Open a PSD file without Photoshop
Photoshop costs $23 a month. You don't need it to open a .psd. Drop the file into the converter below. Your browser decodes it instantly, you see the flattened image, and you can save it as PNG or JPG to use anywhere else. No install, no signup, no upload — everything runs locally.
Just view it
Use the converter on this page. Drop a .psd in, see the image, click download. Output is PNG (lossless) or JPG.
Or: PSD to JPG (smaller files, slight quality loss)
What you actually get
You'll see the flattened composite — the same image Photoshop would show with all layers visible at default opacity. You don't see layers, you can't toggle visibility, you can't move things around. It's the output Photoshop would produce if you went File → Save As → PNG.
For most use cases — "I need to see what's in this PSD," "I need to put this image on a website," "I need a JPG version to email," "I need to crop or resize the image" — that's all you need.
When you need a real editor
If you need to actually edit layers, change text, swap colors, or work non-destructively, this isn't the tool. Options:
- Photopea — free, runs in the browser, opens PSDs with full layer support, ad-supported. The best Photoshop alternative for casual editing.
- GIMP — free, desktop install, opens PSDs reasonably well (layers usually preserved, some effects not).
- Krita — free, desktop, painting-focused but reads PSDs.
- Affinity Photo — one-time purchase (~$70), commercial alternative to Photoshop, fully supports PSDs.
How this converter works
The page loads ag-psd, a pure-JavaScript Photoshop file parser written by Adam Buczkowski. It reads the PSD format spec and reconstructs the composite image without ever calling Adobe code. The library runs entirely in your browser tab.
- Your file never reaches our server (we don't have one for this)
- The parsing takes 1-5 seconds for normal-sized PSDs
- The output PNG is created by drawing the decoded pixels onto an HTML canvas and re-encoding
Verify nothing uploads
Open browser DevTools, switch to the Network tab, load this page, then drop your PSD. You'll see the ag-psd library load once from a CDN. You won't see your file going anywhere. Or kill your Wi-Fi after the page loads — conversions still work.
Common PSD problems
"The PSD is just a black square / blank image"
Either the file's top layer is set to invisible (uncommon in delivered PSDs) or the file uses a feature ag-psd doesn't render (rare). Try Photopea as a fallback.
"It says the file is corrupted"
Either the file is actually corrupted, or it's a very old PSD (Photoshop 4 or earlier). The latter is rare in 2026.
"Out of memory" on a phone
The PSD is too big for your phone's memory. Try on a laptop, or ask the file's owner to export a smaller version.
What about .ai files?
Modern Illustrator .ai files are actually PDFs with an .ai extension. They open natively in this site's AI to PNG converter. Older legacy .ai files (PostScript-based, pre-2003) don't open without Illustrator — you'll need to convert them to PDF in Illustrator first.