Convert PSD to PNG

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or click to choose — .psd or .psb, any colour mode

What to save

This PSD to PNG converter turns Photoshop files into PNGs without Photoshop. Transparent areas stay transparent, and soft edges come out clean instead of with a white fringe. You can also save every layer as its own PNG, cropped to the layer or at full canvas size so the pieces stack back in place. Files saved without a flattened copy are rebuilt from their layers, and the report says what Photoshop would have drawn differently.

Nothing is uploaded — the file stays on your device
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How to convert a PSD to PNG

Drop one or more .psd or .psb files on the box above.
Keep Whole image as one PNG for the finished picture, or choose Every layer as its own PNG to take the document apart.
Download each PNG, or all of them as a ZIP. The report under each file says how it was read and whether anything could not be drawn.

Whole image or every layer

Option	What you get	Good for
Whole image	One PNG that looks exactly like the document in Photoshop, transparency included	Sharing a design, a logo with a transparent background, a web graphic
Every layer, cropped	One PNG per layer, trimmed to the layer's own pixels	Pulling icons, buttons or a cut-out product out of a mock-up
Every layer, full canvas	One PNG per layer, all the size of the document	Game sprites and animation frames that must stay aligned

Layer files are numbered in stacking order, bottom layer first, and carry the layer's name and any group it sits in, for example poster 03 Header - Logo.png. Each layer's mask and opacity are applied. We checked the full-canvas option on a layered Photoshop file: stacking the exported PNGs on top of each other reproduced the document's own flattened image on 100% of its pixels.

Soft edges without a white fringe

When a document has a transparent background, Photoshop still saves the finished picture as if it sat on white, and stores how transparent each pixel is next to it. A converter that keeps those colours as they are gives every half-transparent pixel a pale tint: anti-aliased text, feathered cut-outs and soft shadows pick up a light halo that shows as soon as the PNG goes on a dark page.

This converter takes the white back out. On a Photoshop test file with a red layer at 80% opacity, 496,314 pixels are partly transparent; blending the converter's PNG back over white gives Photoshop's stored values exactly, for every one of them. If you made a PNG elsewhere and it shows a white outline, Make Background Transparent can clean the edges, and why is my PNG not transparent explains the fake checkerboard that some downloads have instead.

PSD files with no finished image inside

Photoshop has a setting called Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility. When it is off, the file keeps all its layers but no flattened copy, and the slot where that copy would be holds a blank image or the line "This layered Photoshop file was not saved with a composite image". Converters that read only that slot hand you exactly that. The setting is under Edit → Preferences → File Handling (Photoshop → Settings → File Handling on a Mac), and setting it to Always before saving avoids the problem for good.

Here such files are rebuilt from their layers instead. To see how close that gets, we removed the flattened copy from real Photoshop files and compared the rebuild with the copy Photoshop had saved:

What the document contains	Pixels matching Photoshop
Plain layers, groups, hidden layers, text, partial opacity	100%
Clipping masks and vector shape masks	99.7%
A web page mock-up with a few drop shadows and strokes	94.1%
A sampler of eleven layer effects (bevel, emboss, glows, shadows, satin…)	5.8%

Layer effects and adjustment layers are calculated by Photoshop when it draws the document, and no other program redraws them the same way. So the report lists every one it skipped by layer name, and you know whether the PNG can be used as it is or the file needs re-saving.

CMYK, 16-bit and other colour modes

Print files are often CMYK, and Photoshop embeds the colour profile they were made for. The converter turns them into screen colours through that profile, so a PNG of a print file looks the way it does in Photoshop rather than dull or shifted; the measurements are on PSD to JPG. Greyscale, Lab, indexed and 1-bit documents work too, 16- and 32-bit ones are reduced to the 8 bits per channel that PNG viewers expect, and PSB large-document files are read the same way as PSDs. For a format that suits a website better, see JPEG, PNG, WebP or AVIF.

The PSD is read and converted in your browser, without an upload, so unreleased artwork and client files stay on your computer.

Frequently asked questions

Does it keep the transparent background?

Yes. If the Photoshop document has no Background layer, the PNG has the same transparency. Photoshop stores the flattened picture blended with white at the soft edges (anti-aliased text, feathered selections, shadows); the converter takes that white back out, so edges don't get a pale halo on a dark page.

Can I export each layer as a separate PNG?

Yes. Choose Every layer as its own PNG. Each visible layer becomes a PNG named with a number in stacking order (bottom first) and the layer's name, with its mask and opacity applied. Pick Cropped to each layer for individual assets, or Full canvas to get same-size images that line up when you stack them. Hidden layers are skipped unless you tick Include hidden layers. Download them one by one or as a ZIP.

Why is my PSD blank or saying "not saved with a composite image" in other converters?

The file was saved with Photoshop's "Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility" option switched off. Then the file contains the layers but no finished, flattened picture, and converters that only read that slot show an empty image or Photoshop's notice. This tool spots it and combines the layers itself. Layer effects such as drop shadows and adjustment layers can't be redrawn outside Photoshop, so the report lists any it found.

Are layer effects and adjustment layers included?

When the file has its flattened copy (the normal case), yes: that copy is exactly what Photoshop shows, effects and adjustments included. They are missing only in two cases, and the report says so: a file saved without the flattened copy, and single-layer export, because effects are drawn by Photoshop on the fly rather than stored as pixels.

Will a CMYK PSD look right as a PNG?

Yes, if the PSD carries its colour profile, which Photoshop embeds by default. The CMYK values are converted to screen colours through that profile, the way Photoshop does it. A plain CMYK formula, which many converters use, was off by an average of 24 and up to 56 steps out of 255 on our test photo, a landscape converted to the common U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) profile.

Does it open PSB (large document) files?

Yes. PSB is Photoshop's format for documents over 30,000 pixels or 2 GB, and it is read the same way. The practical limit is your device's memory: a browser can hold an image of roughly 16,000 × 16,000 pixels in most cases, and a larger one gives a clear error rather than a broken PNG.

Is my PSD uploaded?

No. The file is read and converted inside your browser, and nothing is sent to a server. The layer reader is downloaded only when a file needs it.