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TheNiceGuy
TheNiceGuy
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January 18, 2021
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Couldn't find the photoshop capture plugin

  • January 18, 2021
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Hey all,
I'm using the capture app for turning images to vectors and it works much much better than just tracing the image in Illustrator.
I saw a few blog posts that are saying that Adobe has a plugin for Photoshop that does exactly that but I can't find that plugin anywhere, not even in the marketplace.
Any ideas?

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Correct answer syed_mehadi

were you by any chnace using an ARM machine (not intel one) at the time of checking it?

It (capture extension) wasn't available in Photoshop earlier (on ARM systems), but we enabled it in mid Sep.

please give it a try now and let us know if you are still unable to find it. Make sure that you are inside a library (in library panel), to add assets.

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syed_mehadiCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
October 11, 2021

were you by any chnace using an ARM machine (not intel one) at the time of checking it?

It (capture extension) wasn't available in Photoshop earlier (on ARM systems), but we enabled it in mid Sep.

please give it a try now and let us know if you are still unable to find it. Make sure that you are inside a library (in library panel), to add assets.

    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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    January 18, 2021

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      Conrad_C
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      Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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      January 18, 2021

      Capture for Photoshop isn’t a plug-in, it’s already available in the application, in the Libraries panel.

      1. Open the Photoshop document that you want to get content from. 
      2. If there is more than one layer, select the layer you want to get content from. 
      3. In the Libraries panel (Window > Libraries), make sure a library is open.
      4. Click the Add Elements (+) button at the bottom of the Libraries panel, and choose Create from Image. 

       

       

      That opens a window where you can do the same things you do in the Capture app. In there, click Shapes to convert the selected area to vectors and upload to Creative Cloud Libraries (that’s why it’s in the Libraries panel).

       

      There are tutorials about this online, but watch out: Adobe recently changed how to get to this feature, so older tutorials will point you to the wrong place in the Libraries panel (well, they’re correct if you’re using an old version of Photoshop). The screen shot above is for Photoshop 2021.

        TheNiceGuy
        TheNiceGuyAuthor
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        January 18, 2021

        Thanks for the thourough answer!
        When I try to click the + sign I don't get any options for some strange reason 😞
        Btw I'm using photohop 2021

        Bojan Živković11378569
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        Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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        January 18, 2021

        Adobe does not have such plugin. It may be third part plugin available on some marketplace including Creative Cloud Exchange https://exchange.adobe.com/creativecloud

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