Plug in

[MB1958]

Can you install topaz as a plug in in the Lightroom version, not classic. 

[JohanElzenga]

AFAIK, Topaz plugins are really stand-alone applications, so read this: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/edit-in-other-apps.html

[dhonii4455]

No, you can’t install Topaz as a plugin in the regular Lightroom (the cloud-based version) like you can in Lightroom Classic. Topaz plugins are designed to work with desktop apps that support third-party plugin integration, and the cloud Lightroom doesn’t support that system yet.

What you can do is:

• Export the photo from Lightroom (cloud)
• Open it in Topaz for your edits
• Save/export it back and re-import into Lightroom

It’s a bit more manual, but it works. If you need a workflow that keeps everything seamless, Classic is currently the only Lightroom version with proper plugin support.

[JohanElzenga]

@dhonii4455 The plugin links to the Topaz application, so if you can open an exported photo in the Topaz application, then you should be able send a photo directly to Topaz from Lightroom as well, as described in the link I gave in my answer. It's basically the same thing as what you suggest, but a bit faster.

[chrisp70477478]

edit in photoshop, then from photoshop you have the plugin

[Jim Wilde]

That's not neccessary. If the Topaz apps are installed on the system (which they would be if they've been installed as plug-ins in LrC and/or Photoshop) you can add them to the "Edit in" option in Lightroom Desktop, as per the link that @JohanElzenga provided earlier in this thread. This is a screenshot of my "Edit in" menu in Lightroom: