Photopea Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Show HN: Turn Screenshots into Designs Instantly

  I can go to https://photopea.com and get an entire photoshop clone in my browser, but it would be nice to just use your tool for screenshots when I need. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• 11 real-life PWA examples you can learn from in 2025

  Last but certainly not least, I have to mention Photopea, which, in my humble opinion, is one of the greatest pieces of software ever built on the web. In a nutshell, it’s a free Photoshop alternative, fully developed using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• Gimp 3.0 – a milestone for open-source image editing

  I'm happy gIMP is still being worked on. That said, I'm a photoshop user and I find all my personal needs are covered by Photopea (https://photopea.com). It feels like it duplicates all of the photoshop features I regularly use including non-destructive editing, smart layers, and non-destructive layer blending options like stroke, outline, outer-shadow, inner-shadow, solid-color, that I use often. It's not open... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Why Apple Uses JPEG XL in the iPhone 16 and What It Means for Your Photos

  Serving images from CDNs is not the only use case for browser JXL support. Browsers can perform client side processing of images before upload. They even host fully featured image editors like https://photopea.com. And sometimes you do want to see an original image from your camera in your browser, like say on the web version of Google Photos. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• A Simple Performance Benchmark

  When the link was up, we were 100% sure the link was to "https://photopea.com". You can configure your computer, if you know how, to show you the link, if it doesn't already, when you hover over it with your mouse, or you click (or tap) and hold the link before you actually follow it. You should see how to do that with your computer and browser. Source: over 1 year ago

• Get photopea.com to work in Vivaldi?

  Uploaded an image to photopea.com, tried to cut and paste a section (CTRL-C and CTRL-V; which should create a new layer) and nothing happens. Source: over 1 year ago

• Adobe

  If you're looking for Photoshop, check out photopea.com. It's very similar, free and runs in a browser. Source: over 1 year ago

• Photo shop advice

  Use the free photopea.com. Close the top blue banner, if there is one, by clicking the X. Then load your photo and use the Color Replacement brush from the left tool bar to paint over the area with the new color. Select the new color first, so it appears in the palette at the bottom of the tool bar. If all this confuses you and you want a tutorial on how this works, go to youtube and search for: Photoshop Color... Source: over 1 year ago

• Poster Arrangements On Large Wall

  Link to PSD file. Pop it into photopea.com and you can drag around the frames. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Trying to recover corrupt photoshop file

  I'm trying to recover my photoshop file because I accidentally deleted my one drive. I managed to recover the file using a third-part software, but I cannot open it. It's a .psd file and the size seems correct. When I try to open the file, I'm getting "Could not complete your request because it is not the right kind of document." and when I try open as I get "Could not open "_____.psd" because it is not a valid... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Photoshop For Free

  I use Photopea (mainly because I'm both broke AND don't want to install any programs), but I heard good things about GIMP as well. Source: almost 2 years ago

• I was bored. Decided try to make icons. First attempts.

  Photopea.com is a great photoshop alternative! Source: almost 2 years ago

• Lewis Hamilton Poster

  I thought I'd give gimp a go after a while messing about with photopea.com and forgot how good this software can be despite its limitations Hope you guys like it. Source: almost 2 years ago

• So...what does it take to make a 3d engine?

  Not related to 3d engine but a single person actually developed a photoshop "clone": https://photopea.com and it's quite fancy for what it is. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What color should the sky be since the mountains are teal/blue? I’m scared of messing it up since I suck at color theory 🥲

  Try using Photoshop or a site like photopea.com to take the image you added here and test different colored backgrounds. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Is there any free software that allows printing profile selection?

  I am using photopea.com for editing. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What do folks use for mock-ups of their designs?

  If you don't have photoshop I think you can also use photopea.com for free. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Why can’t i use the fill tool and others? They are grayed out.

  Or share your file online using menu file->share->photopea.com (PSD). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Clam WhatsApp

  Photopea.com definitely not free photoshop on the internet. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Having issues with the Photopea API: Importing & Merging multiple images at once.

  Const config = { files: [ `https://i.imgur.com/AD3MbBi.jpeg`, `https://i.imgur.com/Uschheg.jpeg`, `https://i.imgur.com/VgYAFPI.jpeg`, ], Script: `app.activeDocument.activeLayer.duplicate(app.documents[0], ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING)` app.documents[2].close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); app.documents[1].close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); app.documents[0].name = 'My cool... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Is it possible to keep the texts editable when converting to .psd?

  Did you tried to open the xcf in photopea.com and export as psd? Source: almost 2 years ago