How To Install Gigapixel AI As A Photoshop Plugin
If you are an Adobe Photoshop user using Photoshop 2017 or newer, Gigapixel AI should automatically install into Photoshop as a plugin under File > Automate. This article explains various ways to install the Adobe Photoshop plugin for Gigapixel AI if needed.
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How to Install Gigapixel AI As A Photoshop Plugin
Gigapixel AI's Photoshop plugin should automatically install to Photoshop's File > Automate menu on compatible Mac and Windows devices. If it doesn't, the following instructions may be applicable to different users:
Special Notes About M1/Apple Silicon Devices
Manually Install Gigapixel AI As A Photoshop Plugin On Mac
Manually Install Gigapixel AI As A Photoshop Plugin On Windows
NOTE
- The Gigapixel AI plugin does not show up under Filter like other Topaz Labs Photoshop plugins. Before following these instructions, please check the File > Automate menu first.
- The Gigapixel AI Photoshop plugins only work on Photoshop CC 2017 and above. Other Topaz apps work in Photoshop CC 2015 and above.
- There is no "Reinstall Photoshop Plugins" in the Help menu of Gigapixel AI as can be found in some other programs.
Special Notes About M1/Apple Silicon Devices
NOTE
The plugin for Gigapxiel 5.7.1 and higher (starting 11/17/2021) is M1 native. If you have been using an older version of Gigapixel AI as a plugin and are now using Photoshop v22.3 or higher on an M1 device, you will need to run Photoshop through Rosetta for the Gigapixel AI plugin to appear.
Manually Install Gigapixel AI As A Photoshop Plugin On Mac
Step 1:
Close Photoshop
Step 2:
Navigate to the Topaz Gigapixel AI application under Applications/Topaz Labs LLC 
Step 3
Right click and select "Show Package Contents." 
Step 4
Navigate to the "Resources" folder.
Step 5
Right click the PS_Plugins folder and select "Make Alias".
Step 6:
Rename the new alias to TopazGigapixelAI.
Step 7
Right click and copy the TopazGigapixelAI alias.
Step 8
Navigate to the appropriate Adobe plug-ins folder for your installation and paste the alias into the folder.
Depending on your Photoshop installation, the appropriate folder may be:
Photoshop CC: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC.
Photoshop 2022: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2022/Plug-ins
Photoshop 2021: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2021/Plug-ins
Photoshop 2020: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins
etc.
Step 9
Open Photoshop. "Topaz Gigapixel AI" should now show up under File -> Automate.
Manually Install Gigapixel AI As A Photoshop Plugin On Windows
Step 1:
Close Photoshop
Step 2:
Open File Explorer and navigate to your Gigapixel AI installation directory. This is typically found in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Topaz Labs LLC\Topaz Gigapixel AI
Step 3:
Right click the PS_Plugins_x64 folder and select "Send to -> Desktop (create shortcut)".
Step 4:
Navigate to your desktop and rename the created shortcut to tltopazgigapixelaips_x64.
Step 5:
Right click and copy the tltopazgigapixelaips_x64 folder.
Step 6:
Paste the copied folder in the Photoshop plugins location for your Photoshop installation.
To do this, open File Explorer and navigate to your appropriate Photoshop plugins folder. It will either be for Photoshop CC or the version-specific folders (Photoshop 2020, Photoshop 2021, etc).
Photoshop CC (Shared Creative Cloud Location): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-ins\CC\
OR
Photoshop 2022 (Version Specific): C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Plug-ins\
Photoshop 2021 (Version Specific): C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2021\Plug-ins\
Photoshop 2020 (Version Specific): C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2020\Plug-ins\
etc
Note About Photoshop Versions After 2018
For Photoshop 2018 and higher, you may have both the version-specific and shared creative cloud folders on your computer. In these cases, you may need to try to install the plugin shortcuts to both folders if you're not sure which version of Photoshop you're actually opening on your computer.
If you have other Topaz products installed, it should look something like this:
Step 7:
Paste the tltopazgigapixelaips_x64 shortcut into this folder.
Step 8:
Open Photoshop, and verify that "Topaz Gigapixel AI" shows up under File -> Automate.