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PSD viewer — open a Photoshop file without Photoshop

Drop a .psd and see it: the tool rebuilds the flattened composite and renders it right here, with dimensions, colour mode and bit depth. No Adobe software, no download, no account.

Your file never leaves your device — it renders in your browser. 0 bytes uploaded.

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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 opens a .psd (or .psb) and shows you theflattened composite — the single merged image Photoshop stores next to your layers — rendered on the page, with a plain readout of the file's dimensions, colour mode and bit depth. It runs in your browser using a pure-TypeScript PSD engine: the file is read locally and rendered on your machine. It's a viewer, so there's no download and no editing; when you need a file to keep, use thePSD to PNG or PSD to JPGconverters, which run the same way.

What the viewer reads

A PSD begins with a compact 8BPS header — image dimensions, colour mode and bit depth — then 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 viewer reads the header for the metadata it shows you, then rebuilds the composite and paints it to a canvas. For 8-bit Grayscale and 8-bit RGB documents that produces a faithful on-page preview.

When the full composite can't be rasterised but a Photoshop thumbnail survives in the resource section, the viewer shows that thumbnail instead and labels it as a thumbnail — a low-resolution preview, never passed off as the full-resolution image. Every caption tells you exactly which of the two you're looking at, so there's no ambiguity about the fidelity of what's on screen.

What it can and can't show — honestly

What you see

  • The flattened composite rendered on the page (8-bit Grayscale / RGB)
  • The embedded Photoshop thumbnail when the composite can't be rebuilt, clearly labelled
  • A metadata readout: dimensions, colour mode, bit depth, file size
  • An honest note that layers were not recovered

What it won't do

  • Show or edit layers, masks, adjustment layers, smart objects or effects — it renders the merged image only
  • Render 16-bit / 32-bit, CMYK or Lab documents in-browser — those need a full colour-managed renderer
  • Offer a download — this is a viewer; use the PSD → PNG / JPG converters to save a file
  • Claim a file "opens in Photoshop" — "verified" means our own re-parse round-trips, nothing more

Only the flattened composite is ever rendered — the layer stack is never reconstructed, because once the layer section is damaged there is no deterministic way to rebuild it, and inventing one would be dishonest. What you see is a true render of the merged artwork, and the caption and readout always say so.

If the PSD won't render

If nothing renders, it's usually one of two things: a colour mode this browser tool can't rasterise (16-bit / 32-bit, CMYK or Lab), or genuine damage — a truncated save from a crash or an interrupted Dropbox / Drive / Creative Cloud sync, or a corrupt header. In the damaged case the viewer doesn't guess; it reports what it found and links thePSD repair page, which re-derives the section boundaries around the surviving bytes so the composite can be rebuilt.

Why "no upload" is verifiable, not a slogan

The PSD is read with the browser's file APIs and rendered 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 viewing. For a confidential design under review, that's the whole point.

FAQ

Can I open a PSD without Photoshop?

Yes — for viewing. This tool rebuilds the flattened composite Photoshop saved inside the file and renders it right on the page, so you can see the artwork without any Adobe software installed. What it shows is the merged picture, not the editable layer stack, which is exactly what you need when you just want to look at a file someone sent you.

Why can't I see or edit the layers?

A PSD stores your layers in one section and a single flattened composite of everything merged in another. This viewer reads the composite, because that's the reliable, editor-independent picture of the artwork. Reconstructing an editable layer stack, masks, adjustment layers and effects requires Photoshop's own engine; no browser tool can give you back editable layers, and this one doesn't pretend to.

My PSD shows nothing — is it broken?

Not necessarily. The in-browser renderer only rasterises 8-bit Grayscale and 8-bit RGB composites — the fast, dependency-free path. A 16-bit / 32-bit, CMYK or Lab document needs a full colour-managed renderer, so the viewer says it can't render that mode rather than show wrong colours. If instead the file is truncated or its header is corrupt, the viewer links the PSD repair page so you can rebuild the composite first.

What does the metadata readout mean?

Alongside the preview the viewer reports the file name and size, the pixel dimensions, the colour mode (RGB, Grayscale, CMYK, Lab and so on), the bit depth, and whether what you're seeing is the rebuilt composite or the embedded Photoshop thumbnail. It also states plainly that layers were not recovered — the readout is a set of facts, not a marketing claim.

Is my PSD uploaded to view it?

No. The file is read with the browser's own file APIs and rendered on your machine — 0 bytes leave your device. Open DevTools, switch to the Network tab, drop the file, and confirm nothing carries it. A confidential design you were asked to review never touches a server.

Related: save a copy with PSD to PNG orPSD to JPG · damaged file? repair PSD