.psd file: how to open it on Windows
50 Windows apps register the .psd extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.
About the format
- Format
- Photoshop image
- MIME type
- image/vnd.adobe.photoshop
- PRONOM identifier
- x-fmt/92
Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).
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ImageGlassA lightweight, versatile image viewer
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File ConverterFile Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in windows explorer.
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IrfanViewFast and compact image viewer and converter
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QuickTimeA powerful multimedia technology with a built-in media player, QuickTime lets you view Internet video and personal media in a wide range of file formats. And it lets you enjoy them in remarkably high quality.
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RenderDocA stand-alone graphics debugging tool
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JPEGViewFork of JPEGView by David Kleiner - fast and highly configurable viewer/editor for images with a minimal GUI. Basic on-the-fly image processing is provided.
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PicView100% free and open source picture viewer
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XnView MPProfessional Image Viewer & Photo Management
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ImagineImagine Freeware Image & Animation Viewer for Windows
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HoneyviewA fast, powerful, and free image viewer.
- LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice.org (commonly known as OpenOffice). Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity.
- GIMP
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
- GIMP
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
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SageThumbsA powerful shell extension allowing to preview enormous amount of image formats directly in Windows Explorer.
- Krita
Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.
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ImageGlass (MSI)A lightweight, versatile image viewer
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nomacs - Image Lounge (Beta)nomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.
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qViewAn image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.
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nomacs - Image Loungenomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.
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IcarosA collection of lightweight, high quality, Windows Shell Extensions.
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JarkViewerA simple image viewer.
- Okular
The Universal Document Viewer
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Quick Picture ViewerLightweight, versatile desktop image viewer for Windows. The best replacement for the default Windows photo viewer.
- ACDSee Free
ACDSee Free is a fast and powerful file browser, ideal for viewing RAW images, as well as searching and sorting your media libraries.
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JPEGsnoopA detailed JPEG image decoder and analysis tool. It reports all image metadata and can even help identify if an image has been edited.
- Affinity
Award-winning integrated graphic design, photo-editing and publishing solution.
- 搜狐影音
Versatile media player by Sohu Video.
- PicPick
All-in-one design tool for everyone
- Pixellu SmartAlbums
Pixellu SmartAlbums is a professional album design software that simplifies and speeds up the process of creating stunning photo albums for photographers.
- ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026
Navigate Your Creative Path and Digital Assets with AI-Powered Precision
- ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026
ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026 equips you with the tools to master your extensive photo collection.
- ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026
ACDSee Photo Studio Professional supplies you with a resourceful toolkit that blends cutting-edge, locally powered Artificial Intelligence (AI) with legendary digital asset management and sophisticated RAW image editing.
- XnView
Best Photo Viewer, Image Resizer & Batch Converter for Windows.
- 爱奇艺万能播放
Super Powerful Video Player
- Total Image Converter
Total Image Converter converts images to other formats, crops, resizes and rotates them. Convert large TIFFs into small JPEGs, make photos suitable for the web or recover old photos in unsupported formats - Total Image Converter will do everything you need
- LibreOffice PreRelease
LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice.org (commonly known as OpenOffice). Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity.
- ACDSee Gemstone Photo Editor 15
ACDSee Gemstone Photo Editor 15 is your launchpad for limitless creativity, built to fuel every graphic design and photo editing journey. Engineered for both precision and ease, Gemstone gives you the freedom to explore new creative frontiers.
- AlterPhoto
AlterPhoto is a versatile photo editor with workflow elements. It supports layers, contains tools for color adjustment, retouching, transformation, drawing.
- FastPictureViewer Professional
A fast raw image viewer designed for digital photographers
- BandiView
A New Standard for Image Viewers
- Hetman Photo Recovery
Photo Recovery™ recovers digital pictures from all types of storage media. Undelete photos from hard disks, recover from USB drives, or restore from formatted, corrupted or inaccessible memory cards – it can do all this, and more.
- PSD Viewer
Fast, small and compact freeware PSD viewer
- PVRTexTool
PVRTexTool gives you a wide array of tools and features for pre-processing your textures for efficient rendering, giving you more time to make your textures look as good as they should.
- GameTextureViewer
Game Texture Viewer (GTV) is a fast, reliable, and simple tool for artists to preview textures and sprite sheetanimations on the fly.
- Okular (AppX / Portable)
The Universal Document Viewer
- PicPick
All-in-one design tool for everyone
- VectorStyler
VectorStyler provides a complete set of drawing, design and illustration tools necessary for modern design. With its numerous new features, VectorStyler redefines and extends the tools available for illustrators and designers.
- QQ影像
QQ Image is a desktop image processing software launched by Tencent. With its refreshing interface and simple operation, it provides you with a one-stop image processing experience.
- Vovsoft Batch Image Converter
Vovsoft Batch Image Converter is a simple tool for converting between graphic formats in batches. With its help, you can easily obtain images in the desired format out of a folder containing pictures of diverse types.
- Vovsoft WebP Converter
You can convert JPEG/PNG/APNG/TIFF/GIF/BMP/PSD/AVIF/HEIC/HEIF/SVG/TGA/JFIF/JX1/JP2 images to WebP images or convert WebP files to PNG/APNG/JPEG/TIFF/GIF/BMP/PSD/AVIF/HEIC/HEIF/SVG/TGA/JFIF/JX1/JP2 with Vovsoft WebP Converter.
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