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Convert PSD to JPG — in your browser, nothing uploaded

Drop a Photoshop file and get a high-quality JPEG of the flattened image — decoded and re-encoded entirely on your device. JPG is small and universally openable; transparency is flattened onto white.

Your file never leaves your device — conversion runs in your browser. 0 bytes uploaded.

Drop a PSD (Photoshop) file hereTap to choose a PSD (Photoshop) file

Recovers and renders the flattened composite — never the layer stack. Reads every byte locally; nothing is uploaded.

100% in your browser. 0 bytes uploaded — open DevTools → Network and watch. Your file is read, never sent.

In short

This converts a .psd (or .psb) into aJPG of the flattened composite — the single merged image Photoshop stores next to your layers. It runs in your browser using a pure-TypeScript PSD engine: the file is read locally, the composite is rebuilt, and a JPEG comes back for download. JPG is the right target when you want a small, universally openable file and don't need transparency or pixel-exact fidelity. Nothing is uploaded, and you never need Photoshop.

How the conversion works

A PSD is a small 8BPS header (dimensions, colour mode, bit depth) followed by four length-prefixed sections: colour-mode data, image resources (which include a small embedded JPEG thumbnail), the layer and mask section, and finally the merged image data — the flattened composite. The engine reads that composite locally; for 8-bit Grayscale and 8-bit RGB documents it hands the pixels to a canvas, which re-encodes them to JPEG.

Two honest consequences follow from choosing JPG. First, JPG is lossy: the pixels are re-compressed at quality 0.92, so this is not a byte-exact copy — for a pixel-perfect result use the losslessPSD to PNG converter. Second, JPG has no alpha channel, so any transparency is flattened onto a white background before encoding. In exchange you get a much smaller file that opens in anything — email, a browser, any phone — without a Photoshop licence anywhere in sight.

What it can and can't do — honestly

What you get

  • A high-quality JPEG (q0.92) of the flattened composite
  • Transparency flattened onto white, so it opens cleanly anywhere
  • 8-bit Grayscale and 8-bit RGB documents supported
  • The embedded Photoshop thumbnail when that's the only preview left (labelled as such)
  • A local read — every byte stays on your machine

What it won't do

  • Keep transparency — JPG can't; use PNG if you need the alpha
  • Give you a pixel-exact copy — JPG re-compresses; PNG is the lossless option
  • Recover layers, masks, adjustment layers or effects — those aren't in the composite
  • Render 16-bit / 32-bit, CMYK or Lab documents in-browser
  • Invent pixels past a truncation — only the surviving rows come back

A note on the word "verified": it means the image we produced re-parses cleanly on our side, not that the source PSD is byte-for-byte perfect in Adobe's reader. And only the flattened composite is ever touched — the layer stack is never reconstructed, because once the layer section is damaged there's no deterministic way to rebuild it, and a guess dressed up as a recovery isn't honest.

If the PSD is damaged

If the composite can't be rebuilt — a truncated save from a crash or an interrupted Dropbox / Drive / Creative Cloud sync, or a corrupt header or section-length field — the tool won't fabricate a JPEG. It reports what it found and links the PSD repair page, which re-derives the section boundaries around the surviving bytes. Repair first, then convert the repaired file here.

Why "no upload" is verifiable, not a slogan

The PSD is read with the browser's file APIs and decoded on your machine; the page makes no request that carries your data. Don't take it on faith — open DevTools, select the Network tab, drop the file, and watch nothing leave. It's the same zero-upload principle as thezero-upload proof page, applied to conversion.

FAQ

Will converting to JPG lose quality?

Some, yes — and it's only fair to say so. JPG is a lossy format, so the flattened composite is re-encoded (at a high quality setting of 0.92) rather than stored byte-for-byte. For photographic artwork the loss is usually invisible; for hard-edged text, screenshots or flat colour you may see faint ringing around edges. If you want a pixel-exact file, use the lossless PSD to PNG converter instead.

What happens to transparency?

JPG can't store an alpha channel, so any transparent areas of the composite are flattened onto a white background before encoding. A logo cut out on transparency will come back as that logo on white, not on transparency. If you need to keep the cut-out, convert to PNG, which preserves the alpha channel.

Do I get layers in the JPG?

No. A JPG is a single flat image, and what this converts is the flattened composite — the merged picture Photoshop saved next to the layer stack. Layers, masks, adjustment layers, smart objects and effects are not part of the composite and are never recovered here. This gives you an accurate flat render, not an editable document.

Nothing renders from my PSD — what's wrong?

Two common reasons. First, the in-browser rasteriser only handles 8-bit Grayscale and 8-bit RGB composites; 16-bit / 32-bit, CMYK or Lab documents need a full colour-managed renderer, so the tool declines them honestly rather than emit wrong colours. Second, the file may be damaged or truncated — in that case the widget links the PSD repair page so you can rebuild the composite first.

Does converting upload my PSD?

No. The PSD is read with the browser's own file APIs and decoded on your machine — 0 bytes leave your device. Open DevTools, switch to the Network tab, drop the file, and confirm nothing carries it. Confidential client artwork stays on your computer.

Related: PSD to PNG (lossless, keeps alpha) ·open a PSD without Photoshop · damaged file? repair PSD