Even if there is are “free” versions of Adobe CS around on the internet, we would still be reluctant to install the few GB of software just because of the need to open and edit a few PSD files and then uninstall it once done. Since PSD files can be opened and edited by Photoshop, not everyone is willing to spend thousands of dollars on the Adobe Creative Suite just to edit a few PSD files. They are also lossless meaning 100% of the image quality is maintained at all times where something like JPEG will subtly lose image quality after every save. PSD files tend to be high quality reference images such as those used in website templates or for desktop publishing. While most people tend to use JPEG, BMP or PNG files for their everyday tasks, a PSD file (Photoshop Document) can store a vast amount of extra information about the image such as layers, masks, color profiles, transparency, text, alpha channels etc. This is an image file format which is native to the very well known Adobe Photoshop software. Many of you will have seen an image file extension around called a.
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