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Install ArtFlow, open the panel, understand its safety controls, and complete a first production task.

6 min readArtFlow 1.3.5+Updated Jul 30, 2026

Before you install

ArtFlow 1.3.5 supports Adobe Photoshop 23.3 or later on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Save active documents before installing or updating any Photoshop plugin.

New installations start in English. You can change the interface language at any time in Settings. ArtFlow remembers the selected language for later sessions.

Install from Adobe Creative Cloud

  1. Open the ArtFlow listing in Adobe Exchange.
  2. Choose Buy or Install, then allow Creative Cloud Desktop to complete the installation.
  3. Restart Photoshop if it was open during installation.
  4. In Photoshop, choose Plugins > ArtFlow: Workflow Toolkit for Adobe Photoshop.
  5. Dock the panel beside Layers if you want to inspect selection and naming changes together.

If Creative Cloud reports an installation error, close Photoshop, confirm Creative Cloud is signed in with the purchasing Adobe account, and retry from the listing.

Learn the panel structure

The left navigation contains the main workflows:

Area Use it for
AI Name Generate and validate visual naming suggestions
PSD to Unity Scan, prepare, and export a Unity-oriented handoff
Layer FX Copy, clean, and prepare layer effects or split content
Manual Name Apply deterministic batch naming operations
Grid Tool Arrange assets or split an atlas
Export Deliver files in one or more formats
Preset Reuse naming and export configurations
Settings Language, API keys, visible tabs, and naming configuration

The top-right selection count reflects the Photoshop layers currently in scope. Most actions use selected layers; read the source control in each tool before running a whole-document operation.

Use Preview, Apply, Clear, and Undo

Rename workflows share the safety area in the left rail.

  1. Keep Preview enabled while learning the tool.
  2. Run an AI or manual naming action.
  3. Inspect every old name -> new name row.
  4. Choose Apply only when the proposed names match your intention.
  5. Choose Clear to discard the current proposal.
  6. Choose Undo to reverse the last supported rename batch after it was applied.

Preview protects naming changes. Export, layer conversion, splitting, and some Layer FX actions have their own confirmation or transaction behavior and do not use the rename preview list.

Complete a first safe task

Try this with a copy of a small PSD:

  1. Select three ordinary layers.
  2. Open Manual Name.
  3. Add a harmless prefix such as test_.
  4. Review the proposed names in the left rail.
  5. Apply the change.
  6. Use Undo and confirm the original names return.

This verifies panel access, Photoshop selection, preview rendering, Apply, and Undo without requiring an API key.

What ArtFlow stores

ArtFlow stores panel preferences, presets, and user-supplied API keys in local UXP plugin storage. Normal non-AI workflows run locally. AI Name contacts Google Gemini only when you explicitly run an AI operation; TinyPNG is contacted only when that optimization method is selected.

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