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Adobe Photoshop CC 2021

Application Details:

Version: CC 2021 (22.0)
License: Subscription
URL: http://www.adobe.com/products/...
Votes: 4
Latest Rating: Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested: 9.9

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Test Results

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Selected Test Results

What works

Almost Everything! (as far as i know) is works.

The GPU detected and work in the app. The UI is smooth with anti-aliasing enabled.
Content aware, smudge, blur, spot healing

The features that require GPU like eyedropper sampling ring, pen tool and transform are marked with blue (this would be in grey if GPU not available)

Fonts are loaded and can be used (otf and ttf). 3d button in type is work, doesn't crash the app

Saving in psd as well as psb.
Plugins is work, but i only tested Brusherator 1.8.0

What does not

Pen tablet pressure.
Anything related to adobe creative suite.
Rich tool tip

Camera Raw

Workarounds

Full credit to Evren in Photoshop CC 2023 Test report

First install software into a real windows, then copy these folders to prefix folder:

C:\Program Files\Adobe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe
C:\ProgramData\Adobe
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Adobe
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe

You can capture registry entries of installation and import it too, but it is not necessary for basic functionality of the software, if you want to do that, you can use nirsoft registrychangesview-x64, take snapshots of registry before install and after first run, then save difference to a reg file, then import it inside prefix with regedit import feature.

You need at least this dll to be able to launch software:

winetricks -q vcrun2022

While you can use software like that, fonts may look different than original and you would want to install all fonts, enable smoothing, gdi plus, and use adobe type manager library:

winetricks -q allfonts fontsmooth=rgb gdiplus atmlib

If there are missing fonts, you will see blank areas in some windows, one of the first is the window that says "DirectX unavailable" will be blank, so install fonts to be able to see them.

What was not tested

Deep dive in vector side or 3d in Photoshop, i suspect it would hit something in long time use.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU: AMD
  • Driver: open source

Additional Comments

Bare in mind that I'm beginner with Linux environment, pardon if there's inaccuracy.

Honestly i would use this as daily driver if just the pen tablet work like in native Linux. It's really hard deal breaker.

I was using

Wine 9.9 with vkd3d v2.12 also;

winetricks fontsmooth=rgb gdiplus msxml3 msxml6 atmlib corefonts dxvk vcrun2019 vcrun2012 vcrun2013 vcrun2010 vcrun2022



Adobe Photoshop Version: 22.4.2 20210602.r.242 a4f6042  x64

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G, using integrated GPU with mesa driver


selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
CurrentLinux Mint 21.3Jun 01 20249.9No, but has workaround Yes YesSilverWahyu Andika 
ShowDebian GNU/Linux Testing "Trixie"Feb 16 20249.0No, but has workaround Yes YesSilverQuther 
ShowArch Linux x86_64Nov 29 20238.21No, but has workaround Yes YesSilverBasel Senan 
ShowopenSUSE Tumbleweed (rolling release)Sep 22 20216.17No Not installable NoGarbageRobert Munteanu 
ShowUbuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 16 20216.0.1No Not installable NoGarbageSidhant Unnithan 

Known Bugs

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Comments

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Couldn't complete your request because photoshop was unable to comunicate with creative cloud desktop
by Young Fellow on Tuesday August 31st 2021, 5:13
I followed the instructions and got this:
i.imgur.com/7ivRn1k.png

Logs:

0128:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA, 000000000021FD70
0130:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA, 000000000021FD70
00b8:fixme:bcrypt:BCryptGenRandom ignoring selected algorithm
00b8:fixme:bcrypt:BCryptGenRandom ignoring selected algorithm
Error fetching public key in GetRSAKeyFromCert
Error : 0x00000002 (2) File not found.


Monitored process exited.
Initial process has exited (return code: 0)
All monitored processes have exited.
Exit with returncode 0

Is there something else I have to copy over from the VM's files?

