Edit PSD files online with a free PSD editor

The tools you'd use for a quick PSD edit are all there, under the same names as in Photoshop:

• Text: select a text layer with the Horizontal Type Tool (T) and type. See the note on fonts below.
• Layers: hide, reorder or group them, change opacity or blend mode (all 27 Photoshop blend modes are there), merge with Ctrl+E or duplicate with Ctrl+J. New to layers? See how layers work, step by step.
• Colors and tone: 16 kinds of adjustment layer under Layer > New Adjustment Layer, including Curves, Levels, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance and Black & White. We've tested Curves and Levels: a new one comes with its mask, its controls appear in the Properties panel and the photo updates as you change them. The ones already in your PSD can be changed there too, and the change is kept when you save the PSD and open it here again. Here's how to use Curves and Levels.
• Masks: layer masks, vector masks and clipping masks (Layer > Create Clipping Mask, Ctrl+Alt+G). Our guide to using layer masks covers painting, inverting and applying them.
• Size and shape: the Crop Tool (C), Edit > Free Transform, Image > Image Size… and Filter > Liquify…
• Retouching: the Spot Healing Brush Tool, the Clone Stamp Tool and Edit > Content-Aware Fill…, all without AI.
• Selections: Select > Subject, Select > Sky and the Magic Wand Tool, also without AI.

Text layers in a PSD stay editable here. The catch is fonts. On the web, PhotopixPro has two fonts, Inter and JetBrains Mono, and it can't use the fonts installed on your computer. If your PSD uses another font, such as Arial or Futura, the editor warns you when the file opens, and the text may switch to a substitute font when you edit it.

In practice: if the PSD already uses Inter or JetBrains Mono, or a substitute font is fine for you, edit the text here. If the exact font matters, change the text in an app that has that font installed, and use PhotopixPro for everything else.

In a mockup, the design sits inside a smart object, often bent to fit a screen, a box or a T-shirt. To put your own image in it:

1. Open your image in the editor too, with File > Open… (Ctrl+O): it opens in its own tab. Choose Select > All (Ctrl+A) and Edit > Copy (Ctrl+C).
2. Go back to the mockup and double-click the smart object's thumbnail in the Layers panel, or choose Layer > Smart Objects > Edit Contents. Its contents open in a new tab.
3. Choose Edit > Paste (Ctrl+V), then fit the image with Edit > Free Transform or the size boxes in the Properties panel.
4. Choose File > Save in that tab and go back to the mockup. The smart object now shows your image, with the mockup's perspective.
5. Export the result with File > Export > Export As…, or save the mockup as a PSD.

File > Place Embedded… isn't available in the browser, which is why the image goes in by copy and paste. Layer > Smart Objects > Replace Contents… does load a file, but at its own size, so it won't fit the frame. We tested these steps with a sample PSD, not yet with a large commercial mockup.

• File > Save (Ctrl+S) downloads a PSD with your layers, effects and editable text. It always saves as PSD, even if you started from a JPG. You can open that PSD here again later and carry on.
• File > Export > Export As… (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W) creates a PNG, JPG, WebP or TIFF, with a preview and an estimated file size. Exports carry no watermark.

• Save often. There's no autosave, and the editor doesn't work offline. If the tab closes, unsaved changes are gone.
• Images from other apps can't be pasted. Copy and paste works inside the editor, but an image copied from another app or a web page won't paste. Open that image in the editor as its own document instead, then copy it from there and paste it into your PSD.
• Big files need a moment. The editor works on a single thread, so heavy steps on large documents can freeze the tab for a few seconds.

Already know Photoshop? Our list of the Photoshop shortcuts the editor uses saves you hunting through menus. Need only a PNG? Go straight to PSD to PNG. For a quick look without editing, open the PSD online instead. Leaving Photoshop for good? See how PhotopixPro works as a free Photoshop alternative.