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Best Photoshop 2022 plugin.

Project README

NGLEmp

Best Photoshop 2022, 2021 and Photoshop CC 2019-2020 plugin.

Content

Introduction

NGLEmp is an offline license enabler for Photoshop 2021 | 2020 | СС 2019 implemented as Photoshop plugin.

NGLEmp Project Status

Status: PROOF OF CONCEPT

This means:

  • Product may miss features
  • Product may contain bugs
  • Use at your own risk

Target Audience

  • Licensed users with long offline usage period
  • Privacy-concerned licensed users

Main Features

  • 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

Supported Platforms

Supported Products

  • 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)

Tested Photoshop versions

Adobe Photoshop 2022

  • 2022 23.0.0 — 23.3

Adobe Photoshop 2021

  • 2021 22.0.0 — 22.4.3, 22.5.0

Adobe Photoshop 2020

  • 2020 21.0.0 — 21.2.11

Adobe Photoshop CC 2019

  • CC 2019 20.0.0 — 20.0.10

NGLEmp Versions History

0.8.2.1

22 April 2022

  • Support for Adobe Photoshop 2022 (23.3.1)

0.8.2.0

18 April 2022

  • Support for Adobe Photoshop 2022 (23.3.0)

0.8.1.0

30 October 2021

  • Support for Adobe Photoshop 2022 (23.0)

0.8.0.0

1 October 2021

  • Support for offline Neural filters:
    • Skin smoothing
    • JPEG Artifacts Removal
    • Style Transfer
    • Makeup Transfer
    • Super Zoom
    • Colorize
  • Updated internal structures

0.7.2.0

25 August 2021

  • Added License option to overide active license type to Tryout, for example.
  • Added AutoSerial option to hide you real serial number from the "About" dialog. Yes, we do care about your privacy.

0.7.1.0

24 August 2021

  • Support for Adobe Photoshop 2021 Summer release (22.5.x)
  • Patterns are updated for different versions to speedup initial launch
  • Stability improvements
  • Added Forced mode parameter to config

0.7.0.0

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

0.6.9.0

29 October 2019

  • Support for Adobe Photoshop CC 2020

0.5.1.0

22 April 2019

  • Initial release
  • Support for Adobe Photoshop CC 2019

Cloud Privacy

Keep in mind that Adobe Cloud services collect and share your private data.

Check out official Adobe Privacy Center.

Package Content

Core components:

  • NGLEmp.8bx - NGLEmp plugin, required
  • painter.cfg - NGLEmp plugin configuration, required
  • NGLEmp.b3 - Checksums for release integrity check
  • NGLEmp.sha1 - Checksums for release integrity check
  • README.md - This README in Markdown (.md) format

Optional components:

  • com.adobe.ccx.start.7z - Home Screen replacement from CC 2017, optional

Install

Installation paths

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.

Existing Licensed Installation

If you already have licensed Adobe Photoshop installed, then you may write down your legal Adobe Photoshop Serial number to use it later.

  1. Open Photoshop menu Help -> System info...
  2. Find string Serial number: in the Photoshop system report.
  3. Save your Serial number in painter.cfg:
    • Serial field in Enigma structure.
  4. Install NGLEmp: see NGLEmp Installation.
  5. Enjoy!

New Creative Cloud Installation

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!

  1. Install Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
  2. Install Adobe Photoshop 2021 | 2020 | CC 2019 using Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
  3. Install NGLEmp: see NGLEmp Installation.
  4. Enjoy!

Note: in this case you'll have bloated Creative Cloud desktop software installed.

New Clean Installation

This type of installation doesn't require Adobe ID.

  1. Install Adobe Photoshop 2021 | 2020 | CC 2019 using CCMaker (recommended at least version 1.3.15) or by extracting installation files.
  2. Install NGLEmp: see NGLEmp Installation.
  3. 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 Installation

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.

Install Neural filters

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....