Also, why not try activate it in the VM, then copy it over?
RE: Couldn't complete your request because photoshop was unable to comunicate with creative cloud desktop
by Evren on Monday November 14th 2022, 15:30
Copying "/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Adobe/" from windows fixed this error for me
Photoshop was unable to parse the postscript ?
by Siddharth S on Thursday July 15th 2021, 13:33
Hi I've exactly followed what you guys have said. But whenever I try to Launch it from Lutris it says 'Could not complete your request because photoshop was unable to parse the postscript'.
Any idea on how to fix this. Any help is appreciated.
RE: Photoshop was unable to parse the postscript ?
by No, only a fake one on Monday August 9th 2021, 9:54
Same for me, except thge message says 'Could not complete your request because Photoshop was unable to parse the".
The latest update changed something, it works now as I see the splash, then it complains about missing IE11.
I guess this is it. Until the freaking thing is sent to /dev/null by MS, we'll struggle with the impossibility of installing IE11. Actually, in wine 6.6 I could not install any IE...
RE: Photoshop was unable to parse the postscript ?
by j_quibb on Friday November 26th 2021, 8:03
So, did you manage to fix this? I am getting the same error:
"Could not complete your request because Photoshop was unable to parse the PostScript."
do you need a 64 bit prefix
by piracylord69 on Friday April 30th 2021, 16:57
Ive tried everything but photoshop won't run
How did you authenticate?
by No, only a fake one on Saturday April 3rd 2021, 12:59
Hi, How did you authenticate, for me fails ad closes (at least I think so):

0130:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA, 000000000022FD70
0128:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA, 000000000022FD70
006c:fixme:mountmgr:query_property Faking StorageDeviceProperty data
00f8:fixme:netprofm:list_manager_QueryInterface interface {00000126-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} not implemented
00f8:fixme:netprofm:connection_point_Advise 000000000C237020, 0000000019CC2CF0, 0000000019CC2D10 - semi-stub
00f8:fixme:netprofm:connection_point_Advise 000000000C237090, 0000000019CC4500, 0000000019CC4520 - semi-stub
00f8:fixme:netprofm:list_manager_GetConnectivity 000000000C236FE0, 000000000022F2F0
014c:fixme:crypt:CryptStringToBinaryW Unimplemented type 4
014c:fixme:crypt:CryptStringToBinaryW Unimplemented type 4
014c:fixme:crypt:CryptImportPublicKeyInfoEx2 (1, 000000001AF8DB50, 00000000, 0000000000000000, 000000001AF8DB38): stub
Error fetching public key in GetRSAKeyFromCert
Error : 0x00000002 (2) Fi00f8:fixme:bcrypt:BCryptGenRandom ignoring selected algorithm
00f8:fixme:bcrypt:BCryptGenRandom ignoring selected algorithm
RE: How did you authenticate?
by Baalaji Balasubramani on Sunday April 4th 2021, 23:55
Didnt manage to test authentication/licensing. I just grabbed one of those unlicensed editions floating on the internet
RE: How did you authenticate?
by No, only a fake one on Monday April 5th 2021, 0:13
Thanks for your answer!
I was sure you did like this, because mine simply does not work due to some missing implementation.
I have a subscription but I can't use it due to this.

As a side question, how did you check that against malware? I know some that got a virus using Wine.
Where did you grab it, if I may?
Is C:\Program Files\Adobe enough?
by No, only a fake one on Tuesday February 16th 2021, 13:28
Hello, is C:\Program Files\Adobe enough? Nothing from C:\Program Files\Common Files at all?
Still, how do you login when asked by PS?
RE: Is C:\Program Files\Adobe enough?
by Baalaji Balasubramani on Sunday April 4th 2021, 23:55
Yep, just C:\Program Files\Adobe is enough. I managed to get it running with just that.
dxvk
by Kim Scarborough on Sunday January 24th 2021, 4:23
dxvk *is* necessary.
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