Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

Adding and Removing Plug-Ins

To install a plug-in on a Mac, download it or copy it from the installer disc it shipped with, and then drag it from wherever it’s saved on your computer into the Plug-ins folder, which lives inside the Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 folder (Figure 19-1, top). On a PC, download the plug-in or copy it from the installer disc and look for an .exe (executable) file; then simply double-click that file to run the installer.

Note

Adobe removed all the Flash-based panels from this version of Photoshop, including the short-lived Adobe Exchange panel (which was handy for finding and installing plug-ins). Easy come, easy go! That said, you can find plug-ins by choosing Help→Browse Add-Ons or by clicking the Market link on the Assets screen of the Creative Cloud application.

After you install the plug-in, quit Photoshop if it’s running (File→Quit [File→Exit on a PC]) and then relaunch it. When Photoshop reopens, you should see the plug-in listed at the bottom of the Filter menu (though there are exceptions, as Figure 19-1 explains).

Figure 19-1. On a Mac, you can install a plug-in manually by dragging it into Photoshop’s Plug-Ins folder (top) or by using the installer provided by the folks who made the plug-in (bottom). On a PC, simply double-click the plug-in’s .exe file (if it doesn’t include one, just drag the file into the Adobe Photoshop CC 2014→Plug-Ins folder). If you ...