I have been writing on some UXP plugins this fall, and the speed of javascript coupled with the imaging API is awesome! It doesn’t seem like there have been any updates for a few years though, does anybody know what’s going on?

I think this and the following post by @Erin_Finnegan should answer your question [image] [BUG] None of the drag events work in dialogs except `dragstart` Photoshop @indranil , @Erin_Finnegan , any news maybe? Or is it with the PS UXP team gone, it’s not gonna be…

From the Ps side, we continue to advocate for renewed focus. As soon as we have an announcement to make, we’ll broadcast it. I would like to know which Imaging API you’ve been using: the one under ‘photoshop’ or ‘uxp’. My team made the Ps one, so we’d love to hear feedback.

Thanks Sam! I am pretty sure I have been using your API: const sourcePixels = await imaging.getPixels({ layerID: layer.id, sourceBounds: bounds }); const pixelData = await sourcePixels.imageData.getData(); I have been using it with 8 and 16 bit image data. Love that it gives me direct acc…

[image] samgannaway: From the Ps side, we continue to advocate for renewed focus That’s good news :flexed_biceps: Hope someone listens. I’m personally interested in the UI part the most :crossed_fingers:

[image] samgannaway: From the Ps side, we continue to advocate for renewed focus. That would be amazing. I would love to see outstanding robustness issues with command availability / doc switching resolved. The majority of bug reports I get from customers tie back to race conditions on the ba…

This would be great! If someone could update the official documentation and support tools like the examples, type definitions, and SW UXP wrappers, that would help the whole ecosystem, I think. Currently there are several different repos with demo plugins that try to show how to use Spectrum Web Co…

Hey Sam, I have alpha working with RGBA images, but I have not been able to get it to work with getPixels on Grayscale or Lab images ( there are always 1 or 3 channels, never 2 or 4, and pixelFormat is never “GrayscaleAlpha” or “LABAlpha” ) The documentation indicates that it should work. Am I missi…

Is Adobe actively supporting UXP for Photoshop?

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I think this and the following post by @Erin_Finnegan should answer your question

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Is Adobe actively supporting UXP for Photoshop?

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