aid: adobe-photoshop name: Adobe Photoshop description: Adobe Photoshop is the industry-standard image editing and digital design application. Its developer platform offers a cloud-based REST API for programmatic image processing via Firefly Services, the UXP plugin framework for building desktop extensions with modern JavaScript, a C++ plugin SDK for native filters and file formats, and scripting interfaces for workflow automation. url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adobe-photoshop/refs/heads/main/apis.yml tags: - AI/ML - Creative Cloud - Image Editing - Photoshop - Plugins - REST API - Scripting created: '2025-02-28' modified: '2026-05-19' specificationVersion: '0.19' type: Index maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com apis: - aid: adobe-photoshop:photoshop-api name: Adobe Photoshop API tags: - AI/ML - Asynchronous - Background Removal - Cloud - Image Processing - PSD Editing - REST API image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg baseURL: https://image.adobe.io humanURL: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/ properties: - url: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/ type: Documentation - url: openapi/adobe-photoshop-api-openapi-original.yml type: OpenAPI - url: asyncapi/adobe-photoshop-api-asyncapi-original.yml type: AsyncAPI - url: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/api/ type: APIReference - url: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting_started/ type: GettingStarted - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-actions.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-background-removal.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-crop-and-effects.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-document-operations.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-generative.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-health.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-renditions.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-smart-objects.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-status.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/adobe-photoshop-text.yaml description: A cloud-based REST API that provides programmatic access to Photoshop's image editing capabilities without requiring a local installation. Part of Adobe Firefly Services, the API supports PSD document operations including layer editing, Smart Object replacement, text layer editing, and artboard creation. It also provides AI-powered features such as background removal, mask creation, product crop, and depth blur. - aid: adobe-photoshop:firefly-services-sdk name: Adobe Firefly Services SDK for JavaScript tags: - Client Library - Node.js - NPM - SDK - TypeScript image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg baseURL: https://image.adobe.io humanURL: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/guides/sdks/ properties: - url: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/guides/sdks/ type: Documentation - url: https://github.com/Firefly-Services/firefly-services-sdk-js type: GitHubRepository - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@adobe/photoshop-apis type: NPMPackage description: A unified Node.js and TypeScript SDK that provides typed client libraries for accessing the Photoshop API and other Firefly Services. The PhotoshopClient class offers methods for background removal, mask creation, PSD rendition generation, document creation and modification, Smart Object replacement, text layer editing, Photoshop Actions execution, auto crop, and depth blur. - aid: adobe-photoshop:uxp-plugin-api name: Adobe Photoshop UXP Plugin API tags: - Desktop - DOM API - HTML/CSS - JavaScript - Plugin Platform - Spectrum UI image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg baseURL: https://api.example.com humanURL: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ properties: - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ type: Documentation - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ps_reference/ type: APIReference - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/uxp-api/ type: APIReference - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/guides/ type: GettingStarted - url: json-schema/adobe-photoshop-uxp-plugin-manifest-schema.json type: JSONSchema description: The modern plugin development platform for Photoshop, replacing the legacy CEP framework. UXP (Unified Extensibility Platform) is powered by a V8 JavaScript engine supporting ES6+ and provides Spectrum design components for building panels and dialogs using HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript. Plugins access a rich Photoshop DOM API for interacting with documents, layers, and actions, along with platform APIs for file system access, network I/O, clipboard operations, and more. - aid: adobe-photoshop:uxp-scripting name: Adobe Photoshop UXP Scripting tags: - Automation - JavaScript - Modern JS - Scripting image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg baseURL: https://api.example.com humanURL: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/scripting/ properties: - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/scripting/ type: Documentation - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ps_reference/media/uxpscripting/ type: APIReference description: A modern scripting system for Photoshop that allows developers to execute standalone JavaScript files with the .psjs extension to automate tasks. Unlike full UXP plugins, scripts are single files that run once and complete, similar to the legacy ExtendScript workflow but using modern JavaScript powered by the V8 engine. - aid: adobe-photoshop:uxp-hybrid-plugins name: Adobe Photoshop UXP Hybrid Plugins tags: - C++ - Filters - Hybrid - Native Code - Performance - Plugin image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg baseURL: https://api.example.com humanURL: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/guides/hybrid-plugins/ properties: - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/guides/hybrid-plugins/ type: Documentation - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/guides/hybrid-plugins/getting-started/ type: GettingStarted - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ps_reference/media/cpp-pluginsdk/ type: APIReference description: A specialized plugin type that combines UXP's JavaScript, HTML, and CSS plugin framework with native C++ code compiled as a .uxpaddon. This allows developers to write performance-critical code in C++ such as pixel-level image processing while using UXP for the user interface layer. Hybrid plugins can integrate with the traditional Photoshop C++ SDK to create filters that appear in Photoshop's Filter menu or implement new file format support. Requires Photoshop v24.2.0 or later. - aid: adobe-photoshop:cpp-plugin-sdk name: Adobe Photoshop C++ Plugin SDK tags: - C++ - Desktop - File Formats - Filters - Native SDK image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg baseURL: https://api.example.com humanURL: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/ properties: - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/ type: Documentation - url: https://github.com/AdobeDocs/photoshop-cpp-sdk type: GitHubRepository description: A C++ based SDK for building low-level native Photoshop plugins. The SDK enables developers to extend Photoshop in seven categories including filters appearing under the Filter menu, file format import and export support, selection tools, color pickers, automation plugins, measurement tools, and 3D import and export. It provides direct access to Photoshop's internal pixel data and rendering pipeline for maximum performance. - aid: adobe-photoshop:extendscript-scripting name: Adobe Photoshop ExtendScript Scripting API tags: - Automation - ExtendScript - JSX - Legacy - Scripting image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg baseURL: https://api.example.com humanURL: https://extendscript.docsforadobe.dev/ properties: - url: https://extendscript.docsforadobe.dev/ type: Documentation - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/guides/uxp_for_you/uxp_for_extendscript_devs/ type: Documentation - url: https://github.com/adobe-uxp/ps-es-to-uxp type: GitHubRepository description: The legacy scripting system based on ExtendScript, Adobe's implementation of ECMAScript 3. ExtendScript scripts use the .jsx file extension and can automate nearly all Photoshop operations through a comprehensive Application, Document, and Layer object model. Scripts can also be written in AppleScript on macOS or VBScript on Windows. common: - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/ type: Portal description: Adobe Photoshop developer landing page with links to all APIs, SDKs, plugins, and scripting resources. - url: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/ type: Documentation description: Adobe Photoshop API documentation as part of Firefly Services with guides, API reference, and code samples. - url: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ type: Documentation description: UXP plugin and scripting documentation for Adobe Photoshop desktop development. - url: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting_started/ type: GettingStarted description: Getting started guide for the Photoshop API including authentication setup and first API calls. - url: https://developer.adobe.com/developer-console/ type: Portal description: Adobe Developer Console for managing API credentials, projects, and OAuth integrations. - url: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/api/ type: APIReference description: Complete API reference for all Photoshop API endpoints including request and response schemas. - url: https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/guides/sdks/ type: Documentation description: Firefly Services SDK documentation for Node.js and TypeScript client libraries. - url: https://github.com/Firefly-Services/firefly-services-sdk-js type: GitHubRepository description: GitHub repository for the Firefly Services SDK for JavaScript including PhotoshopClient source code and documentation. - url: https://github.com/AdobeDocs/photoshop-cpp-sdk type: GitHubRepository description: GitHub repository for the Photoshop C++ Plugin SDK documentation and resources. - url: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html type: Website description: Adobe Photoshop product page with features, pricing, and plan information. - url: https://blog.developer.adobe.com/ type: Blog description: Adobe Developers blog with technical articles, API updates, and developer community news. - url: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/bd-p/photoshop type: Forum description: Adobe Community forum for Photoshop discussions, plugin development questions, and peer support. - url: https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com type: Forum description: Creative Cloud developer forums for plugin and extension development discussions across Adobe products. - url: https://status.adobe.com/ type: StatusPage description: Adobe service status dashboard showing availability for Photoshop API and other Adobe services. - url: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop.html type: Security description: Adobe Photoshop security bulletins and advisories with vulnerability disclosures and patch information. - url: https://x.com/Photoshop type: X description: Official Adobe Photoshop account on X with product updates and creative inspiration. - url: https://www.youtube.com/@AdobeCreativeCloud type: YouTube description: Adobe Creative Cloud YouTube channel with Photoshop tutorials, feature demos, and workflow tips. - url: https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html type: TermsOfService description: Adobe General Terms of Use governing the use of Adobe products and services. - url: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html type: PrivacyPolicy description: Adobe Privacy Policy detailing data collection, usage, and protection practices. - url: https://www.adobe.com/legal/licenses-terms.html type: License description: Adobe product licenses and terms including end user license agreements for Creative Cloud applications. - type: Features data: - name: Cloud Image Processing description: Process images in the cloud without local Photoshop installation via the REST API. - name: Background Removal description: AI-powered automatic background removal and mask generation. - name: PSD Document Editing description: Create, read, and modify PSD files including layers, Smart Objects, and text. - name: Generative Fill description: AI-powered content generation to fill, extend, or replace image regions. - name: Smart Object Replacement description: Replace embedded Smart Object content across PSD templates programmatically. - name: Text Layer Editing description: Modify text content, fonts, colors, and styling in PSD text layers. - name: Photoshop Actions Execution description: Run recorded Photoshop Actions (.atn files) on images in the cloud. - name: UXP Plugin Framework description: Build desktop plugins with modern JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Spectrum UI components. - name: C++ Plugin SDK description: Create native filters, file format support, and selection tools with the C++ SDK. - name: ExtendScript Automation description: Legacy scripting interface for batch processing and workflow automation. - name: Product Crop description: AI-powered automatic cropping to isolate product subjects. - name: Depth Blur description: Apply realistic depth-of-field blur effects using AI depth estimation. - type: UseCases data: - name: Product Photography Automation description: Automate background removal, product crop, and image enhancement for e-commerce catalogs. - name: Template-Based Design Generation description: Replace Smart Objects in PSD templates to generate personalized marketing materials at scale. - name: Batch Image Processing description: Process thousands of images with consistent edits using the cloud API or Actions. - name: Creative Workflow Plugins description: Build UXP plugins that add custom panels, automate tasks, and integrate with external services. - name: Image Format Conversion description: Convert between PSD, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and other formats programmatically. - name: Content-Aware Editing description: Use generative fill and AI features to extend, modify, or enhance image content. - name: Print Production Automation description: Automate print-ready output generation with proper color spaces and bleed settings. - name: DAM Integration description: Connect digital asset management systems with Photoshop for automated processing pipelines. - type: Integrations data: - name: Adobe Creative Cloud description: Native integration with other Creative Cloud apps via shared libraries and cloud storage. - name: Adobe Lightroom description: Roundtrip editing between Lightroom and Photoshop for photography workflows. - name: Adobe Firefly description: Generative AI features powered by Adobe Firefly for content creation. - name: Cloud Storage Providers description: API supports input/output from AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, and Dropbox. - type: Solutions data: - name: Photoshop API (Firefly Services) description: Cloud-based REST API for programmatic image processing at scale. - name: Photoshop Desktop (UXP) description: Modern plugin platform for extending Photoshop with JavaScript and HTML. - name: Photoshop Desktop (C++ SDK) description: Native plugin SDK for filters, file formats, and performance-critical extensions. - name: Photoshop Scripting description: Automation via UXP scripts (.psjs) or legacy ExtendScript (.jsx).