> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dfine.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Plugin Sources

> Install and remove the plugins for Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve from inside dfine.io Desktop, and what an Intel Mac cannot run.

This is where the plugins live. dfine.io Desktop cannot see into your editing application by itself, so a small plugin does the handover. You install it here, and the app puts it in the right folder for you.

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<Warning>
  **On an Intel Mac, DaVinci Resolve is not available as a source at all.** An Intel build shows no Resolve row here and no Resolve card on Ingest, there is nothing to install. See [DaVinci Resolve](/en/review/desktop/resolve) for the reason. Premiere, After Effects and SDI IN all work on either architecture.
</Warning>

## What a row tells you

There is one row per plugin group, not per application. Premiere Pro and After Effects load the same file, so they share a single row labelled **Adobe Premiere & After Effects**: install once and both hosts are served.

**✓ installed** means the plugin is in place and the application can load it. The button next to it removes it again.

**not installed** means the application was found on this machine, but the plugin is missing. Install it here.

**Host application not detected** means the app could not find the host on this machine. Install the application first, then come back.

**Check failed** means the app could not determine the state at all. Try again, and send the log from the Help tab if it persists.

The description in each row carries a **Read the guide** link, so you can go straight to the setup steps for that host.

## Installing

Click **Install**. For DaVinci Resolve, macOS asks for your password, because OpenFX plugins live in a system folder that is shared by all users. Premiere installs into your personal plugin folder and needs no password.

<Warning>
  Quit the host application before installing, or restart it afterwards. Premiere and Resolve read their plugin folders once at launch. A running instance will not notice a plugin that arrived while it was open, and you will spend time looking for a problem that is not there.
</Warning>

## Removing

**Uninstall** takes the plugin out again. Your projects are unaffected, but a timeline that still has the effect on it will show it as missing until you remove it there too.

## Where the plugins go

| Application                    | Location                          | Password needed |
| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------- | --------------- |
| Premiere Pro and After Effects | Your personal Adobe plugin folder | No              |
| DaVinci Resolve                | The shared system OpenFX folder   | Yes             |

## Next

Set up your host: [Premiere Pro and After Effects](/en/review/desktop/premiere) or [DaVinci Resolve](/en/review/desktop/resolve). Without a host application, use [SDI IN](/en/review/desktop/sdi-in).