What is a .ASL file?
ASL stores reusable Photoshop layer styles. Created and opened by Adobe Photoshop.
- Did you know
- Layer effects debuted in Photoshop 5 in 1998, and Photoshop 6 in 2000 expanded them into savable layer styles - the .asl file.
- A single ASL preset can bundle several effects at once - drop shadow, inner glow, bevel and emboss, gradient and pattern overlays.
- ASL files can embed the actual pattern images used by a style, so the look travels with the preset.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify Adobe project files and read their metadata: InDesign (INDD), XD, Animate (FLA), and Lightroom. After Effects projects (AEP, AET), Premiere Pro and Elements (PRPROJ, PREL), Photoshop (PSD, PSB) and Illustrator (AI) now open in full viewers - see After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Depth of analysis
- .ASL is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .ASL file
- Drag a .ASL file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.