50+ Useful Photoshop Plugins
Published October 19th, 2009 in DesignOne of the great things about Photoshop (and others from the Adobe Creative Suite) is the ability to extend the possibilities with 3rd party plugins. In this post we’ll feature more than 50 plugins/extensions/add-ons for Photoshop, some are free and others are premium.
Premium Photoshop Plugins:
Bokeh – $199
Snap Art 2 – $199
SiteGrinder 2 – $129 (Basic) or $349 (Professional)
Xtivity Web Authoring – $79
Colour Studio – $19.95
Mask Pro 4 – $159.95
PhotoFrame 4 – $259.95
Focal Point – $159.95
PhotoTune 2 – $159.95
PhotoTools 2 (Professional Edition) – $259.95
Portraiture – $199.95
Noiseware – $49.95 – $69.95
Real Grain – $99.95
Auto Eye 2.0 – $129
Free Photoshop Plugins:
AlphaWorks – Transparency Effects
Fotomatic – Traditional Photographic Effects
The Worx – Complete Classic FX Collection
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33 Responses to “50+ Useful Photoshop Plugins”
Mask Pro looks really cool. If it delivers what it say on the package, money well worth to spend.
Great plugins.
Thanks for list.
mask pro, the best plugin ever!
looks great! money well spent if your going to be using it i say.
Another excellent article… I’ve been wanting to get my hands on SiteGrinder 2 for a while but I’m eye ball deep in WordPress projects right now. I’m going to try 2 from your list, the “Selective Saturation” plug and the “Color Studio”. I really like puling up the saturation on outdoor shots but it’s all or nothing on a channel with PS CS3… so the selective tool could have endless possibilities. Cheers -
NJ Web Design,
I’m glad you found some that will be useful to you!
Hi!
List is great thank you for that !
I have a Sitegrinder and I am very pleased to that: as I am a designer not a coder it has helped me a lot. Although, after sitegrinder css file needs sometimes by hand corrections but for me it saves time and nerves – i don’t have to do everything from scratch.
But back to the list: eventhough there many very nice plugins, some of the work only in Windows. It is a pity I think.
Bokeh seems way over-priced, all of those effects can be created rather easily within Photoshop. I’m not bragging or anything, just saying that there are many free tuts out there that can yield the same results within a few steps. I guess if you were new to Photoshop these expensive plug-ins could be great time-savers. Great list, and I love the free ones.
I’m looking forward to trying sitegrinder! Thanks!
Thanks! Great plug-ins for scrapbooking!
Thanks so much for the free filters.
BlueFAQs,
I agree with you that most of this stuff can be done pretty easily for free if you’re willing to learn. The only thing that I will say is for those who really want to save time, such as a photographer, it may be worth it to pay for the plugin if it frees up more time.
Thank you for the fantastic list of resources!!! So much great stuff out there!
This is great resource
pitty they are so expensive
Great resource…I cant wait to try out the free ones and maybe purchase colour studio.
Great list – i’ve found a couple of interesting plug-ins to try out. I’m missing my (currently) favourite plug-in here though: Topaz Adjust. Unfortunately plug-ins suffer from the problem as lenses; once you purchase one, you’ll want to purchase another – it can be an economical run-off
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Many of these plug-ins duplicate existing content in photoshop and illustrator. Learning and utilizing the software you already have save a lot of bucks.
thanks for the list. another excellent premium plug-in i would recommend is noise ninja by picture code. it has helped me selectively get rid of noise in difficult images on many occasions. it’s a must for digital photographers.
Some of these look absolutely brilliant but, as Ilona noted, a very large percentage of them are Windows-only. If anyone knows of a similar listing with more Mac-compatible filters please post a link.
I love it!!!! Im a photoshop junkie.
Thanks for the information I just got Photoshop a year ago and I have to say I do not know how I lived without it for so long.
I’m new to Photoshop so this is really useful. The possibilities seem endless. It would be useful however, in the list of plugins, to give a brief description of what they offer. In some cases it is obvious, but in others (at least to the novice eye) I can’t tell what is being offered.
Thanx for the great post. Thought i was using Photoshop, now i know i wasn’t. Ok, maybe 5% of it.
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