View PSP files in your browser
Jasc's and then Corel's own image file, with every layer, group and mask kept. Open a PSPIMAGE right here, on a Mac or a phone, without PaintShop Pro. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your file opens as its app saved it, fitted to your window, with its layers beside it.
- Every layer and group • Hide one or show it alone
- Drag to pan • Pinch or scroll to zoom
- A checkerboard, white or black behind it
- Export • Save the picture, a layer or every layer
About PSP
Paint Shop Pro began at Jasc Software in the early 1990s as a shareware editor for Windows, and Corel has sold it as PaintShop Pro since 2004. Its own file, named .psp in older versions and .pspimage in newer ones, keeps an image with its layers, groups, masks and adjustments, and its picture tubes are the same format.
A PSPIMAGE is a 32 byte signature, then blocks: the image's size, depth and resolution, who made it and when, a merged copy and a thumbnail, and the layers from the bottom up, each with its rectangle, opacity, blend mode and channels of pixels, packed with run lengths or zlib.
Filepeek reads it in your browser and shows the picture PaintShop Pro saved, with the layers, groups and masks listed beside it. Hide a layer or show it alone, and Filepeek blends the rest with PaintShop Pro's blend modes. Save the picture, a layer or every layer as PNG.
PaintShop Pro image
.psp • .pspimage
Format
- MIME type
- image/x-paintshoppro
- Made by
- Jasc Software, now Corel
Inside the file
- Layers
- Raster, vector, adjustment, group and mask
- Channels
- Packed with run lengths or zlib
- Picture
- A merged copy and a thumbnail
- Bit depth
- 1 to 8 bits, or 16 a channel
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens PSP files with their layers in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, on phones too. On their own, browsers only download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open PSP
- WindowsPaintShop Pro, paid • GIMP and IrfanView read it
- MacGIMP reads it
- iPhone and iPadNo app opens it
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I open a PSPIMAGE file without PaintShop Pro?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a PSP. It opens in your browser as PaintShop Pro saved it, with its layers beside it.
How do I convert PSPIMAGE to PNG or JPEG?
Open it, then choose Export and Save as PNG or Save as JPEG. Save every layer saves each layer as a PNG of its own.
Why are some layers blank?
Vector and Art Media layers keep shapes and brush strokes that PaintShop Pro draws itself, and Filepeek lists them without drawing them. The merged picture PaintShop Pro saved shows them, as long as every layer is on.
Which versions does it open?
Files from Paint Shop Pro 5 to the newest PaintShop Pro, in 8 or 16 bits a channel, gray or with a palette, packed or not.