Guide
How to open a PSD file without Photoshop
Drop the PSD on Anyfile’s PSD editor and it opens in your browser with every layer, ready to show, hide, move and change, then save as PSD again or as a flattened PNG, JPEG or WebP. If you only need a picture of it, the PSD to PNG converter does that in one step.
Step by step
Open the editor
Go to the PSD editor in Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox on a computer.
Drop the PSD and choose Edit file
The document opens laid out like Photoshop: tools down the left, the active tool’s settings across the top and the Layers panel on the right. Until your first change you see Photoshop’s own flattened picture, exactly as it was saved.
Make your changes
Show and hide layers, drag them into a new order, change opacity and blend modes, move or resize with Free transform (Shift-T), paint, crop or add text and shapes. Text and shapes you add stay editable, even after saving and opening again.
Save it
Press Download to save a .psd that Photoshop opens, with every layer you didn’t touch kept exactly. For a picture, open the arrow next to Download and pick PNG picture, flattened (or JPEG or WebP). For a quick picture without editing, use PSD to PNG.
Know the limits before you start. Photoshop’s own text layers are kept exactly but can’t be retyped in Anyfile. Layer effects, adjustment and fill layers are kept in the file but not drawn once you’ve made a change, so the preview can look plainer than Photoshop shows it; Photoshop draws them again when it opens the file. 16-bit documents are saved as 8-bit.
Some PSDs are refused, with the reason: CMYK, Lab and other non-RGB documents, 32-bit ones and large-document .psb files. Photoshop can convert those to RGB first (Image › Mode › RGB Color).
Nothing is uploaded: your browser reads the file and makes the new one on your device. See how it works, and how to check.
Other ways to do it
On a Mac. Preview and Quick Look show a PSD’s flattened picture and export it as PNG or JPEG. They don’t show layers.
GIMP. The free desktop editor opens PSD layers on Windows, Mac and Linux, and is the better choice for long retouching sessions. It turns Photoshop’s text into picture layers.
Photoshop itself. For layer effects, smart objects and Photoshop’s own text to stay fully editable, nothing replaces Photoshop, which is a subscription.
When Anyfile is quicker
To look inside a client’s PSD, swap a layer’s visibility, change a line of your own text or export a PNG, Anyfile is quicker: it opens in a tab, with no install or account, and the file never leaves your computer.
Questions
Can I edit the text in a PSD?
Text layers made in Anyfile, yes. Photoshop’s own text layers are kept exactly but can’t be retyped; hide one and add a new text layer in its place.
Will Photoshop open the file afterwards?
Yes. Every layer you didn’t change keeps its original data, effects and smart objects included. Text and shapes made in Anyfile open in Photoshop as picture layers.
Why does my PSD look different after I edit it?
Photoshop’s layer effects and adjustment layers aren’t drawn in the preview once you’ve changed something. They’re still in the file, and Photoshop shows them again.
Is my PSD uploaded?
No. It opens, changes and saves in your browser, on your computer.