1.3 Installation for Lightroom/Photoshop Users

DustMagic ships with a Lightroom Classic plugin and works alongside Photoshop and Capture One via standard external-editor workflows.

Lightroom Classic — Plugin Install

DustMagic detects Lightroom Classic on first launch. To install the bundled plugin:

1. Go to Help → Lightroom Integration…
2. If Lightroom Classic is detected and the plugin isn’t yet installed, click Install Plugin.
3. Restart Lightroom.

If Lightroom isn’t detected (e.g. you keep it in a non-standard location), the dialog tells you so — install it first, or drag DustMagic.lrplugin into your Lightroom Modules folder manually.

Detailed plugin usage: 3.1: Lightroom Integration Guide.

Photoshop and Capture One — File Workflow

There is no plugin for Photoshop or Capture One. Both work cleanly via external-editor / TIFF round-tripping.

Photoshop:

• Save your image (or selected layer) as TIFF.
• Open it in DustMagic, process, export.
• Place the cleaned TIFF back into Photoshop as a new layer.

Capture One:

• Right-click → Export → File → TIFF.
• Process the TIFF in DustMagic.
• Re-import the cleaned file into Capture One.

Detailed workflow: 3.2: Photoshop & Capture One Integration.

Recommended Workflow Order

1. Dust removal (DustMagic) — clean first, before anything else touches pixels.
2. Exposure and white balance.
3. Colour grading and retouching.
4. Output sharpening.

Next Steps

• Lightroom workflow detail — 3.1: Lightroom Integration Guide.
• Photoshop and Capture One detail — 3.2: Photoshop & Capture One Integration.
• How DustMagic exports cleaned files — 3.3: Exporting & Saving Cleaned Images.