Backup 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

Restore Neural filters

In case of another clean installation without Adobe ID:

Neural filters Download Issue

If you get an error when you try to download Neural Filters:

  • Delete %AppData%\Adobe\UXP folder.
  • Restart application and try again.

NGLEmp Installation

Always verify integrity of NGLEmp release before installation!

  1. NGLEmp Installation Path:
    • .\Required\Plug-ins\Extensions\
  2. To install NGLEmp you need to copy just 2 files:
    • NGLEmp.8bx
    • painter.cfg

Install batch sample (install.cmd)

@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_VERSION to your Photoshop version.
    • PS_VERSION=2021
    • PS_VERSION=2020
    • PS_VERSION=CC 2019
  • You need to use real Adobe Photoshop installation path on your system.

Verify installation

  • Menu Help -> About Plug-ins -> NGLEmp...
  • You'll see plugin version and state.
  • Correct state is Active.

Home Screen

If you use Photoshop mainly offline, it's reasonable to replace Home Screen with offline version or disable it completely.

Disable Home Screen

  • Menu Edit -> Preferences -> General (Ctrl+K)
  • In Options tab check Disable the Home Screen

Replace Home Screen

Default Home Screen folder location:

  • Required\CEP\extensions

Home Screen from previous version

  1. Remove existing com.adobe.ccx.start folder in .\Required\CEP\extensions
  2. Unpack previous CC 2017 version archive to .\Required\CEP\extensions

Alternative Home Screen

Search web for alternative Home Screen. There are some.

Uninstall

  • Remove NGLEmp.8bx and painter.cfg from .\Required\Plug-ins\Extensions folder.

Uninstall batch sample (uninstall.cmd)

@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_VERSION to your Photoshop version.
  • You need to use real Adobe Photoshop installation path on your system.

Known Issues

Canceled attempt to Sign-in

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.

Trial banner on top of Home Screen

Solutions:

Cloud authorisation token could expire

  • In some cases you need to sign-in to your Cloud account again.

Support

  • No support at all. Just enjoy.
  • If you feel a bit lonely with NGLEmp bugs, feel free to report here.

FAQ

How to get rid of trial banner on top of Home Screen?

See Trial banner on top of Home Screen.

macOS support maybe?

Maybe someday. (Actually not).

Could I modify painter.cfg?

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:

  • License type, possible options:
    • Perpetual
    • Subscription
    • Tryout
    • Volume
  • AutoSerial to hide your real serial number
  • Profile structure, offline stub only:
    • Email
    • UserID
    • FirstName
    • LastName
    • CountryCode
  • Enigma structure:
    • Serial
    • Version

Should I use Cloud account?

No, it's optional. Always consider Cloud privacy.

How to donate?

Donate to GIMP and Krita community.

Author

  • NGLEmp crafted by painter

DOWNLOAD

Always verify integrity of NGLEmp release!

Checksums

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):

NGLEmp 0.8.2.1

For Adobe Photoshop 2022, 2021, CC 2019-2020.

BLAKE3

6666fbb0c4f48cfd1edb75c4deb92f83360068b527bab43d74c59802d8becd7d  NGLEmp.8bx
00ccf5773d7bf091810c2eee1cb76c38f786c8b4145a92f9a5df5375f45f5223  painter.cfg

SHA-1

4ff045dc267a8349343ee8b0b8fbd6e4ebe39aac *NGLEmp.8bx
31f4b686dc5086f5df498dc9176df98038ae8bd9 *painter.cfg

Note: Previous NGLEmp versions are listed in VERSIONS.

Verify checksums

Verify BLAKE3 checksums

b3sum -c NGLEmp.b3

Correct answer:

NGLEmp.8bx: OK
painter.cfg: OK

Verify SHA-1 checksums

sha1sum -c NGLEmp.sha1

Correct answer:

NGLEmp.8bx: OK
painter.cfg: OK

Never use NGLEmp release if checksums mismatch!

Download now!

Enjoy!

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