PSD (Adobe Photoshop Document)
.psd · image/vnd.adobe.photoshop · 1990 · Adobe
Photoshop working files. Convert the flattened image to PNG or JPEG for sharing. Below is what PSD is best at, where it falls short, and how it compares — plus free, in-browser tools to convert PSD to and from other formats, with nothing uploaded.
PSD is Photoshop's native working format — layers, masks, adjustment stacks, the lot. Nothing outside design tools opens it. EditItAll decodes the flattened composite of a PSD in your browser and converts it to PNG (lossless, with transparency) or JPEG/WebP for sharing. Layers are flattened in the process; keep the original PSD for editing.
Compression
Lossless
Transparency
Yes
Animation
No
Browser display
None
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Full editing fidelity inside Photoshop
- Layers, masks, text preserved for editing
Limitations
- Unreadable outside design software
- Huge files
- Not a delivery format
Best used for
- Design working files
- Handing off to non-designers (after conversion)
Tools for PSD
Frequently asked questions
Is PSD lossy or lossless?+
PSD is lossless: it preserves every pixel exactly, with no quality loss.
Does PSD support transparency?+
Yes — PSD has an alpha channel, so it can store transparent areas. It is a still-image format (no animation).
Can browsers open PSD files directly?+
No — browsers can't display PSD in a page. Convert it to JPG or PNG first, which you can do here with nothing uploaded.
How do I open or convert a PSD file for free?+
Drop your PSD file into the EditItAll converter and choose an output format — it decodes and re-encodes entirely in your browser, with nothing uploaded, no account and no watermark. (There is no in-browser PSD encoder, so you can convert PSD to other formats but not save back to PSD.)