1) The Works : Photoshop Plug-In Filters (
Download Link)
This filter pack is been around for quite a long time. These
Photoshop Plug-In Filters provide the user with a base of very simple
effects that can be handy on a regular basis. These simple filters or
combination of filters can be used to create many awesome effects. “The
Work” filters pack comprises of :
AlphaWorks : 6 filters with various transparency properties
ColourWorks : 20 filters for modifying the colors in your images
EdgeWorks : 20 filters for producing edge/contour effects
ScreenWorks : 30 filters with different screen/mesh overlays
EmbossWorks : 20 filters containing simple emboss variations
SwapShop : 15 filters that "swap" color values in your images
MasterBlaster : 20 filters to "blast" colors giving a strong cast
Mezzy : 15 filters for producing mezzo and grain effects
2) Vanderlee : Plugins Filters
(
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Vanerlee offers five free and handy plug-ins, which you will find highly useful time to time.
Camouflage - The patterns the Camouflage plug-in makes don't have any seams. This means you can use them as
textures.
You can use the patterns for 3D models or as a background for web
sites. They can even be used as a pattern for clothing. The patterns
are seamless at any image size.
SnowScape - Cover any landscape or object in snow with this Photoshop plug-in.
Harmonix - Mix and render harmonic waves with this Photoshop plug-in.
Snowflakes - Render falling snowflakes, confetti and other particle effects in Photoshop.
3) Deep Paint 2.0 (
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Deep Paint offers a realistic painting experience for digital artists
and graphics professionals. Deep Paint integrates stroke-by-stroke
artistic photo-cloning, fully editable brush and canvas settings, and
paint functionality for realistic and stunning paint effects.
Experience thickly textured oils, bold acrylics, and dramatic
watercolors.
4) Redfield Plugins (
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Seamless Workshop - is a freeware Adobe Photoshop compatible
plug-in filter. It composes seamless tile from any image. Also, a
"surrealistic modification" of a picture can be produced. It is a
powerful tool for texture creators, and a helpful toy for graphic
designers. An advanced tileable algorithm is used. The unique 'Seamless
Blur' effect can be useful for any available tile-able pattern.
Sketch Master Plug-in
- This is a manipulation tool for the creation of realistic looking
hand-drawings derived from photos. You can simulate various tools such
as lead pencil, ink-pencil, crayon, charcoal, airbrush, etc. Three
layers with separate settings allow one to produce some effects of
stylized fine-arts on all sorts of surfaces (water paper, squared
paper, laid paper, canvas, leather, crepe, rag paper or any other kind
of surface you wish). A smart random settings generator helps you to
create your artwork by simply clicking on the Dice.
5) Richard Rosenman Filters plugins (
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Richard Rosenman, the maker of Depth of field Generator (
DOF Pro) is offering a variety of useful free Photoshop plugins on his website.
3D Sphere Generator - This filter will generate a 3D sphere and allow you to configure many of its properties.
Color Bar Generator - This filter will create color bar templates for computer and television monitor calibration.
Scanlines Generator - This filter will create those hard to produce scanlines on your image to simulate a monitor.
Tiler - This filter will make an image tileable using edge bleeding and blending algorithms.
Pinch - This filter produces pinch distortion on an image.
Superformula - This filter generates a wide variety of geometric
shapes using the Superformula. The Superformula, sometimes referred to
as the Super shape, was discovered by Johan Gielis. It is a simple
formula that can be used to generate a wide variety of geometric
shapes. Special thanks to Paul Bourke for allowing his algorithm to be
ported to this plugin.
Smart De-Interlacer - This filter performs various de-interlacing procedures with fully customizable convolution controllers.
Pinocchio - This filter performs image distortions using mouse strokes.
6) Telegraphics Plugins (
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Various Useful and free plug-ins for import/export as well as various
other cross-platform functions. Each plugin can be used with all
versions of Photoshop (3.0-7.0, CS, CS2), under Mac OS X, 9 and
earlier, and Windows.
7) 3D Shadow plug-in (
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Tired of boring looking text or numbers in your graphics
works? Want to improve the looks of your designs, but don't have the
time or abilities to do it yourself? Then you will definitely like
Lokas Software free 3D Shadow
plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, Corel Photo Paint, Jasc PaintShopPro and other software.
This handy tool easily creates various types of
3D
shadows from objects such as letters, numbers, shapes and so on. All
settings are present in a single window - transparency level,
perspective, shadow color and position, X/Y/Z angles, and some others.
Even the seasoned designers are surprised by the simplicity of the
plug-in and excellent results it generates. The text, processed with
this tool immediately grabs the attention of the viewers. And the fact
that 3D Shadow is a freeware makes it very popular among both amateurs
and pros.
8) Fotomatic : Photoshop Plug-In Filters
A series of effects based on traditional photography equipment and
techniques. They are not meant to be complex or exact matches, merely a
quick and easy method to achieve results that are similar to what can
be produced via conventional non-digital formats.
Hi-Spot (
Link) - A single Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for high contrast black and white photos.
G-Force (
Link)
- A single Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for traditional
monochromatic grain effects, and the results are similar to using
"fast" B&W camera film, allowing more control than the standard
"noise" filters included with most image-editors.
Techni-X (
Link)
- A single Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for very high contrast
B&W effects which are ideal for certain illustration work.
NightScope (
Link)-
A single Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for adding a basic
"night-vision" effect to your digital photographs and/or 2D and 3D
computer-generated images.
Pseudo-IR (
Link) - A single Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for creating a similar look when using traditional B&W infra-red film.
SkyGrad (
Link) - A single Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for tinting the sky area of your photographs.
BW-Plus (
Link)
- A single Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for quickly turning your
color images into grayscale, but with the added option of using a
colored optical lens filter as you would in traditional B&W
photography.
FastFix (
Link)
- You can modify the brightness, contrast, saturation, red/cyan,
green/magenta and blue/yellow balance settings all at the same time.
9) 2D Hyper Clouds (
Download Link)
2D HyperClouds is an free Adobe Photoshop plug-in filter which lets you generate cloud
textures and plasmas. It is based on Perlin's noise functions, and uses the background and foreground colors to make the clouds palette.
10) Virtual Photographer
(
Download Link)
virtualPhotographer lets you instantly apply high quality, professional
photographic styles to your digital images, with just one click.
virtualPhotographer includes over
50 presets
that automatically apply combinations of film grain, color
modification, B/W, soft focus, high contrast and many artistic effects
to achieve the same professional-looking images that used to take hours
of photo editing. Get results in seconds. Compatible with Photoshop®,
Photoshop® Elements, Paint Shop™ Pro®, Photo-Paint and other popular
imaging applications.!
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