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System Requirements
Windows 7
Windows Vista

Windows XP and a
WIC based viewer such as FastPictureViewer
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View Adobe Photoshop Document (PSD) files in Windows

PSD codec for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP


The PSD (Adobe Photoshop Document) Codec is a plug-in for Windows Explorer, Windows Photo Gallery, and Windows 7 Media Center.

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Cropped psd in Photo Gallery

View PSD files

View PSD files in Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Live Photo Gallery. You can view PSD files in Media Center on Windows 7. Now you can also view your Adobe PhotoDeluxe PDD files as well.

 
cropped PSD thumbnail in Windows Explorer

Find files instantly with Explorer Thumbnails

See thumbnails for PSD files in standard file open dialog boxes. View PSD and PDD files throughout Windows, including PSD files exported from other third party applications such as Lightwave3D and Modo. New! Now you can see thumbnails for most EPS files as well.

 
cropped metadata in Windows Explorer details pane

View metadata

View XMP, IPTC, and EXIF metadata from PSD files. Search the file system based on metadata using Windows Desktop Search.


Notes

Build History

1.0.1.0 update, 1 September 2010
  • Use Photoshop's PSD icon as thumbnail overlay when Photoshop is installed.
1.0.1.0, 10 August 2010
  • Generate thumbnails for most common EPS files on Windows 7 and Windows Vista
  • Stability and performance improvements
1.0.0.9, 5 March 2010
  • Adobe PhotoDeluxe PDD file support
1.0.0.8, 3 February 2010
  • Fix: issue generating thumbnails for PSDs from Corel Painter 11
  • Fix: crash loading large images under low memory conditions
1.0.0.7, 8 January 2010
  • Fix: memory leak
1.0.0.6 Initial Release, 17 Nov 2009
  • Fix: issue generating thumbnails for 16 bpc images
  • Register PSD mime type for codec
1.0.0.5, Beta 2, 9 October 2009
  • Support for 8 bpc CMYK files
  • Support legacy thumbnail interfaces on Vista and later (confirmed with Total Commander)
  • Improved integration with Windows Desktop Search
  • Fix: issue with user selection mask layers
Beta 1, 9 September 2009
  • Support for 8 bpc RLE compressed Grayscale
  • Expose ICC profile
Beta 0, 24 August 2009 (Private Beta)
  • Explorer thumbnails for files with maximize compatibility set.
  • Full preview and Explorer thumbnails for 8 bit per channel RGB and Indexed color mode images that contain the flattened image.
  • View XMP, IPTC, and EXIF metadata