Photoshop
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- This article is about the software, and all of its native formats. For the main Photoshop image format, see PSD.
Adobe Photoshop is a popular raster graphics editor. It has many native file formats and data formats, most notably PSD. It supports a relatively small number of third-party image formats, though plug-ins are often available for such formats.
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Native formats
A ‡ symbol indicates that the format is documented in the public Photoshop File Formats Specification.
| Format | MacOS type | File sig. | Ext. | Notes and references |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photoshop Action File | 8BAC |
(none) | .atn | ‡ Photoshop Action File |
| Photoshop Album Photo Album File | .psa | |||
| Photoshop Arbitrary Map Setting | 8BLT |
(none) | .amp | ‡ |
| Photoshop Brush | 8BBR |
(none) | .abr | Photoshop brush |
| Photoshop Color Book | 8BCB |
8BCB |
.acb | ‡ [1] |
| Photoshop Color Settings | .csf | |||
| Photoshop Color Swatch File | 8BCO |
(none) | .aco | ‡ [2] A.k.a. "Colors file" |
| Photoshop Color Table | 8BCT |
(none) | .act | ‡ |
| Photoshop Command Button | .acm | |||
| Photoshop Compressed Textures | .dds | |||
| Photoshop Contours | 8BFS |
8BFS |
.shc | ‡ |
| Photoshop CS Keyboard Shortcut | .kys | |||
| Photoshop Custom Filter | 8BCK |
(none) | .acf | ‡ A.k.a. "Custom Kernel" |
| Photoshop Custom Shape | cush |
.csh | [3] | |
| Photoshop Duotone Options | 8BDT |
(none) | .ado | ‡ |
| Photoshop Elements Backup Catalog File | .tly | |||
| Photoshop Elements Backup File | .buc | |||
| Photoshop Extended Digital Book | .edb | |||
| Photoshop Format | 8BPS |
8BPS |
.psd | ‡ PSD |
| Photoshop Frame Filter File | .rfr | |||
| Photoshop Gradient File | 8BGR |
.grd | [4], [5] | |
| Photoshop Halftone Screen | 8BHS |
(none) | .ahs | ‡ |
| Photoshop Hue/Saturation Information | 8BHA |
(none) | .hss, .ahv | ‡ |
| Photoshop Image Resources | 8BIM |
‡ Photoshop Image Resources | ||
| Photoshop Import | .8bp | |||
| Photoshop Ink Colors Setup | 8BIC |
(none) | .api | ‡ A.k.a. "CMYK Setup" |
| Photoshop Large Document Format | 8BPS |
8BPS |
.psb | ‡ PSB |
| Photoshop Layer Style | ??8BSL |
.asl | [6] | |
| Photoshop Levels | 8BLS |
(none) | .alv | ‡ |
| Photoshop Monitor Setup | 8BMS |
(none) | .ams | ‡ |
| Photoshop Pattern File | 8BPT |
.pat | [7] | |
| Photoshop PDF Format | .pdp | |||
| Photoshop Photo File Index | .asp | |||
| Photoshop Plug-in | .8bc, .8bi8, .8bl, .8bs, .8li, .8ly | |||
| Photoshop Plug-in - Accelerator | 8BXM |
.8bx | ||
| Photoshop Plug-in - Acquire | 8BAM |
.8ba | ||
| Photoshop Plug-in - Export | 8BEM |
.8be | ||
| Photoshop Plug-in - File format | 8BIF |
.8bi | ||
| Photoshop Plug-in - Filter | 8BFM |
.8bf | ||
| Photoshop Plug-in - General | 8BPI |
.8bp | ||
| Photoshop Plug-in - Parser | 8BYM |
.8by | ||
| Photoshop Proof Setup | .psf | |||
| Photoshop Replace Color/Color Range | 8BXT |
(none) | .axt | ‡ |
| Photoshop Saved Curve | 8BSC |
(none) | .acv, .crv | ‡ Photoshop Curve |
| Photoshop Scratch Area | 8BSR |
(none) | .asr | [8] |
| Photoshop Selective Color | 8BSV |
(none) | .asv | ‡ |
| Photoshop Separation Setup | .asp | |||
| Photoshop Separation Tables | 8BST |
(none) | .ast | ‡ |
| Photoshop Text Engine Data | (none) | Photoshop Text Engine Data | ||
| Photoshop Thumbnail Cache | .md0, .tb0, .bc, .bct | Photoshop Thumbnail Cache | ||
| Photoshop Tool Preset File | .tpl | |||
| Photoshop Transfer Function | 8BTF |
(none) | .atf | ‡ Photoshop Transfer Function |
| Photoshop Tutorial | .drx | |||
| Photoshop Variations File | .ava | |||
| Preferences files | .psp |
Specifications
- Adobe Photoshop File Formats Specification
- See PSD#Specifications for other versions.
- Tonton Pixel: Photoshop Additional File Formats
Links
- Wikipedia: Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop website
- Adobe Photoshop 1.0.1 source code
- File-Extensions.org: Adobe Photoshop file extensions
- Evolution of Photoshop: 1988 – 2009
