LanguagePS
Adobe PostScript document
File type: Document file
Files with ps extension can be commonly found as to-be-printed final versions of documents and other publications saved in Adobe PostScript language for PostScript printers.
Found 3 different file type records with the same ps filename suffix.
What is ps file?
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: July 14, 2025
File extension ps is typically associated with Adobe PostScript, a dynamically typed concatenative programming language, best known for its use as a page description language in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. Once the de facto standard for electronic distribution of final documents meant for publication, PostScript is steadily being supplanted in this area by one of its own descendants, the Portable Document Format (PDF).
You may occasionally encounter files containing a stream of PostScript data. These files may typically be sent directly to a PostScript compatible Printer for printing.
More commonly, you may encounter Encapsulated PostScript files (eps) which typically contain a section of a page or an individual graphic.
MIME types for ps files:
application/postscript
application/ps
application/x-postscript
application/x-ps
text/postscript
application/x-postscript-not-eps
How to open ps file?
Postscript is a text print description language used for final documents meant for prining. Nowadays used mainly by Adobe applications, such as Photoshop or Illustrator which can both open and print them.
How to convert ps file?
A lot of programs support the export to PostScript for the purpose of printing.
Suggested software to open ps file:
Associated software actions with the ps file
Software applications that can open ps files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Acrobat (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Acrobat for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit ps files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Acrobat (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Acrobat for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software capable of saving ps files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Acrobat (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Acrobat for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Programs for viewing ps files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Ghostscript (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Illustrator for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software apps that create ps files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that convert ps files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Ghostscript (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Illustrator for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter (On-line services)
Software apps that import ps files:
Cenon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Inkscape (Multiplatform)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Software apps that export ps files:
UniConvertor (Microsoft Windows)
Mayura Draw (Microsoft Windows)
TTF to PS Type 1 Font Converter (Microsoft Windows)
abcMID (Microsoft Windows)
Cenon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
UniConvertor for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Inkscape (Multiplatform)
Online font converter (On-line services)
Software apps that print ps files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Ghostscript (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Acrobat (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Illustrator for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Acrobat for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ps files:
Adobe Creative Cloud (Multiplatform)
MPEG program stream format
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The ps file extension is related to MPEG program stream format, a data container used to multiplexing digital audio, video and other data.
Multimedia data in MPEG program stream are stored in MPEG-1, MPEG-2 video, MPEG-1audio (MP3, MP2, MP1) or MPEG-2 audio.
Rarely, It can also contain MPEG-4 video and AAC audio.
The MPEG program stream format is recommended for disk recorders.
MIME types:
video/MP2P
video/MP1S
How to open ps file?
Use VLC Player to playback *.ps files.
How to convert ps file?
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Suggested software to open ps file:
Associated software actions with the ps file
Apps designed for playing ps files:
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Paul Shields song file
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: April 11, 2017
File extension ps is also associated with the Paul Shields song/module file format used by some audio composing software also known as trackers for Amiga computers developed by Commodore.
How to open ps file?
Some old programs for emulation of Amiga computers may have a program that can playback old .ps audio files, but that's about it.
How to convert ps file?
We do not know about any way how to convert ps audio files to other formats, although theoretically it should be possible.
Associated software actions with the ps file
Apps designed for playing ps files:
Amiga Forever (Microsoft Windows)