Get NightScape Lab
One installer adds the panel to Photoshop, sets up the local engine, and installs the Lightroom Classic plugin. Download free, then buy a license to activate. The latest macOS build is below; the Windows installer is being packaged for this page.
A purchase is required to activate. macOS & Windows · Photoshop 2023+
NightScape Lab
First open on macOS: the installer isn't Apple-notarized yet, so macOS will warn once. Right-click the app → Open → Open. One time only; signing is on the way.
Install in minutes
Run the installer
Grab the DMG for your Mac above and open it. It places the local engine, the Lightroom Classic plugin, and the panel, installed through Creative Cloud's standard extension mechanism. No developer mode required.
Restart Photoshop
Open Photoshop once more so it picks up the new panel. Find it under Plugins → NightScape Lab and dock it wherever you like.
Activate & go
Paste the license key from your purchase, once. Then select a night's frames in Lightroom and choose Stack in NightScape, or pick RAW files straight from the panel's Stack tab.
What you need
- PsAdobe Photoshop 2023 or newer (version 24.0+), desktop edition.
- ⌂macOS or Windows. Mac: Intel or Apple Silicon. Windows: a recent 64-bit system.
- LrLightroom Classic for the one-click stacking round-trip. Optional: the panel also stacks from disk or open layers.
- ≡~2 GB free disk for the engine and bundled AI models. The models run locally as ONNX (Core ML accelerated on Apple Silicon Macs).
- ⛶No internet needed to process. Only your license activates online; images stay on your machine.
Not sure it fits your setup? If you run a current version of Photoshop on Mac or Windows and shoot RAW, you're good. Lightroom Classic users get the full round-trip: stacked results land back in your catalog automatically.
Questions? Ask before you buy →
Supported RAW formats
Buy once, install, and start stacking.
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