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Ps 2025 beta Unable to Load Owned Plugins

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 12, 2025
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Something seems to be buggy with Adobe CC. I'm unable to load any of my owned plugins to Ps 2025 beta (current rel.) on my Win 11 laptop (Acer Predator Helios 18). Can someone in development pls correct.

All my plugins are tagged "Not Compatible" and I want to be able to add some of them to the UI for the Ps beta.

I'm not running an ARM system.

My whole point of buying the NVIDIA processor laptop was to be able to run my beta Ps (and Substance) and production Ps (and Substance) apps on separate machines so no beta issues will impact the production version (that I've read others have experienced regularly).

Thx! For a fix and/or any other assist to help me load the needed plugins.

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Trevor.Dennis

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You can install multiple versions of Photoshop, and if running a Mac, I believe you can have more than one version open and running at the same time. If the plugins are not compatible, seek help from the author, and keep an earlier version of Photoshop installed for when you need those features.

We know that not all plugins will run on the most recent Photoshop versions, and we know that the most recent versions won't run on older hardware and OS.

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Fotomaker01RAAuthor

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Hi - I did that (ie, contacted the plugin's dev) initially before posting here in the forums. And, also, after doing a bunch of online research to be sure I wasn't asking a repetitive question re: my Win 11 system.

I specifically bought my Win 11 NVIDIA laptop to run betas (including Ps, Substance, Topaz) separate from my production systems so no crossover issues from betas that could impact the productions systems I'm absolutely reliant on. My production systems run on my desktop PC (also Win 11) not on the laptop I'm trying to load my plugins to.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

You haven't told us the results from your research.

What did the plugin authors say?

Has anyone else been able to run those plugins on the latest PS versions?

What you need to accept is that Adobe are highly unlikely to change PS to accommodate a particular plugin. It is entirely down to the author to make changees to make their software run on latest PS versions.

Can you do what I suggested and keep earlier versions installed as well as the up to date versions?

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

@Fotomaker01RA plugins are not guaranteed to work with Beta software. Try using your plugins with the latest 2025 general release. Manufacturers do not release updates for Beta also - they wait for the public/general release.

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Fotomaker01RAAuthor

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Pls see my reply above.

I contacted one of the devs whose plugin I was intially most interested in.

See his response above. He said it should work just fine with the Ps beta ....

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

@Fotomaker01RA you'd be better off reporting the issue on the Photoshop Beta forum

jane-e

Community Expert

@Fotomaker01RA wrote: Ps 2025 beta Unable to Load Owned Plugins

I've moved your post from Photoshop to the Photoshop Beta forum.

Have you checked to see if the plugins have been updated?

Jane

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Fotomaker01RAAuthor

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Everything is up-to-date. And, I contacted one of the devs for one of the plugins and he said it is supposed to be compatible with the Ps beta.... but all my plugins, including his, say "Not compatible" when I go to my acct page for the Adobe Extensions.

My Ps beta is newly installed within the past 2 weeks. So it's up-to-date too. And my laptop's system meets/exceeds stated Adobe Tech Specs.

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