Generator plugins submenu, including Image Assets, relocated

Report · May 21, 2024

Hello, fans of Generator plugins, including "Image Assets". With the rise of recent "generative" features, such as "Generative Fill", we have moved the submenu for Generator plugins to avoid confusion.

File > Generate > Image Assets

is now

File > Automate > Generator Plugins > Image Assets

Image Assets menu item

Report · Jul 29, 2024

What do I do if the "generator plugin" is greyed out? I rely on this feature daily to do my job and it is very frustrating to have to track down this new method and workaround.

HELP ASAP!

Report · Jul 29, 2024

Preferences > Plugins > Enable Generator
You should see the menu enabled after that is checked.

Report · Aug 11, 2024

Finally! I've searched everywhere to fix it! 🙂

Report · Oct 18, 2024

Hi Sam, I just want to tell you that this post of yours saved my weekend. We are heavily using the generator in the Company I'm working. Thank you very very much.
Kind regards,
Daniel

Report · Oct 29, 2024

FYI - I had to do a full restart of my windows 11 device after checkmarking the option in Preferences > Plugins > Enable Generator. Finally the File > Automate > Generator Plugins is available and I can continue work.
Hope this helps someone.

Report · Oct 30, 2024

On MacOS 15.0.1 just closing and opening Adobe Photoshop was enough.
Hope that helps the next one. 🙂

Report · Mar 10, 2025

Hey Sam, on a 2025 macbook pro (Sequoia 15.3.1) and getting an error message every time I open photoshop due to having enabled the generator plugin in PS settings : "There was a problem with Generator. If the problem persists, please see: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/error---there-is-a-problem-with-generator--occurs-when-launchin..."

Running the most up to date versio of PS. No amount of unchecking/rechecking, restarting either CC or my computer, giving PS full disk access (and again restarting) seems to be able to sort it. I've gone through the suggestions in the above post highlighted in the error message but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions? Is there a newer, similar feature now that is meant to replace 'generate > image assets'? Thanks!

Report · Apr 17, 2025

open the “Go” dialog box, and then copy-paste /Library/Logs/Adobe/ into it, do you see a folder named Adobe Photoshop 2025 ? if not add the Adobe Photoshop 2025 folder and image assets should be available. This is a persistent problem Adobe refuses to address openely. This log folder does not generate for some users and must be there for Generate > Image assets to function as well as enabling Generator Plug-in in the settings.

Report · Apr 23, 2025

Oh, I haven't seen this failure reported in this way before. Thank you for the detailed steps. We have logged a bug for it, linked back to here. This should be an easy fix. As important to me is that we include better error logging that will clearly report this kind of situation. In recent years, we've seen an increase in issues relating to directory permissions affecting logging as operating systems have become more stringent with access.

Report · Jul 03, 2025

Hi Sam - In my case, the Enable Generator preference box is grayed out, and I don't see a way to get it back on. I'm running the ARM64 version of Photoshop on a Surface Laptop.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Report · Jul 09, 2025

Currently, it is unavailable for Win Arm.
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/windows-arm-support.html
Considering the updates to the hardware and OS, it may be time for us to revisit.

Report · Jul 29, 2024

Generator fehlt

Report · Jul 29, 2024

Sorry @Thomas38872581fj8g we need a bit more information to be able to help, what issue are you seeing, what is the workflow you are using where this issue shows? Make sure you have the latest Ps bet:

Adobe Photoshop Version: 25.12.0 20240728.m.2716 4b9323b arm64

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

Report · Jul 29, 2024

@Thomas38872581fj8g I merged your post with this thread. Please note the message at the top from @Sam Gannaway - Ps

Report · May 30, 2024

In Photoshop 2024 (25.10.0) Beta File > Generate > image assets is missing.

Where has this needed feature been moved to?

Report · Jun 03, 2024

File > Automate > Generator Plugins > Image Assets

It says "unavailable" but it still works. I guess they're working on it.

Report · Jun 04, 2024

Hi everybody, there was a change in where this lived and the post on discussions shares more info:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-discussions/generator-plugins-submenu-including-image-...

Also, check your preferences to see if there were reset in the move of this feature. If the generator plugin is not enabled, the menu iten will be disabled.

One note, when you tick the box for Enable Generator you will need to restart Ps beta to see it ungreyed out.

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

Report · Jul 26, 2024

Thank you, Cory.

The last time I posted on the Adobe forum was when another feature was moved or removed without any warning. This is inconsiderate to those of us who use your software every day professionally. How would you like it if your mouse was one day missing? Then you would have to ask around the office before finding out that management had decided to unplug it and put it in a box, then put the box in another box so when you check the outer box, you don't see the mouse.

I made you suffer through my cute little analogy because your online documentation about this feature was updated on July 23, 2024, and gives wrong information.

I still get email notifications that users on your forum found my post from years ago helpful. Unfortunately, it's the same issue we are facing today.

Report · Jul 26, 2024

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/generate-assets-layers.html

Report · Aug 01, 2024

Preferences isn't even popping up. Did you guys move that too? Where is it?

Report · Aug 02, 2024

@James38932781tsez "Preferences" menu changed to "Settings" a few versions back.

Report · Aug 01, 2024

Another stab in the back of the professionals who use this day in and day out. Wasted 25mins of my life trying to work out where it had gone. Don't move stuff for the sake of it. Stick your gimic AI stuff in its own new folder and leave the propper functions that people use for work in the right places.... Shouldn't even need to click generate. should just auto do it when we add a file name to a layer...

Report · Aug 01, 2024

@deltaZeroWhiskeyXray to level set - this is in beta currently - not part of the public general release. The page you referenced relates to the public general release of Photoshop, not beta.

If/when it is released with the public general release there will be notes on the "whats new" page explaining the change.

Report · Aug 03, 2024

well it's public now, and that page still has the wrong information.

Got another excuse for adobe?