PSD to JPG converter, choose the quality, free

PSD to JPG converter

Drop a .psd or .psb file, pick a JPG quality of 80, 90 or 100, and select Download JPG. You get the full-size image as a JPG that opens on any phone, computer or website, with the resolution kept. Transparent areas turn white, since JPG has no transparency. It is free and runs in your browser, so the file is never uploaded.

Last updated October 15, 2026

Step by step

Drop the PSD

Drag the .psd or .psb file onto the box above, or choose it from your computer.

Pick the quality

90 suits most uses. Choose 80 for a smaller file to email or post, or 100 for the least compression.

Download the JPG

Select Download JPG. The image is saved at full size with the PSD's resolution.

Why convert a PSD to JPG?

Because almost nothing outside image editors opens a PSD. Phones, email, chat apps, websites and online print services take JPG. Converting gives you one flat copy of the finished image to share, while the layered PSD stays the file you edit.

How big will the JPG be?

It depends on the image more than on the quality setting. Measured on 2026-10-15 with this converter (MB is a million bytes):

Test file	PSD	PNG	JPG 80	JPG 90	JPG 100
Photo-like texture, 3,000 × 2,000	36.0 MB	7.8 MB	0.74 MB	1.19 MB	3.88 MB
Flat CMYK layout, 3,300 × 5,100	2.3 MB	0.14 MB	0.53 MB	0.55 MB	0.67 MB

For the photo-like texture, a noisy pattern standing in for a photo, JPG at 90 was about a sixth of the PNG. For the flat-colour layout, PNG was smaller than any JPG and keeps edges sharp, so the PSD to PNG converter is the better choice there. The texture was generated with ImageMagick’s plasma pattern; the print layout is a Photoshop sample from the psd-tools test suite.

What changes between the PSD and the JPG?

	PSD	JPG from this converter
Layers	Kept	Merged into one image
Transparency	Kept	Filled with white
Colour mode	RGB, CMYK, Grayscale, Lab and others	RGB
Bits per channel	8, 16 or 32	8
Colour profile	Embedded	Kept for RGB files; left out after a CMYK or Lab conversion
Resolution (dpi)	Saved	Saved, so the print size is the same
Compression	Lossless	Lossy, at the quality you pick
Largest side	30,000 px (PSD), 300,000 px (PSB)	65,535 px

The PSD limits are from Adobe’s file format specification; the JPG limit comes from the 16-bit width and height fields in the JPEG standard.

Is it the same image Photoshop shows?

Yes, for files saved with Maximize Compatibility on, the option Photoshop offers when you save a layered PSD. The JPG is made from the merged image Photoshop stored in the file, so layer effects, adjustment layers and text look exactly as they did in Photoshop at the last save. If that option was off, the converter rebuilds the image from the layers and says what it could not draw.

How it was tested

Tested on 2026-10-15 in Chrome 148 on a laptop with an Intel Core i7-14700HX. Saving a 6,000 × 4,000 px JPG took between 1.2 and 2.6 seconds, and a 3,300 × 5,100 px CMYK file saved by Photoshop came out as an RGB JPG in about 1 second. ImageMagick 7.1.1 read that JPG back as an sRGB image of the right size, with the saved 300 dpi and full-resolution colour (1x1 sampling).

Questions

Which JPG quality should I choose?

90 is a good default: compression marks are very hard to see, and for photos the file is a fraction of the size of a PNG. Use 80 when the file has to be small, for email or a website. 100 keeps the most detail but makes much larger files and is rarely needed outside printing.

What happens to a transparent background?

JPG can't store transparency, so transparent and semi-transparent areas are flattened onto white. If you need the transparency, save as PNG instead with the PSD to PNG converter.

My PSD is CMYK. Is the JPG CMYK too?

No. The JPG is RGB, which is what screens, browsers and phones expect. The CMYK colours are converted with a simple formula rather than the file's colour profile, so strong colours may shift slightly. If a print shop needs a CMYK file, convert it in Photoshop or keep the PSD.

Can every layer be saved as a JPG?

Layers are saved as PNG, not JPG, because most layers have transparent areas around them that JPG would fill with white. Use Every layer as PNG to get them all in a ZIP.

Is there a size limit?

A JPG can be at most 65,535 pixels wide or tall, a limit of the JPEG format itself. Larger PSB files can only be saved as PNG. Below that, the limit is your device's memory.

Does the JPG keep chroma detail?

Yes. The encoder stores colour at full resolution (no 4:2:0 chroma subsampling), so thin coloured lines and red text stay sharp. That makes files a little larger than many photo apps produce at the same quality number.