Installation

Manual installation

This type of installation is for install unsigned panels or panels in development and to intall manually a signed panel.

Step 1

To install the panels copy the folder of the panel to this folder and restart Adobe Photoshop. Maybe you should create the folder CEP and the subfolder. If the folder of the panel is compressed (.zxp, .zip, .rar…) decompress the folder before.

Windows: «C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CEP\extensions»

MacOS: «/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions»

Step 2

Since Photoshop 2021 make sure to enable the option «Load Extension Panels» from «Edit/Preferences/Plugins/Legacy Extensions».

Computers with MacOS and the M1 chip do not support Legacy extensios, in other words only supprt UXP extensions but no CEP extensions. But there is a method to support CEP extensions on this environtment.

Run the terminal an run this command to install Rosetta 2.

/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

Go to Applications folder and do right-click on Photoshop app and select “Show Package Contents” to open the folder app.

Do right-click on Photoshop executable file adn check the “Open with Rosetta 2” option.

Step 3

Enable the Debug Flag to use an unsigned panel to do this you need to know wich version of CSXS uses your Photoshop. Skip this step if the panel is signed. Each Photoshop version uses a specific CSXS version:

• com.adobe.CSXS.11 = CC 2021
• com.adobe.CSXS.10 = CC 2020
• com.adobe.CSXS.9 = CC 2019
• com.adobe.CSXS.8 = CC 2018
• com.adobe.CSXS.7 = CC 2015.5 and CC 2017
• com.adobe.CSXS.6 = CC 2015
• com.adobe.CSXS.5 = CC 2014
• com.adobe.CSXS.4 = CC

Windows

Run Regedit and browser to (change “[version number]” with the desired version):

«HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\CSXS.[version number]»

Add a new string value witht the name «PlayerDebugMode» and value «1» and restart Adobe Photoshop.

MacOS

Run this command on Teminal (change “[version number]” with the desired version):

defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.[version number] PlayerDebugMode 1

Automatic installation

This type of installation is only for signed panels, files with .zxp extension.

Step 1

Install the UberManager installer, this isntaller allow install or uninstall panels from all Adobe Suite. You can download the installer for Windows or MacOS from GitHub.

After that close Photoshop and open the UberManager installer and browser in your computer for the .zxp file of the panel and install it. 

The next time that you open Photoshop you could open and use the panel.