> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.preview.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Edit in Photoshop

> Send an image to Photoshop, edit it there, and bring the result back to the canvas. For image editing and refinement, not video generation.

## Install the plugin

One-time setup.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Download and unzip">
    [Download the plugin](https://download.preview.io/ps/Preview_0.0.1.zip) and unzip it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install in Creative Cloud">
    Open `io.preview.photoshop_PS`. Creative Cloud prompts you to install a non-marketplace plugin: click **Install**, then **OK**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in">
    Open a project in Photoshop, open the plugins panel, choose **Preview**, and click **Sign In**. Confirm the activation code in your browser matches the plugin's.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Your Preview projects appear in the Photoshop plugin viewer. Open one and select an image to load.

<Note>
  Installation issues? See [Adobe's plugin installation troubleshooting guide](https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/solve-external-plugin-installation-issues.html).
</Note>

## Send an image to Photoshop and back

<Steps>
  <Step title="Send from Preview">
    Open an image's three-dot menu on the canvas and click **Edit in Photoshop** to copy a link to your clipboard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Load it in Photoshop">
    In Photoshop, click **Load from Clipboard** in the Preview plugin window.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Edit and sync back">
    Make your edits, then click **Sync Back** to send the result to the same Preview canvas.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Save your image in Photoshop before syncing back. Once sent to Preview, it's no longer visible in Photoshop. It also won't appear on your canvas automatically: open the [History](/preview/history) sidebar and drag it onto the canvas yourself.
</Warning>

## When to use Photoshop editing

Use Photoshop for:

* Precise manual image changes
* Cleaning up or compositing a frame before reusing it
* Returning an edited image to the canvas for more generation

## Return the edited image to the canvas

The result comes back directly into Preview and behaves like any other canvas image: use it as a reference, save it to the library, add it to a shot, or keep generating from it.

<Info>
  The Photoshop plugin is a work in progress, so expect it to keep improving.
</Info>