Can't install CameraRaw plug-in in Photoshop Elements 2026

Many thanks Jeff !!

It works now, after your instructions to make a folder Elements 26 and copying that Camera Raw.plugin to it.

🙏🏻

Thanks Jeff for your advice.

But I did it already in both ways: installing from within PS 2026 and manually.

Manually: it seems that nothing happens, PS keeps asking to install ACR.

From within PSE: PSE “freezes”.

Restart your Mac then try the Camera Raw install from within Photoshop Elements 2026 by going to Help>Install Camera Raw.

Your Camera /Lens combo should be covered by the 18.2 Camera Raw plugin that gets installed.

When installing Camera Raw the manual way, the Camera Raw plugin goes in Macintosh HD /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/Elements 26/File Formats, however, your won’t have the correct folder unless a Camera Raw plugin was installed by using Help>Install Camera Raw.

Still if the automated installed just won’t work, we can tell how to manually make that folder.

Thanks for the Answers. I have a Nikon 1 V2 camera with as lens a NIKKOR1 10-100mm. This is in the list of supported lenses.

Trying to install ACR from within PSE 2026 also did not: nothing happens and PSE just hangs - I have to use Option-Command-Esc to force a stop.

Even after leaving the Mac on for 10 hours. And following the tips in the link 

gives me no solution: I have not a map “CC” or “Plug-ins” in this 

“On macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-ins/CC/File Formats”

When you install ACR such as what you did it does not install it to pse (Unless you install it directly from the program.)

I actually had the same issue with pse telling me to install ACR- I did what the editor said, but it didn’t work.

What did work?   Following the “nicer to look at”, which I made a year or two ago.   It all involves just copying 1 file, and pasting it into the correct location.  

Follow the directions Jeff posted and you will be good.

What camera do you have?

If your camera hasn’t just been introduced, then the easiest way to get a Camera Raw plugin is from within Photoshop Elements 2026 by going to Help>Install Camera Raw.

List of cameras and the minimum required Camera Raw plugin:

https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html

Otherwise if you do need Camera Raw 18.3 you can follow the directions here to install it:

https://community.adobe.com/questions-716/manually-install-adobe-camera-raw-acr-nicer-to-look-at-1209785