A collection of the most useful plugins for software in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite
- Introduction
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Lightroom Classic
- Acrobat DC
- Lightroom
- InDesign
- Premiere Pro
- After Effects
- Dreamweaver
- Audition
- XD
- Plugin Installation
- Contribute
Just as a little preface, this list is very much a work in progress. At the moment, the list will mostly focus on plugins for Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and Illustrator since they're the ones I'm most familiar, but with contributions the list can hopefully expand to cover all Adobe products (at least the ones that support plugins). Anyway. Now that that's over, let's get onto the list.
- Ink by Lorenzo Buosi (AKA Chrometaphore)
- Allows users to generate more specific information on layers and objects within them.
- Collection Publisher by Jeffrey Friedl
- Allows user to export collections in a folder hierarchy that matches that of your Lightroom collection library instead of amassing the photos in one folder like usual.
- Folder Publisher by Jeffrey Friedl
- Similarly to Collection Publisher, this exports images based on original folder structure of import
- Teekesselchen Duplicate Finder by Michael Bungenstock
- Parses image metadata to find and isolate suspected duplicates in a specified "duplicate" collection, then allowing for mass deletion after approving the created collection.
Alright. So there are a couple options for this depending on the plugin, so make sure to check the plugin's webpage for specific information. NOTE: This isn't a definitive guide for installing every plugin ever. These are just the most common ways I've seen to install them for easy reference when using this list.
- Open the Creative Cloud Desktop application
- Navigate to the "Stock & Marketplace" tab
- Open the "Plugins" sub-tab
- Find the plugin you're looking for
- Click "Get"
- Reopen your desired application
- Download the plugin from the author's site
- Unzip the plugin file to wherever you want (preferrably a designated plugins folder for easy access)
- Open the application
- Go to the plugin manager (usually located under the "Plugins" or "File" menus)
- Follow the process to locate the plugin and add it to your plugins list
- Make sure to enable the plugin after installation
- Download the plugin from the author's site
- Unzip the plugin file to the applications specific plugin folder (found
under
%PROGRAM_FILES%\Adobe\<Adobe PROGRAM>\Plug-ins
usually) - Open the application and make sure to enable plugins (if that's an option, because sometimes it isn't)
Every so often, plugins aren't really plugins in the conventional sense and will have their own creative installation process. Just follow the installation instructions on the plugin's site.
Contributions welcome! Please read the contribution guidelines and the code of conduct first.