If you have questions like this. How to view PSD file without Photoshop ? if have any PSD file viewer online? Best Photoshop Alternatives ? Want a Photoshop-style image editor without paying any money and without ing any software? Check out Photopea. It’s a free Photoshop clone that runs right in your Web browser.
What’s astonishing is the fact that the app was created and is being developed by a single person: Ivan Kutskir, a 28-year-old programmer based in Prague, Czech Republic. Kutskir spent 7,000 hours developing the app while studying computer science in college — about 5 hours a day for 3.5 years — and last month a whopping 1.5 million people used the app. Kutskir only recently started placing ads on the app and now makes a decent income from his project.
“Our goal is to create the most advanced and affordable photo editor,” Kutskir writes on the Photopea website.
The similarities with Photoshop go beyond aesthetics: if you’re used to using Photoshop, you’ll feel right at home with Photopea. You’ll find the same essential tools and the same workspace layout.
Photopea s most of the file formats you’ll need, from JPG and GIF to actual PSD files. And yes, Photopea s layers, so you’ll be able to do some pretty complex editing in the app if needed.
Other features found in Photopea include layer masks, blend modes, brushes, selections, and much, much more.
Here’s a 4-minute review of Photopea by MakeUseOf that shows how the app works (and how similar it is to Photoshop):
Head over to the Photopea website if you’d like to give the online image editor a shot. You can also follow along with the project as well as suggest new features on its GitHub and Facebook pages.