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Anonymous
Jul 31, 2025 1:34 AM UTC
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Photoshop Elements

Hello. I am a Pixelmator Pro user. I make illustrations/posters. I have been using Photopea to drop my images into frame/scene mockups that have a smart objects (drop image here), however, I downloaded a trial of Photoshop and installed a batch plugin which did lots of mockups very quickly rather than one by one which is extremely laborious. I don't need to the full CC suite for purely mockups and just saw Adobe Photoshop Elements on the Adobe website. I was just wondering if I would be able to import the PSD mockups I have into it and also does it support third party plugins? I couldn't find anything about it online. Apologies if these are silly questions, but I'm new to this ecosystem. Thanks in advance.

 

[Mod: Moved to the Photoshop Elements forum]

 

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Glenn 8675309
Glenn 8675309
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Jul 31, 2025 10:53 AM UTC

Yes, to answer all your questions.

99.999999% of all mockups and plug-ins are designed to work with photoshop.   

When PSE encounters something it doesn't have the abillity to do- the action stops.  Seems to me that most plugins are really just actions- which are a series of recorded editing steps. 

PS has many more abilities that PSE.

There will be many font substitutions with mockups (designed for ps) used in PSE.

Plug-ins:   It's "hit or miss"-- maybe (but usually) they will work.   Plugins are typically designed to work in Photoshop, not Photoshop elementds.

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Anonymous
Jul 31, 2025 10:55 AM UTC

Thanks very much. I am going to download the trial and also the Adobe Elements Plus add-on plugin demo and fingers crossed it will do what I need! 

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Anonymous
Jul 31, 2025 11:41 AM UTC

Unfortunately, elements doesn't allow me to do this, even with the + add-on I mentioned. I will just stick with Photopea. Thanks everyone.

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Ann Bens
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Ann BensCommunity Expert
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Jul 31, 2025 9:32 AM UTC

Moved from Premiere Elements to Photoshop Elements forum.

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Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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Jul 31, 2025 2:49 AM UTC

You might ask your question at the Photoshop Elements section.   There is a 7 day free trial so that you can test it yourself and see if it fits your needs. 

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements/ct-p/ct-photoshop-elements?

 

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