png → real layers
PNG to PSD with real layers, not a renamed file
* Free to use — the editor runs in your browser, and nothing is uploaded unless you start a server step: the AI tools, or upscaling a photograph (logos and flat artwork are enlarged on your device). A free account (Google, Apple or an emailed code — no card) is needed to download the finished file, and comes with credits for the server-side tools.
A .psd extension does not mean layers. Most "PNG to PSD" converters hand back your flat image as a single locked background layer — a renamed PNG. If you actually need editable layers, they have to be reconstructed from the picture: subject, objects, text and background, each on its own layer.
Convert a PNG to real layersThe single-layer trap
A PNG stores one grid of pixels (plus transparency) and nothing about layers or fonts. So a format converter has nothing to separate — it wraps your flat pixels in a PSD container as one background layer. Open the Layers panel and you will see exactly one thing. The extension changed; the file did not.
What real reconstruction gives you
We re-read the image and rebuild it: AI separates the parts, fills the background behind each lifted object so every layer is complete and movable, and writes named layers and groups into a genuine PSD. Transparent PNGs keep their alpha; the subject arrives cleanly cut. It opens layered in Photoshop, Affinity, Photopea and GIMP.
And the text becomes editable
Text baked into the PNG comes back as real Photoshop type layers you can re-type — the one thing a format converter can never do. Stylized logos are flagged instead of faked, so you are never handed a wrong guess.
Frequently asked
How do I tell a real conversion from a fake one?
Open the output and check the Layers panel. One "Background" layer means you got a renamed PNG. Multiple separated, editable layers means reconstruction actually happened.
Does transparency survive?
Yes — a transparent PNG keeps its alpha, and lifted subjects come back cleanly cut against it.
Can it recover my original PSD layers?
No tool honestly can once a file is flattened. You get freshly reconstructed, editable layers built from the visible image.
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