# Welcome to building UXP-powered plugins for Photoshop!

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**Category:** UXP Plugin API\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/welcome-to-building-uxp-powered-plugins-for-photoshop/2072 "2020-10-21T01:34:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/welcome-to-building-uxp-powered-plugins-for-photoshop/2072/1 "2020-10-21T01:34:42Z")

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It’s easy to start developing UXP-powered plugins for Photoshop. You’ll want to check some of these links out to help start you on your journey:

- Photoshop & UXP Docs: [https://www.adobe.io/photoshop/uxp/](https://www.adobe.io/photoshop/uxp/)
- UXP Developer Tool: [https://www.adobe.io/photoshop/uxp/devtool/](https://www.adobe.io/photoshop/uxp/devtool/)
- Plugin Samples Repo: [https://github.com/AdobeDocs/uxp-photoshop-plugin-samples](https://github.com/AdobeDocs/uxp-photoshop-plugin-samples)

Be sure to download v22.0.0 of Photoshop from the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application. Then go into **Preferences** \> **Plugins** and ✅ **Enable Developer Mode**. Restart Photoshop and launch the UXP Developer Tool and start loading and debugging your plugins!

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**Author:** ![kerrishotts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/kerrishotts/32/8_2.png) [@kerrishotts](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/kerrishotts)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/welcome-to-building-uxp-powered-plugins-for-photoshop/2072/2 "2020-10-21T01:35:22Z")

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