How to Install Sharpen AI as a Photoshop Plugin
Automatically Install Your Sharpen AI Plugin
- Close Photoshop and launch Sharpen AI
- Open the Help menu and click Reinstall Photoshop Plugin
- If prompted, enter your Mac user password
- Import an image in Photoshop and check Filters > Topaz Labs LLC for the Sharpen AI plugin
Manually Install Your Sharpen AI Plugin
If the above steps do not work, perform the following manual installation steps.
Step 1
Close Photoshop and open Finder. Right-click Topaz Sharpen AI and select Show Package Contents > Contents > Resources > PS_Plugins.
![Show Package Contents](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/r2plryeu/production/4e9b8033359270a1b52ffc217ce7188c3a6c90c0-1792x1042.png?q=90&fit=max&auto=format)
Step 2
Copy the file named TopazSharpenAI.plugin
![Photoshop Plugin](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/r2plryeu/production/3fe86f9b99cd49e73a6b7d46da16be15c715263e-1796x1054.png?q=90&fit=max&auto=format)
Step 3
Paste the plugin file in one or more of the following paths, depending on your Photoshop install location. Version-specific installations will be named Photoshop and the year of the version:
/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2023/Plug-ins
/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2022/Plug-ins
etc.
Photoshop CC users will also need to paste the plugin here;
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC
![Plugin Example](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/r2plryeu/production/0844b87b646586e7efe3ddb6b3c211860f1c49b7-786x729.png?q=90&fit=max&auto=format)
Automatically Install Your Sharpen AI Plugin
- Close Photoshop and launch Sharpen AI
- Open the Help menu and click Reinstall Photoshop Plugin
- Import an image in Photoshop and check Filters > Topaz Labs LLC for the Sharpen AI plugin
Manually Install Your Sharpen AI Plugin
If the above steps do not work, perform the following manual installation steps.
Step 1
Determine which version of Photoshop you have installed. Version-specific installations will be named Photoshop and the year of the version:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Plug-ins\
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2021\Plug-ins\
etc.
Photoshop CC users will also need to also open the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-ins\CC\
Step 2
Open a new File Explorer window and navigate to C:\Program Files\Topaz Labs LLC\Topaz Sharpen AI\PS_Plugins_x64 and find the file tltopazsharpenaips_x64.
![Plugin File](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/r2plryeu/production/8c1b35b48bb4c204f4d173d403a13752f61f2c0d-574x538.png?q=90&fit=max&auto=format)
Step 3
Right-click the file and click Create shortcut. Cut and paste the shortcut file to the corresponding Photoshop plugin folders in Step 1.
Step 4
Ensure Sharpen AI is closed. Import an image to Photoshop and check under Filters > Topaz Labs LLC for the Sharpen AI plugin.