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The Best Adobe Photoshop Plug-Ins for 2025

Photoshop is a powerhouse photo editor, but you can still fill some gaps in its functionality with add-ons. These are the best plug-ins we've found for everything from improving noise reduction to generating QR codes.

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Adobe Lightroom Classic Review

5.0
Editors' Choice

Adobe Lightroom remains the gold standard among pro photo workflow software, with top-notch organization tools, state-of-the-art adjustments, and all the output and printing options you could want.

By Michael Muchmore
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Adobe Lightroom Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

Adobe Lightroom offers most of the same editing tools as professional-minded alternatives in a slick interface, making it the best photography workflow app for serious enthusiasts.

By Michael Muchmore
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US Online Shoppers Spent $11.3 Million Every Minute on Black Friday

Chatbots and Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) were huge emerging forces during this year's Black Friday, according to Adobe Digital Insights.

By Will McCurdy
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Shoppers Have Already Spent Billions This Holiday Season, Electronics Lead the Way

Spending on electronics is up 11.4% year over year to hit $17.7 billion between Nov. 1-24, according to Adobe Analytics.

By Jibin Joseph
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The Next Hot Cybersecurity Skill for Your Resume? Empathy

No formal cybersecurity training? No problem. Adobe's chief security officer tells us why cybersecurity leaders should seek people from diverse career backgrounds.

By Kim Key
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Adobe Photoshop Review

5.0
Editors' Choice

Adobe Photoshop is the world's most capable image editing software, with mind-blowing AI effects, unmatched auto-selection tools, and strong collaboration features, all in a helpful and polished interface.

By Michael Muchmore
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Adobe Fresco Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

The free Adobe Fresco is a splendid painting, sketching, and watercolor app that makes creating vector or pixel-based art feel almost natural.

By Shelby Putnam Tupper
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Adobe Photoshop Elements Review

4.0
Editors' Choice

A top photo editing application for hobbyists, Adobe Photoshop Elements offers many advanced capabilities and AI features in a simplified interface.

By Michael Muchmore
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Adobe Premiere Elements Review

3.5

Adobe's Premiere Elements video editor gets much closer to its pro-level sibling in design and performance, though it loses some ease of use in the process.

By Michael Muchmore
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Adobe Moves Deeper Into Generative AI With Firefly Video Model

The model, announced at Adobe Max, will appear in the standalone Firefly web application. It rolls out alongside AI updates to Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and Lightroom.

By Michael Muchmore
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Adobe Content Tool Helps Protect Art From AI Training—But Will It Work?

Adobe unveils a Chrome extension and Content Authenticity, a web app that lets artists add details to their images and videos including whether they can be used for AI training.

By Kate Irwin
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94% of Americans Are Concerned About Election Misinformation

An Adobe study reveals nearly half of respondents admit they'd been fooled by misinformation, and the vast majority believe deepfakes are on the rise.

By Kate Irwin
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The Secret to Viral Photos and Videos is Now 33% Off

You don’t have to be a professional editor or spend a fortune to use Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements thanks to this sale.

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How to Edit a PDF

PDFs are tricky to edit without the right tools. While some of them are pricey, a few free ones can get the job done, too. Here's what you need to get—and know.

By Edward Mendelson
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FTC: Adobe Exec Said Hidden Cancellation Fee Is 'Like Heroin' for the Company

The FTC is suing Adobe for not clearly outlining the early termination fees people will incur if they drop a Creative Cloud subscription. An exec suggests the strategy will be hard to abandon.

By Kate Irwin
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No Time for Huge PDFs? How to Ask Adobe's AI Assistant to Summarize Files

Adobe's AI Assistant in Acrobat and Reader can answer questions about a PDF and even help you generate content based on the information in the file.

By Lance Whitney
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FTC Sues Adobe for Using Early Termination Fees to 'Trap' Users

The US regulator claims Adobe has been enticing users into subscriptions for the company's products without disclosing the early termination fees.

By Michael Kan
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Adobe Acrobat Pro Review

4.0
Editors' Choice

Adobe Acrobat Pro, from the company that created the PDF format, is a document editing and management powerhouse. A subscription isn't cheap, but if Acrobat Pro does what you need, it's an obvious choice.

By Edward Mendelson
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Adobe Is Changing Its Terms of Use Again After Backlash

Adobe is revising its legal language to clear the air after customers accused the company of surveilling their work and using it to train AI tools. Here's a look at what is—and isn't—going on.

By Kate Irwin
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