In a pinch, PSD Viewer might save you... or it might not
Ah, viewers! Whether you love the fact that they exist, or hate the fact that we live in a world that necessitates them, file viewers are a vital part of any computer user's tool kit. The number of times I've seen sent a Microsoft Word file and not been able to open it... ugh!
Fortunately I have Photoshop, but I'm sure there are lots of people out there that don't -- that's where PSD Viewer comes in! It's not fantastic -- check out the sample image after the break -- and boy is it slow, but if you don't own Photoshop... well, beggars can't be choosers, right?
You can't do much more than resize (which takes a veritable eternity) and rotate the image. The main feature is that you can export the PSD to a JPEG -- which you can then edit or manipulate in another package!
Again, it's not great, but it's better than nothing.
For some reason, PSD Viewer sometimes makes things look really weird. I have no idea why converts pictures to green and pink. It's not even inverted... it's just... very green and pink. It does look kinda cool though...

Fortunately I have Photoshop, but I'm sure there are lots of people out there that don't -- that's where PSD Viewer comes in! It's not fantastic -- check out the sample image after the break -- and boy is it slow, but if you don't own Photoshop... well, beggars can't be choosers, right?
You can't do much more than resize (which takes a veritable eternity) and rotate the image. The main feature is that you can export the PSD to a JPEG -- which you can then edit or manipulate in another package!
Again, it's not great, but it's better than nothing.
For some reason, PSD Viewer sometimes makes things look really weird. I have no idea why converts pictures to green and pink. It's not even inverted... it's just... very green and pink. It does look kinda cool though...

You may want to check out IfranView instead -- it's generally quite good at opening .PSDs (and tons of other formats).














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Subscribe to comments216Jun 28th 2010 11:22AM
IfranView ftw. My only real prob with IfranView is that it doesn't give the option to ignore certain file types. Example, I use it to view pics, and all kinds of pic formats, but I dont want it to open up movie files. So if I'm sorting through a folder that contains both, it will try to open the movie file (which slows down my workflow).
Otherwise IfranView is coo
Sebastian AnthonyJun 28th 2010 11:25AM
Ah, I'd forgotten that IrfanView lets you save to other formats! I used it as a viewer many years ago...
blasztaJun 28th 2010 12:20PM
IfanView? That's so 90's.. try FastStone Image Viewer ;)
cyberguy91Jun 28th 2010 10:52PM
I actually prefer to use XnView. It lets you batch convert files as well. http://www.xnview.com/en/
Drew GreenJun 28th 2010 12:57PM
The green and pink is when you run it ins PSD -> LSD mode.
RooTerJun 28th 2010 1:18PM
gimp.
skpabbaJul 26th 2010 8:58PM
Paint.net with Photoshop plugin, http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/releases/view/46574 also does the trick.