppos(ipos);
for (var p=1; p<pnts.length; p++){
pos2 = pnts[p].rightDirection;
pos3 = pnts[p].anchor;
out += "C"+ppos(pos)+" "+ppos(pos2)+" "+ppos(pos3);
pos = pnts[p].leftDirection;
}
if (path.closed){
pos2 = pnts[0].rightDirection;
pos3 = pnts[0].anchor;
out += "C"+ppos(pos)+" "+ppos(pos2)+" "+ppos(pos3)+"Z";
}
return out;
}
function main() {
var sel = app.activeDocument.selection;
var file = File.saveDialog('save svg path', 'SVGPath:*.svg');
file.open('w');
file.writeln('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>');
file.writeln('<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">');
file.writeln('<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"');
file.writeln('width="595.28px" height="841.89px" viewBox="0 0 595.28 841.89" enable-background="new 0 0 595.28 841.89" xml:space="preserve">');
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var paths = doc.pathItems;
for (var i=0; i<paths.length; i++){
var subpaths = paths[i].subPathItems;
for (var j=0; j<subpaths.length; j++){
data=handlePath(subpaths[j]);
file.writeln('<path fill="none" stroke="black" d="'+data+'"/>');
}
}
file.writeln('</svg>');
file.close();
}
You may change the script as you see fit. Such as, instead of writing to file show it in a textbox or copy to clipboard, put a Id based on path name etc. I don't know its your workflow after all.