Opening a PSA File

The PSA file type is primarily associated with Photoshop Album.

PSA	File extension: PSA
	File type:	photo album file

What is a PSA file?

PSA files mostly belong to Photoshop Album by Adobe. The PSA extension is formated as a Microsoft Joint Engine Technology (Jet) Datase Engine file. This extension supports encryption and compression, and typically contains several relational databases saved as MDB files, and other resources including catalog information files and thumbnails. It supports multi-layered and/or scalable vector graphics.

Main Use: The PSA extension is most commonly associated with Photoshop Album and Photoshop Elements which use it to save catalogs of digital photos. These two are graphic design and photo management programs. PSA catalog files store categories of photos in the album, along with other information about and how to display each photo. The files can contain multiple albums as they are saved as separate databases. PSA album files can be converted into newer album formats using the newer versions of the programs. The default storage location of PSA albums created by Photoshop Album is \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Photoshop Album\Catalogs in Windows, while Photoshop Elements uses \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Catalogs.
Other Uses: Plesk Panel, a web host managemet program by Paralles, creates PSA Pretty Simple Archive backup files formatted as compressed ZIP archives that can be uploaded to restore on the server.

Other extensions associated with PSA include game data files such as TLNC, SS0, BBA, ASSTRM, UMD and DOG.

How to open PSA files

You need a suitable software like Photoshop Album to open a PSA file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your PSA file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a PSA file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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Easily convert PSA files to JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF, ...

If you want to convert or edit a PSA file, you can use our free Online PSA File Converter (powered by Convert.Guru):

To do this, click the button "Choose your .psa file to view this image" on this page.
After your file is opened in browser,
click "Save as..." in the menu.
Then choose the image format (e.g. JPG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, ...) you want.
Download the converted file.

Programs that open and convert PSA files:

Photoshop Album by Adobe
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. PSA files are often referred to as Photoshop Album raster images because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
Plesk (backup archive file) by Plesk
Plesk is a web hosting and server data center automation software with an interactive control panel with integrated web design, SaaS storefront, and billing. It provides server administrators with the ability to set up new websites, reseller accounts, email accounts, and edit and create DNS entries through a web-based interface. PSA file contains compressed server backup in a ZIP format. This file format is classified as Data. Related links: Tutorial, Support, Plesk on Wikipedia
Pretty Simple Archive (compressed archive file) by Serge Pachkovsky
Pretty Simple Archive is an old compression application developed by Serge Pachkovsky. This application is obsolete and no more available for download. PSA file is a compressed data archive. This PSA file type entry is obsolete and no longer supported. This file format is classified as Data.
Space Planning (planogram (floorplan) schematic file) by Blue Yonder
JDA Space Planning was a program developed for constructing, managing, and optimizing detailed retail planograms in order to optimize merchandise space allocations and provide category and assortment management plans. In 2020. JDA announced renaming itself to Blue Yonder. PSA file contains a schematic planogram (floorplan). This PSA file type entry is obsolete and no longer supported. This file format is classified as Data. Related links: Info Page, Blue Yonder on Wikipedia
Unreal Engine (skeletal animation file) by Epic Games
Epic Games Unreal Engine is a 3D game engine written in C++ and initially developed for first-person shooter games, but it has been used in other genres like fighting games and MMORPGs. The PSA file stores skeletal animation for 3D models. This file format is classified as Raster Image. Related links: Tutorials, Support, Unreal Engine on Wikipedia

PSA file extension format:

If you know the file format, you can also find out how to open or edit the file. A file format is determined by the file extension and signature, so JPEG images have the extension .jpg and the first bytes in the file are ÿØÿ. However, different programs can use the same file extension. Furthermore, a file extension can be renamed incorrectly and double-clicking on it will then display an error when it is opened. If there are problems opening a file, you must first determine the file format used. Below is our analysis of the PSA files:

The PSA file type is a very commonly used file extension and is primarily used by a single program. But the following two file formats are common:

70% of all PSA files are ProSpace schematic files. These files contain text and words, not binary data. The average file size is 280 KB with most files being between 43 KB and 1 MB in size. The file type is very recent. The keywords Project, PROSPACE SCHEMATIC FILE, Version and ; Codepage=1252 are typical for these files. Files like these have the following tags: updated, effective, shelf, planogram, store, care, food, proposed, standard, control, gondola, cooler, sample, spring, candy, giant and post.
20% of all PSA files use the same file format, which have the signature ANIMHEAD. If you open these files in a text editor, you will see only illegible characters. Most of these files are 67 KB to 2 MB in size. The keywords ANIMHEAD, BONENAMES and Root are typical for these files. Such files sometimes refer to idle, pose, death, intro, loop and video.

All the rest of the PSA files (10%) have different formats. Tagged as face. Just click the "Choose your .psa file to view this image" button on this page to find out what your PSA file is.

Technical Data for PSA File Extension

File classification:

Raster Image

Related files:

psk, jda, 2-psa, psd, pdf, stdf, gda, zip, tga, mkv, jpg, spa, xlsx, png

Mime type:

audio/x-mod

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and file extension information submitted by users.

ProgramID: PhotoshopAlbum.PsaFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Album 2.0\Apps\PhotoshopAlbum.exe %1

ProgramID: PhotoshopAlbum.PsaFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 3.0\PhotoshopElementsOrganizer.exe %1

ProgramID: PhotoshopAlbum.PsaFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Photoshop Album 2\Apps\PhotoshopAlbum.exe %1

ProgramID: PhotoshopAlbum.PsaFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Album Starter Edition\Apps\PhotoshopAlbum.exe %1

ProgramID: Psafile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Esker\Persona Windows Client\ThinTerm.exe %1

ProgramID: XnView.Image
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\XnView\xnview.exe %1

ProgramID: PhotoshopAlbum.PsaFile
EXEFile: E:\Documents and Settings\Chris Folau\Desktop\Apps\PhotoshopAlbum.exe %1

ProgramID: PhotoshopAlbum.PsaFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Album\Apps\PhotoshopAlbum.exe

ProgramID: PhotoshopAlbum.PsaFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 4.0\PhotoshopElementsOrganizer.exe

ProgramID: PhotoshopAlbum.PsaFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 5.0\PhotoshopElementsOrganizer.exe

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a psa photo album file is a special file format by Adobe and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with PSA files

Associate the PSA file extension with the correct application.
Update your software that should actually open photo album files. Because only the current version supports the latest PSA file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the Adobe manufacturer website after an available Photoshop Album update.
To make sure that your PSA file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
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