When you have been working with images for a while, whether they are photographs or visual compositions, you will know that Not all computers are compatible with documents in PSD format, Unless you have the right tools.
Whether you are an expert or not, it may be that at some point you have been traveling or for some reason you did not have your work equipment at hand and you came across the need to open a document in PSD and you could not find a way to access the information.
To solve the problem, in this article we will explain what a PSD file is. Also we will give you all the knowledge, so you can open them from any device, wherever you are.
What is it and what are files with the .PSD extension used for?
This PSD extension is nothing more than an archive file in which all the parameters and attributes of an image are saved or visual composition, created previously with , therefore, it is a native format of the same.
a PSD file It is characteristic for saving all the different elements of an image in several layers without these being mixed with each other, but only when they are simplified in another final format such as a JPG or a PNG.
Raster graphic elements are stored in Bitmaps, These in turn are made up of pixels, which can be easily edited with Photoshop.
How to open and edit .PSD files on smartphones or computers?
Don’t panic if you receive a PSD file and you don’t know what it is. It is not a malware but a specific Adobe format that saves texts, capable, masks, effects and others as we mentioned before.
On Windows PC
PSD is not usually compatible with many programs or formats, so The first method to open such a document is obviously with the native Photoshop program.
You can do this simply by double-clicking on the file if you have the program installed or by right-clicking on the file and then “To open with” and selecting Photoshop.
Now we are sure that you are also interested in knowing how to open the document without Photoshop, For that, the first program that we will recommend is the Adobe Illustrator, To do this, you just have to locate the file, right click on it and then on “To open with” and select Illustrator.
Since it is not the native program We will get the following confirmation message, that depending on our requirements we can change it or leave it as it is.
With Online Tools
The following method I’m sure you’ll like it more, since it’s an online editor. All we have to do is look for it in your browser photopea.com. As you can see the interface is very similar to that of Photoshop and has many similar functions.
- All you have to do to open the file in PSD is click on “Open From Computer”.
- Then we will load the file from the PC and as you can see in the lower right panel, inside the red box the document keeps all its attributes intact and ready to work.
- Now to save any changes made if we will have to register on the web clicking where it says “Account”.
On Mac computers
Fortunately Adobe Photoshop is compatible with all major operating systems, so opening a PSD document on MAC is totally the same as opening it on Windows. The same goes for Adobe Illustrator, and only if we want can we also use the Photopea online editor.
We say this only if we want to because if it’s just viewing the content, Mac users don’t need to install any programs, because they can view the images that are saved in PSD natively with the Finder viewer.
But since we know you always want more, Another way to view documents in PSD format is with GIMP a simple editor that is capable of opening this type of format, it is free and once downloaded and installed we just have to enter the file section and click on “Open” either “to import”, depends on the action you are carrying out, you locate and insert the PSD document.
On Android mobile phones
If you have a good device you can download this Adobe Photoshop Mix app, with which you will be able to work calmly your PSD files as long as you have a device with high capacities.
*Note: Now if your device is not compatible, you will have to convert the PSD document to a mobile compatible format such as JPGE, JPG or PNG, we will teach you how to do this at the end of this article.
But you can also try this other app that, although it won’t let you edit the content in a professional way, you can at least view it. Document Easy Viewer, is compatible with a variety of formats, including PSD, we definitely recommend you try it.
On iPhone devices with iOS
The version of Adobe Photoshop Mix on iOS is much more complete than on Android and allows you to have a better synchronization and connection with all your projects with the cloud Adobe Creative Cloud, so with this tool you will not need anything else to open PSD documents.
List of the best alternative applications and programs to open a document with a .PSD extension without using Adobe Photoshop
Below we will present a series of excellent alternatives to this Adobe tool, although they are not as good as the native program of this extension. But nevertheless, they will help you at least to view the content or even edit it.
Adobe Illustrator
It is a vector graphics editor developed by Adobe Systems Design and illustration oriented. It is an excellent tool for designers and cartoonists that is completely compatible with Adobe formats and therefore with PSD.
photopea
It is a professional online image editor which is fully compatible with all visual formats. and also with the formats of others such as GIMP and Adobe Photoshop. It is an excellent tool when it comes to applying touch-ups to our images and with the advantage of being free and without taking up space on our hard drive.
irfanview
This is another alternative for Photoshop, an option that, like the ones mentioned, is used to open PSD files. It has a very simple interface that will allow you to open and view these images quickly and for free. Best of all, it’s only 3MB, so don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of space. It is not only capable of opening these files but also some audio and video files. It should be noted that it is only available for Windows.
How to convert a PSD file to a JPG, PNG or GIF image document?
Today we will show you two methods to convert your PSD files to any other type of image file:
- The first way is with a converter on the web Convertimage.es, all you have to do is select the final format of the image that can be JPG, PNG or GIF, among others.
- There we will select the file we want to convert. Later “We accept the conditions of service” and we give it in “Convert this image.” Ready we will have our PSD file in the format we have chosen.
The following way is much easier you just need have the file open in Photoshop on your computer and in the options “File, Archive”, we will give it where it says “Save as” and before this in the document in the visible dropdown menu of the “Formats” we can choose if we want the file is saved in PNG, GIF, JPGE and other formats. This method is also fully applicable when exporting documents from Photopea the online editor.
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