How to export .psd files with GIMP

GIMP is able to export .psd files. To test how well it works I’ve used GIMP to create a document with two layers:

• one filled with yellow colour (in the foreground)
• one filled with blue colour (in the background)

To the first layer I’ve added a mask. Inside the mask I’ve wrote the word Test with a black pencil. (That’s why the layer filled with blue colour is partly visible.)

To export as a .psd file from GIMP click on File → Export as …

Then just write .psd after the file name (or click on the little + Symbol in the bottom left of the window and choose Photoshop image from the list).

That’s it. If you open the document with Photoshop you will notice that all layers and masks are displayed correctly.

You can edit everything just as the document would…