Downloadable plug-ins & content | Photoshop

See Photoshop - Supported versions for complete details.

TWAIN Plug-in

For more information, see TWAIN scanner plug-in.

Optional plug-ins

The plug-ins for Alias, SGIRGB, SoftImage, HSB & HSL, Electric Image, and Wavefront RLA are not installed by default, but are available via download.

For more information, see Optional plug-ins.

MATLAB plug-in

MATLAB is a high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numeric computation.

Install the MATLAB plug-in:

After installing the MATLAB plug-in, you can view MATLAB image-processing results in Photoshop and combine MATLAB commands with Photoshop image-editing features.

For information on using MATLAB with Photoshop, see Photoshop and MATLAB.

ScriptingListener plug-in

The ScriptingListener plug-in can record JavaScript to a log file for any operation which is actionable.

Install the ScriptingListener plug-in:

After installing the ScriptingListener plug-in, steps you perform are recorded as JavaScript to the ScriptingListenerJS.log on the Desktop.

For information on the Photoshop Scripting SDK and using the ScriptingListener Plug-in, see the Photoshop Developer Center.

Optional extensions

In past versions, customers could install Extension Plug-ins on macOS and registry keys on Windows to manage specialized behaviors in Photoshop such as overscrolling, VM buffering management, and disabling scratch disk compression.

In current versions of Photoshop, these behaviors are enabled through Photoshop's preferences or a "PSUserConfig.txt" file you place in your Photoshop Settings folder.

For more information, see Enable optional extensions.

Textures for Texturizer Filter

To access the Texturizer filter, choose Filter > Filter Gallery. Then select the Texture folder and click Texturizer. Select the new presets from the Texture pop-up menu.

For more information on using Filter Gallery, see Filter basics.

Keyboard shortcuts

Download the Shortcuts package:

macOS:

• Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows:

• Keyboard Shortcuts

After you download the Shortcuts package file above, double-click it to decompress it. If asked, extract all the files.

To install and use these keyboard shortcuts, double-click any of the included KYS files. Photoshop comes to the foreground, and prompts you to save any unsaved shortcuts you have. Adobe recommends that you name the resulting keyboard layouts by language, such as "French default" or "Japanese," although that is ultimately a matter of personal choice.

You can save these shortcuts wherever you want. But consider choosing the Photoshop folder, so you can remember where they are.

For more information, see Customize keyboard shortcuts.

Sample files

Photoshop sample files are examples of files that can be created in Photoshop. They can help you learn Photoshop, by showing you the way documents can be created.

English:

• macOS - Sample files
• Windows - Sample files

French:

• macOS - Sample files
• Windows - Sample files

German:

• macOS - Sample files
• Windows - Sample files

Japanese:

• macOS - Sample files
• Windows - Sample files

After you download the appropriate file, double-click the file to decompress it. If asked, extract all files.

You can move or copy the sample files to whatever location you choose.

Legacy downloadable plug-ins and content

• Downloadable plug-ins | Photoshop CS5