Adobe Photoshop Developer Center
Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 software offers developers the opportunity to integrate their own software with or contribute to a powerful design platform for graphic and Web designers, photographers, and video professionals.
Resources
2006 Creative Suite Developer Summit recording
This recording from the 2006 Creative Suite Developer Summit features Ross McGuire describing how non-US developers can get support for plug-in development.
Photoshop User to User Forums
Trade problems for solutions with other developers.
Photoshop in depth
Find out what's new in the latest version of Photoshop, read frequently asked questions, and see system requirements information.
Events
Browse upcoming developer events in your area and view upcoming and archived Web seminars.
Highlights
Adobe Systems' Implementation of Black Point Compensation (PDF: 182kb)
A detailed description of Adobe's Black Point Compensation algorithm, including what problems it addresses and when and how it is applied.
Get access to the Photoshop SDK
You must request access to the Photoshop software development kit (SDK) before you can download the version of your choice.
Download the Photoshop SDK
If you have already been granted access to the Photoshop SDK, you can download Photoshop CS3 beta SDK, the Photoshop CS2 SDK, or Photoshop CS SDK.
| Photoshop CS3 beta SDK: |
| Win and Mac |
| Photoshop CS2 SDK: |
| Win | or | Mac |
| Photoshop CS SDK: |
| Win | or | Mac |
Scripting documentation
Browse documents available for Photoshop, including JavaScript, AppleScript, and Visual Basic information.
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