# Photopea

Photopea is a free browser-based image editor similar to Photoshop that opens PSD files and can export PDF for print covers.

- Canonical page: https://kdp123.com/t/photopea/
- Official site: https://www.photopea.com
- Categories: Cover Design & Mockups
- Price: Free tier (All editing features are free with ads. Premium removes ads and is priced in the app's Account window; team premium covers every member.)
- Platforms: web
- Outputs KDP-ready files: Not stated
- Touches your KDP account: No
- Official Amazon product: No
- Last checked: 2026-11-09

## Summary

Photopea runs in the browser without an install, opens and saves PSD files, and exports PDF, so you can lay out a KDP paperback wrap on the cover calculator template and save it as the single PDF KDP asks for. Its CMYK mode is a print preview only: Photopea stores documents in sRGB, so it does not produce true CMYK files, although KDP recommends CMYK images. It does not calculate spine width or provide book templates.

## Pros

- Free, in the browser, and reads Photoshop PSD templates
- Exports PDF directly

## Cons

- No true CMYK output; CMYK mode is a preview
- Ads on the free version

## Alternatives

- [GIMP](https://kdp123.com/t/gimp/)
- [Krita](https://kdp123.com/t/krita/)
- [Canva](https://kdp123.com/t/canva/)

## Sources

- https://www.photopea.com/api/accounts
- https://www.photopea.com/tuts/prepare-graphics-for-printing/
- https://blog.photopea.com/photopea-5-2-color-profiles-and-cmyk-mode.html
- https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201953020