What is a .ASL file?
ASL stores reusable Photoshop layer styles. Created and opened by Adobe Photoshop.
- Did you know
- Layer styles were introduced in Photoshop 6 in 2000.
- 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: Photoshop (PSD, PSB), Illustrator (AI), InDesign (INDD), After Effects (AEP, AEPX, AET) with composition / layer / effect and asset extraction, Premiere Pro and Elements (PRPROJ, PREL) with sequence and media counts, XD, Animate (FLA), and Lightroom.
- 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.