Adobe has made it easier to edit images quickly without opening the full Photoshop desktop app.
The company has released a new Photoshop extension for Google Chrome, letting users perform basic edits directly in their browser.
A big bonus: anyone who installs the extension before December 8, 2025, gets one year of free access to Photoshop Web.
This move is part of Adobe’s push for lighter, browser-based workflows, ideal for creators, students, and marketers who often grab images straight from the web.
What You Can Do With the Chrome Extension
The Photoshop Chrome extension is designed for quick, everyday edits.
Users can either right-click an image online or click the Photoshop badge in the menu to open it in Photoshop Web.
Key features include:
One-click background removal
Colour and exposure adjustments
Cropping tools with preset sizes for Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube
Download the edited file directly to your device
This eliminates the usual download-upload steps and makes casual editing faster. Adobe plans to add more tools to the extension in the future.
Free Photoshop Web Access
Anyone who installs the extension before December 8 automatically gets 12 months of Photoshop Web for free, even if they don’t have a paid Adobe plan.
After the trial, users can decide whether to continue with a subscription.
Photoshop Web includes most core features of the desktop version and now supports Adobe’s AI-powered tools announced at Adobe Max 2025.
Users can choose Google’s Nano Banana Pro model for Generative Fill or Adobe’s Firefly models, allowing for better photorealism, multi-layer editing, and smarter AI prompts.
Adobe also previewed Project Moonlight, which will let AI assistants collaborate across apps, along with new tools for audio and video editing, including Generate Speech, Generate Soundtrack, and a Firefly-powered video editor.
It’s unclear if these AI features will be added to the Chrome extension soon, but Adobe says updates are coming.
