Best Photoshop 2022, 2021 and Photoshop CC 2019-2020 plugin.
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NGLEmp is an offline license enabler for Photoshop 2021 | 2020 | СС 2019 implemented as Photoshop plugin.
Status: PROOF OF CONCEPT
This means:
- Product may miss features
- Product may contain bugs
- Use at your own risk
- All product features are enabled with correct internal license structure
- No files patched on disk
- Original digital signatures are valid
- Quick and easy restore to original state
- Customisable features list
- Customisable profile details
- Smooth Photoshop updates
- Windows only
- x86-64 only
- Adobe Photoshop 2022 (
23.0—23.3) - Adobe Photoshop 2021 (
22.0—22.5) - Adobe Photoshop 2020 (
21.0) - Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (
20.0)
- 2022
23.0.0—23.3
- 2021
22.0.0—22.4.3,22.5.0
- 2020
21.0.0—21.2.11
- CC 2019
20.0.0—20.0.10
22 April 2022
- Support for Adobe Photoshop
2022(23.3.1)
18 April 2022
- Support for Adobe Photoshop
2022(23.3.0)
30 October 2021
- Support for Adobe Photoshop
2022(23.0)
1 October 2021
- Support for offline Neural filters:
- Skin smoothing
- JPEG Artifacts Removal
- Style Transfer
- Makeup Transfer
- Super Zoom
- Colorize
- Updated internal structures
25 August 2021
- Added
Licenseoption to overide active license type to Tryout, for example. - Added
AutoSerialoption to hide you real serial number from the "About" dialog. Yes, we do care about your privacy.
24 August 2021
- Support for Adobe Photoshop
2021Summer release (22.5.x) - Patterns are updated for different versions to speedup initial launch
- Stability improvements
- Added
Forcedmode parameter to config
29 December 2020
- Support for Adobe Photoshop
2021 - Display plugin and host versions
- Patterns are updated for different versions to speedup initial launch
- Host version autodetect. Version info removed from config
- Stability and performance improvements
- Tested all available public versions (2019, 2020, 2021)
- All cloud features (Neural Filters etc) still require account
29 October 2019
- Support for Adobe Photoshop CC
2020
22 April 2019
- Initial release
- Support for Adobe Photoshop CC
2019
Keep in mind that Adobe Cloud services collect and share your private data.
Check out official Adobe Privacy Center.
Core components:
NGLEmp.8bx- NGLEmp plugin, requiredpainter.cfg- NGLEmp plugin configuration, requiredNGLEmp.b3- Checksums for release integrity checkNGLEmp.sha1- Checksums for release integrity checkREADME.md- This README in Markdown (.md) format
Optional components:
com.adobe.ccx.start.7z- Home Screen replacement from CC 2017, optional
- Installation paths
- Existing Licensed Installation
- New Creative Cloud Installation
- New Clean Installation
- Neural-filters Installation
- NGLEmp Installation
- Verify installation
- Home Screen
All relative paths are in Adobe Photoshop installation folder.
For example, default Photoshop 2021 installation path:
%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2021\
Default NGLEmp installation path:
%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2021\Required\Plug-ins\Extensions\
Note: You need to use real Adobe Photoshop 2021 | 2020 | CC 2019 installation path on your system.
If you already have licensed Adobe Photoshop installed, then you may write down your legal Adobe Photoshop Serial number to use it later.
- Open Photoshop menu
Help -> System info... - Find string
Serial number:in the Photoshop system report. - Save your Serial number in
painter.cfg:Serialfield inEnigmastructure.
- Install NGLEmp: see NGLEmp Installation.
- Enjoy!
Easy way to install and manage your Creative Cloud apps and services is Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
Adobe ID is required for this type of installation!
- Install Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
- Install Adobe Photoshop 2021 | 2020 | CC 2019 using Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
- Install NGLEmp: see NGLEmp Installation.
- Enjoy!
Note: in this case you'll have bloated Creative Cloud desktop software installed.
This type of installation doesn't require Adobe ID.
- Install Adobe Photoshop 2021 | 2020 | CC 2019 using CCMaker (recommended at least version
1.3.15) or by extracting installation files. - Install NGLEmp: see NGLEmp Installation.
- Enjoy!
Tip: You may disable installation of bloated CCX Process via CCMaker to save some space.
Info: CCMaker doesn't install Creative Cloud Desktop Application, so you'll have even more space.
Attention: Don't install AMTEmu, it won't work!
Neural filters are available since Photoshop CC 2021.
Learn more about the AI-driven filters available in the Neural Filters gallery, as well as answers to commonly asked questions.
Active subscription or Trial are required to Neural filters download!
- Install trial version of Photoshop CC 2021 (22.5.0 or newer).
- Log in to your Adobe ID account.
- Download filters using menu
Filter -> Neural Filters....
