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1000s of Free Photoshop Plug-ins & Filters Mega List - A comprehensive list of Free Photoshop Plug-in sites along with a summary of what plug-ins and filters you will find on each of these sites.
Plugin Galaxy - The most complete plugin package is here! Plugin Galaxy is set of 20 plugins which includes an incredible amount of over 120 basic effects.
Plugin Commander Pro - Now you can protect your nerves by using Plugin Commander which allows you to manage and organize your plugin collection easily and quickly. Deactivate the plugins you scarcely need and define how your favorite effects will appear in your image application.
AFH
Beveler Plugin Filters (Windows) Free Bevel
Filter
Alien
Skin Software - Quick and easy special
effects for graphic designers.
AutoFX - Professional filters, these filters aren't free
- they need to be purchased.
Cybia
Freeware - Filters and plugins for Photoshop.
Eliminate White & Grid Creator Filters
Eye
Candy 5 - $199 - Eye Candy 4000 is a collection
of 30 time-saving filters that will fortify any user's
creativity. This easy-to-use set is consistently ranked
one of the top-selling graphics plug-ins in the world.
Furbo
Filters - Learn how Furbo Filters generate special
effects, automate design tasks, and help you churn out
cross-platform, highly transportable web graphics.
Image Doctor - $99 - Get our all-new filter set today! Image Doctor offers incredible, intelligent, selection-based image repair and retouching. Remove blemishes and defects in seconds. Easily repair over-compressed JPEGs. Seamlessly replace unwanted details and objects.
Photoshop
5.5 Free Filters - Biggest resource for free filters
on the net.
Photoshop
Plugged-in Photoshop Plugins and Filters
Plugins
World - Plugins for Adobe & Apple
Simple
Filters Page - These filters have no adjustable
settings, this limits their usefulness, but it also makes
them much quicker and easier to use. Each filter is shown
with an image which uses a 'mouseover', move the mouse
over the image to see what it does.
Splat! - $69 - Our all-new set of user-requested
effects is now available. Splat! combines user-friendly
frames, textures, edges, borders, mosaics, and more with
the award-winning interface of Eye Candy 4000.
Xenofex - $129 - Xenofex is a collection of 16 inspirational special
effects that will energize any graphics project. Realistic
natural phenomena and sophisticated distortions have never
been easier to create!
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