PSB
PSB raster imageUsed for pixel-based artwork, scans, and photographs.
- Family
- Images
- MIME
- image/vnd.adobe.photoshop
Free PSB to JPG conversion online, with the real pixel decoding and image re-encoding behavior, what gets lost, and a concrete way to check the output.
Photoshop large document data for canvases or file sizes beyond ordinary psd limits is decoded into a working pixel canvas first, then written back out under JPG's own color and compression model. Dimensions can stay exactly the same even as encoding, metadata, and fine detail change underneath. PSB parsing extends the Photoshop document model to very large canvases while retaining layers, masks, channels, effects, smart objects, and color data. JPG delivery writes opaque, lossy photographic pixels; quality must be judged around high-contrast edges, gradients, fine texture, orientation, and repeated-encode damage.
Decoded canvas - Photoshop Large Document data for canvases or file sizes beyond ordinary PSD limits. Written image - Lossy JPEG pixels tuned for photographic detail and near-universal compatibility.
Used for pixel-based artwork, scans, and photographs.
Designed for photos and compact web images.
Choose JPG when its particular balance of compatibility, alpha, animation, and file size matches the destination better than PSB.
Many PSD-compatible tools do not support PSB, and a flattened export loses large-document layers, masks, and smart objects.
Every additional JPEG encode adds more ringing and blocking around edges, and any transparency has to be flattened to an opaque background first.
The writer builds lossy JPEG pixels tuned for photographic detail and near-universal compatibility and labels the result as image/jpeg. The receiving application - Not the extension alone - Is the final compatibility test.
Verify canvas dimensions, bit depth, layer count, masks, type, smart objects, and saved composite in a PSB-aware editor.
Compare faces, gradients, and high-contrast edges at full display size, and confirm transparent areas were flattened the way you expect.