Back up contents of neural filters gallery folder to use it on another computer:
%AppData%\Adobe\UXP\PluginsStorage\PHSP\22\Internal\com.adobe.nfp.gallery
In case of another clean installation without Adobe ID:
- copy contents of previously backed up folder to the same path.
If you get an error when you try to download Neural Filters:
- Delete
%AppData%\Adobe\UXPfolder. - Restart application and try again.
Always verify integrity of NGLEmp release before installation!
- NGLEmp Installation Path:
.\Required\Plug-ins\Extensions\
- To install NGLEmp you need to copy just 2 files:
NGLEmp.8bxpainter.cfg
@echo off
set PS_VERSION=2021
set dest=%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop %PS_VERSION%\Required\Plug-ins\Extensions
copy /b NGLEmp.8bx "%dest%"
copy /b painter.cfg "%dest%"Notes:
- Admin rights required.
- Change
PS_VERSIONto your Photoshop version.PS_VERSION=2021PS_VERSION=2020PS_VERSION=CC 2019
- You need to use real Adobe Photoshop installation path on your system.
- Menu
Help -> About Plug-ins -> NGLEmp... - You'll see plugin version and state.
- Correct state is
Active.
If you use Photoshop mainly offline, it's reasonable to replace Home Screen with offline version or disable it completely.
- Menu
Edit -> Preferences -> General (Ctrl+K) - In
Optionstab checkDisable the Home Screen
Default Home Screen folder location:
Required\CEP\extensions
- Remove existing
com.adobe.ccx.startfolder in.\Required\CEP\extensions - Unpack previous CC 2017 version archive to
.\Required\CEP\extensions
Search web for alternative Home Screen. There are some.
- Remove
NGLEmp.8bxandpainter.cfgfrom.\Required\Plug-ins\Extensionsfolder.
@echo off
set PS_VERSION=2021
set dest=%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop %PS_VERSION%\Required\Plug-ins\Extensions
del /f "%dest%\NGLEmp.8bx"
del /f "%dest%\painter.cfg"Notes:
- Admin rights required.
- Change
PS_VERSIONto your Photoshop version. - You need to use real Adobe Photoshop installation path on your system.
- Canceled attempt to Sign-in
- Trial banner on top of Home Screen
- Cloud authorisation token could expire
Photoshop will close if Sign-in dialog canceled.
Solution:
- Just don't cancel Sign-in dialog if you decided to sign-in to your Cloud account.
- Don't use Cloud and Sign-in dialog at all.
Solutions:
- Option 1. Disable Home Screen completely.
- Option 2. Use alternative Home Screen from previous version.
- In some cases you need to sign-in to your Cloud account again.
- No support at all. Just enjoy.
- If you feel a bit lonely with NGLEmp bugs, feel free to report here.
- How to get rid of trial banner on top of Home Screen?
- macOS support maybe?
- Could I modify painter.cfg?
- Should I use Cloud account?
- How to donate?
See Trial banner on top of Home Screen.
Maybe someday. (Actually not).
Yes, you can edit painter.cfg. It's as JSON-like (but not JSON) format UTF-8 text file.
Attention: Don't change names of structures!
Possible fields to edit in painter.cfg:
Licensetype, possible options:- Perpetual
- Subscription
- Tryout
- Volume
AutoSerialto hide your real serial numberProfilestructure, offline stub only:- UserID
- FirstName
- LastName
- CountryCode
Enigmastructure:- Serial
- Version
No, it's optional. Always consider Cloud privacy.
Donate to GIMP and Krita community.
- NGLEmp crafted by painter
Always verify integrity of NGLEmp release!
It's very important to verify before install that NGLEmp release wasn't corrupted!
If NGLEmp checksums mismatch or your distribution doesn't have NGLEmp.b3 and NGLEmp.sha1 file, then release may be corrupted or infected with malware!
Get valid checksums online at NGLEmp project page.
BLAKE3 and SHA-1 checksums of main files (stored in NGLEmp.b3 and NGLEmp.sha1):
For Adobe Photoshop 2022, 2021, CC 2019-2020.
6666fbb0c4f48cfd1edb75c4deb92f83360068b527bab43d74c59802d8becd7d NGLEmp.8bx
00ccf5773d7bf091810c2eee1cb76c38f786c8b4145a92f9a5df5375f45f5223 painter.cfg
4ff045dc267a8349343ee8b0b8fbd6e4ebe39aac *NGLEmp.8bx
31f4b686dc5086f5df498dc9176df98038ae8bd9 *painter.cfg
Note: Previous NGLEmp versions are listed in VERSIONS.
b3sum -c NGLEmp.b3Correct answer:
NGLEmp.8bx: OK
painter.cfg: OK
sha1sum -c NGLEmp.sha1Correct answer:
NGLEmp.8bx: OK
painter.cfg: OK
Never use NGLEmp release if checksums mismatch!
- NGLEmp. Password: VladimirMayakovsky
- Home Screen alternative
Enjoy!