Your Adobe files all look the same.
Iris shows what is inside.
Thumbnails and a real preview panel for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and Premiere Pro — right in Windows Explorer. Including the After Effects comp you were working in.
Open the right project first time
No more opening five files to find one. The picture is already there, in the folder, in search results, in the Open dialog.
Everything Iris gives you
Thumbnails
16 Adobe file types, right in Explorer
Preview pane
Comps, sizes, fonts, dates — Alt+P
Follows After Effects
Shows the comp you were working in
Your whole archive
Loads old projects in the background
Broken projects stand out
Missing footage shows on the card
Removes empty projects
To the Recycle Bin, never deleted
Works offline
No account. Your files never leave your PC
14 days free
Everything included, no card
What it reads
You do not need Adobe installed to see any of this. Only the live After Effects capture uses your own After Effects.
.psd .psb .psdt
The full flattened image
.ai .ait .eps
The artwork, fonts, swatches
.indd .indt
The page, fonts, page size
.aep .aet
The comp you were in, every comp
.prproj
The frame under the playhead
.mogrt .xd .ase .aco
Poster frames, colours with hex
Two things nobody else does
Set up in one minute
Download, install, try it free, add your key — start to finish, in sixty seconds.
Download
The 14-day trial is the full product. Buy a key any time and paste it in — nothing to reinstall.
Windows
Windows 10 & 11 · about 200 KB · no admin rights
Download for Windows- Unzip and run Iris.exe
- Choose Free trial and press Install
- Open any folder of Adobe files
If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”: click More info, then Run anyway. It's Windows being careful with a new app, not a virus warning.
macOS
Iris for Mac is on the way. On a Mac, previews live in Quick Look, so it is being built as its own app.
Coming soon- Previews in Finder and Quick Look
- The same 14-day free trial
A year, or for ever.
Pay by the year, or once and never again. Either way it works offline — nothing phones home, and nothing stops working because this page did.
- Every update released in your year
- One PC
- Key in your inbox the moment you pay
- Everything in Individual
- Five PCs, one key each
- For a team or a small studio
- Every future version, always
- Never pay again
- Key in your inbox the moment you pay
Your licence key is in your receipt email the moment you pay. Each key is made for one PC: install the free trial first and paste its PC code at checkout (Iris: the gear, then Licence key). When the trial or a year ends, previews pause until you renew or buy Lifetime - your files are never touched.
Not sure? The 14-day trial is the full product — no key needed. Download Iris
Questions
Do I need Adobe apps installed?
No. Iris reads the files itself. Only the "comp I was working in" capture uses your own After Effects.
Does it send my files anywhere?
No. Everything happens on your PC and the previews are stored in your own user folder. The only thing Iris ever sends is your licence key, to Gumroad, to check it - once when you activate, then about once a week for yearly plans. No account, no sign-in, no telemetry.
Windows says "Windows protected your PC"
That is SmartScreen reacting to a program it has not seen before, not a virus warning. Click More info, then Run anyway.
Will it slow my PC down?
The helper sits idle almost all the time. Building previews for old projects runs at low priority and stops when the queue is empty. You can switch it off entirely.
Does it work on projects from another computer, or an older Adobe version?
Yes — it reads the file formats directly, so files from colleagues, old drives and older Adobe versions all work.
What is the difference between Individual and Lifetime?
Individual is $4.99 a year and covers every update released in your year. Lifetime is $29.99 once and covers every future version, for ever.
When do I get my key?
Straight away - it is in your Gumroad receipt email the moment the payment goes through. Open Iris, click the gear, then Licence key, paste it and press Activate.
What happens when the trial or my year ends?
Previews pause - Explorer shows its normal icons again - until you renew or buy Lifetime. Nothing is deleted and your files are never touched; activate a key and the previews come straight back.
Why does checkout ask for a PC code?
Each key is made for one computer, so it can't be passed around. Install the free trial, open Iris → the gear → Licence key, and copy This PC's code. Studio: one code per computer, up to five. New computer later? Send us its code and we replace your key, free.
How do I remove it?
Settings > Apps > Iris > Uninstall. Explorer goes back to plain icons. No admin rights needed to install or to remove it.
Refunds?
Fourteen days, no questions asked.