Photostar tools
Free image converters and file viewers
Each page below covers one file type or one quick job, with the steps, what works and what does not. Every button opens the editor ready for that job, and your file is read on your own device.
Photostar is a free online Photoshop alternative that runs in your browser. The tools here are all part of the same editor, so once a file is open you can also crop it, retouch it or add text.
Open and convert files
- Open a PSB file onlineOpen a large PSB document in your browser and see its layers.
- Open a GIMP XCF file without GIMPView a GIMP .xcf file in your browser with its layers, groups and masks, then save it as PNG, JPEG or PSD.
- Open Affinity files in your browserView .af, .afphoto and .afdesign files in your browser and export them as PNG or JPEG.
- Open HEIC photos on any computerOpen iPhone HEIC photos on Windows, Android or a Chromebook, right in the browser.
- Convert AVIF to JPG or PNGTurn an AVIF image into a JPG or PNG that every program can open.
- Open and convert JPEG XL imagesView JPEG XL images in any browser, even ones that cannot show .jxl yet.
- Convert WebP to PNG or JPGSave a WebP image as PNG or JPG in your browser.
- Open TIFF files onlineOpen TIFF and TIF files in your browser, including 16-bit scans and layered TIFFs.
- Convert camera RAW photos to JPGOpen camera RAW photos from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm and more in your browser and save them as JPG.
- Convert a DNG photo to JPGOpen a DNG raw photo in your browser, fix the exposure if you need to, and save a JPG.
- Open Radiance HDR files onlinePreview Radiance .hdr images and HDRI environment maps in your browser, then save them as JPG or PNG.
- Open TGA files and convert them to PNGOpen .tga Targa images from games and 3D apps in your browser, transparency included.
- Open DDS texture files onlineOpen DirectDraw Surface .dds game textures in your browser and save them as PNG.
- Convert SVG to PNGTurn an SVG into a PNG with a transparent background, at the size you choose.
- Convert PDF pages to JPG or PNGTurn PDF pages into JPG or PNG images at 72, 150 or 300 pixels per inch.
- Convert PNG to ICO for a faviconTurn a PNG logo into an .ico favicon holding sizes from 16 to 256 pixels in one file.
Quick photo jobs
- Crop an image onlineCrop a photo in your browser: drag a box, adjust the edges and save.
- Rotate or flip an imageRotate a photo 90 or 180 degrees, flip it like a mirror, or turn it by any angle.
- Add a white background to a photoPut a clean white background behind a product, pet or portrait photo.
- Blur the background of a photoGive a photo a soft, blurred background like a portrait camera.
- Merge two photos side by sideCombine two photos into one image, side by side or one above the other.
- Compress a JPEG to a smaller file sizeMake a JPEG smaller by lowering the quality or size, and watch the real file size update before you save.
- Make a photo black and whiteTurn a colour photo black and white and choose how each colour converts, so skies, skin and leaves look the way you want.
- Upscale an image with AIMake a small photo two or four times bigger with AI that adds detail instead of blur.
More help
The supported files page lists every format the editor opens and saves. For longer walkthroughs, see the guides, such as removing a background or converting HEIC to JPG.
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