There's even an 'Enhance Milky Way' button. The effects panel is also interesting and happily adds some things astrophotographers will like, such as 'Reduce Light Pollution' and 'Align and Stack Sky.' As a frequent Milky Way imager, these are handy shortcuts. Yes, all this can be done manually in Photoshop, but the one-click buttons work quite well when you need them. Or to take the same photo and turn it into night. Some other one-click niceties are the ability to convert a summer image to a fall one by shifting the foliage colors. If applied as a layer, it would be easy to adjust the sharpness down, but I thought the macro made the right choice on its own. One click on the structure button gave me some enhancements of the rocks structure: Here's a before image taken at Lake Powell: On the filters tab are things that can modify an image, but instead of multiple adjustments, often, you can press a button and let those macros do the work. On the tools panel are buttons for things like 16-bit luminosity masks, color masks, range masks, and quick actions like 'Fill with,' 'Focus Blend,' and 'Auto Align.' The panel has four tabs: tools, filters, effects, and finish. When you install it, you'll see a panel full of buttons. That brings me to ProPanel from travel and landscape photographer John Weatherby. In general, one click, and your work is concluded, although sometimes, you're presented with a slider to let you control the effect. Think of these extensions as a collection of well-written macros. As a result, some experienced Photoshop users with programming skills have created some really useful extensions that are useful to both beginner editors and pros.

It's an architecture that Adobe provides that falls between a plug-in and a Photoshop Action. That's where Photoshop Extensions come in.

Photoshop has a lot of power, but for many editors, some of the features are arcane, involve multiple steps, or are too complicated to bother with.

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