The 6 Best Adobe Express Add-Ons for Creatives of All Types: From Dynamic Light FX to Stunning Sound & More

In many ways, content creation has never been easier for creatives of all types. Many powerful apps and platforms can help creators streamline their creative processes to rapidly produce awesome, shareable, and impactful content.

However, to be able to access these streamlined workflows, you do need to make use of the best tools, plug-ins, and add-ons out there. Looking specifically at Adobe Express, Adobe’s powerful content creation tool included in Adobe’s Creative Cloud, let’s go over some of the best add-ons for creatives of all types.

We’ll explore some helpful Adobe Express plugins to assist with adding lighting, text gradients, creating charts, and—most importantly of all—adding high-quality royalty free music to your projects. So, ready to level up your creative skills? Let’s dive in.

How to use add-ons and plugins in Adobe Express

Before we share our top Adobe Express add-on recommendations, let’s first go over how to use add-ons and plugins in Adobe Express. It’s really a simple process to supercharge your creative workflows with these add-ons too.

And, as you can see in the video above featuring Adobe Creative Cloud Express Evangelist Katrina Torrijos, there are a ton of add-ons and plugins that you’re definitely sleeping on. Adding these add-ons just takes a couple of clicks.

To discover and add add-ons in Adobe Express, simply follow these steps:

Open the Adobe Express editor and create a new file or open an existing one.
Click on the Add-ons button located in the left-hand sidebar.
Browse through the different categories of add-ons or use the search bar to find specific add-ons.
Click on an add-on to view more information and to install it.

1. The Soundstripe Adobe Express Add-On

If you want to add music to your Adobe Express projects, your best bet is our Soundstripe Adobe Express add-on. This plugin has been tailored for Express users to help ensure your content stands out with high-quality royalty free music, elevating your designs with professional-grade sound.

Every track is licensed for your creative use, from cinematic scores to upbeat anthems. So you can say goodbye to the hassle of switching between platforms and hello to inspiration at your fingertips.

To add the Soundstripe Adobe Express add-on, just search for “Soundstripe Music” in the add-ons panel in the editor. From there, you can search, preview, and add tracks directly to your work, saving time, simplifying your workflow, and elevating your content.

No Soundstripe subscription? No problem. Anyone can test out our songs within Express, but if you eventually want to add them to your projects, you will need an active Soundstripe plan. If you aren’t already a subscriber, you can check out our different Soundstripe plans to get started with our Soundstripe integrations.

2. Adobe recommended Express add-ons

Adobe recommends several other add-ons, in addition to the Soundstripe Adobe Express add-on, as must-haves for creatives of all types.

We’ll explore even more options below, but in the video above from the Adobe team, you can check out these add-ons featuring: Clipping Mask Pro, Spacefill, and Color Blindness Simulator.

On the Adobe Express add-on page here, you can also browse many more Adobe Express add-ons that extend the functionality of Adobe Express and unlock new creative workflows.

3. Gen Voice Adobe Express add-on

Many of the add-ons and plugins that are fast becoming the most popular options on Adobe Express have AI-powered components and features. Similar to how Soundstripe offers AI song editing for working with music tracks, Adobe Express users can also find AI-powered apps to help with voice-overs and narration.

Gen Voice is a helpful Adobe Express add-on that supports generating voices with many realistic speakers in various languages. In particular, users can use their own voice to create speech. Adobe also offers a similar AI Voiceover feature, which you can check out here.

4. Text Gradient Adobe Express add-on

Another cool and very helpful Adobe Express add-on is Text Gradient, a nice option for those looking to create beautiful gradient text effects in their projects. The add-on features an intuitive color picker and some easy-to-use gradient controls, allowing Adobe Express users to quickly add gradient text effects.

Users can access multiple color stops with simple drag-and-drop commands, try out custom text alignment and spacing, and even output high-resolution renders. They can also preview their text in real time and express themselves directly in their Adobe Express documents.

Overall, it’s a helpful tool for those looking to create social media graphics, presentations, logo designs, marketing materials, and web headers.

5. Light Master Adobe Express add-on

Many people often underestimate how powerful Adobe Express is as a content creation platform. Very skilled users can do quite a bit with lighting and dynamic compositions. A skillset that becomes more accessible with helpful plugins like the Light Master Adobe Express add-on.

This add-on allows users to enhance their creative projects with over 600 unique overlays designed to bring dynamic light effects, textures, and styles to their photos and designs.

This add-on offers a variety of easy-to-use tools, including Smart Replace, Auto Blend, and the Randomizer function, which should allow you to quickly add overlays from random packs for endless creative possibilities.

6. Essential Chart Adobe Express add-on

While dynamic lighting and AI voiceovers might be cool, Adobe Express is also an excellent option for presentations and web documents. The Essential Chart Adobe Express add-on is a great tool for exploring and creating charts for your projects.

This simple add-on allows you to receive data with a CSV file and add, delete, or edit data on the screen for the charts based on what you want. Users can create charts easily with colorful themes and generate charts directly as images.

Users can further customize background color, whether to display the x-axis, y-axis value, thickness of borders, rotation of text, and change the padding and size of different elements.

5. FaceFactory Adobe Express add-on

Finally, one of the more ambitious Adobe Express add-ons we found, the FaceFactory Adobe Express add-on, is a very impressive tool allowing users to generate aviators (aka “faces”) for their content.

Users can generate a random face, tune it with a constructor tool by choosing different options, sections, and colors, and then simply add it to their content. You can find out more about the FaceFactory Adobe Express add-on here.