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PHOTOSHOP FEATURE

Create awesome images and amazing designs with our selection of

the 35 most creative, useful, time-saving and powerful Photoshop

plugins around.

Photoshop is an amazing tool - capable of producing sublime images,

high-quality video and, with CS6 Extended, even create very passable

3D renders. All this power offers a world of possibilities - but

occasionally it's worth adding a few optional extras to get the most out

of your investment. In this article we've lined up some of the best

Photoshop plugins available for Adobe's photo editing giant today!

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01.Freeware Boundary Noise Reduction

>Photoshop plugins: Freeware Boundary Noise Reduction is a big improvement on

Photoshop’s own noise reduction filter

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This Photoshop plugin is a freeware version of the full Boundary

Noise Reduction plugin from Colormancer. Offering a simplified set

of user controls when compared to the pro version, it's superior to

Photoshop's own noise reduction filter.

While Photoshop offers a handy Lens Correction feature, this filter

takes an entirely different approach. Use this Photoshop plugin to

adjust the focal length, roll and horizon height to correct forpanorama distortion easily.

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Publisher: Colormancer■

Price: Free■

Good for: Photographers■

02.Pano Warp

>Photoshop plugins: Pano Warp lets you correct for panorama distortion easily

Publisher: MV's Plugins■

Price: Free■

Good for: Print and web designers, photographers■

03.NKS5 Natural Media Toolkit

>Photoshop plugins: Nkurence's tool lets you quickly access real-media preset effects

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This amazing free Photoshop plugin provides a new panel in

Photoshop CS5 and above, allowing you to quickly access real-media

preset effects in order to generate documents with natural paper

backgrounds, realistic water-colour brush strokes and many more.

If you're looking for a quick way to generate abstract, random wave

patterns for use as background art, this Photoshop plugin could be

just what you need. It's phenomenally complex, and it’s surprisingly old - having been around for at least a decade - but still does the trick

and creates some amazing patterns.

Publisher: Nkurence■

Price: Free■

Good for: designers & artists■

04.Sinedots II

>Photoshop plugins: Generate abstract, random wave patterns with Sinedots II

Publisher: Philipp Spoeth■

Price: Free■

Good for: Designers■

05.Web Font Plugin

>Photoshop plugins: Web Font Plugin lets you use Google Web Fonts inside Photoshop


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It's frustrating working on mockups where you plan to use web fonts

in the final rendered web page, as up until recently it's been

impossible to legitimately get those web fonts onto your system. This

Photoshop plugin is one of a few solutions that are arriving, allowing

you to instantly install and use Google Web Fonts inside Photoshop.

If you're a designer in a hurry, or you're not yet confident using

Photoshop to create stylised images, virtualPhotographer is a quick

and effective way to get some sophisticated looks in a hurry.

Publisher: Extensis■

Price: Free■

Good for: Web designers■

06.virtualPhotographer

>Photoshop plugins: give your photos a makeover with virtualPhotographer

Publisher: Optik Verve Labs■

Price: Free■


07.CSS3PS

>Photoshop plugins: CSS3PS makes it easy to convert your Photoshop layers into CSS3

layers


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This free plugin uses the cloud to perform the calculations required to

convert your Photoshop layers into CSS3 layers, complete with

live-rendered effects where these are achievable with CSS. So,

drop-shadows, strokes, outer glows, text and rounded corners are all

converted to CSS3 automatically. Well worth a try to see if it could

save you valuable coding time.

This plugin carries an expensive price tag, but the results it can

produce are absolutely stunning. Like Nik's Viveza plugin (number 25

on this list), there's a wide range of options with easy-to-use controls,

but all focussed around producing the best black and white

photographs possible. Give the free trial a go and see what you think.

Publisher: CSS3PS■

Price: Free■


08.Silver EFEX Pro 2

>Photoshop plugins: Silver EFEX Pro 2 helps you produce stunning black and white photos

Publisher: Nik Software■

Price: $199.95 (free trial available)■


09.Fractalius


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This unusual plugin uses fractal patterns, apparently hidden within

the source image, to generate procedural effects that are reminiscent

of pencil sketches, or stylised light glow streaks.

This all-encompassing suite of effects covers everything from textures

to pseudo-3D effects, tonal correction and borders. It's not cheap, but

covers such a wide range of effects that if you want to buy just one

plugin, this should be in your shortlist of options.

>Photoshop plugins: Fractalius uses fractals to generate sketch-like effects

Publisher: RedField■

Price: $39.90■

Good for: Designers, artists■

10.Dream Suite Ultimate

>Photoshop plugins: Dream Suite Ultimate is a pricey but powerful suite

Publisher: Auto FX Software■

Price: $199■


11.Exposure 4


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Exposure is a creative tool that allows you to simulate film effects on

your digital images, rendering analog-style finishes, borders,

scratches and processing in a realistic and rewarding style. Version 4

adds to the already excellent Exposure 3 with additional controls for

black/white, split toning and custom colour effects.

>Photoshop plugins: Simulate fi lm effects with Exposure

Publisher: Alien Skin■

Price: $249 (free trial available)■

Best for: Photographers■

12.Texture Anarchy

>Photoshop plugins: Rich textures are possible with Texture Anarchy


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A combination of three different filters for Photoshop that each

provide seamless and rich textures you can incorporate into your

designs. Some of these are a little predictable, but the sheer range

available, along with the ability to generate true fractals, makes this a

great addition to Photoshop.

Masking is a fine art all in itself, and while Photoshop has improved

its built-in masking tools with CS5 and CS6, there's still plenty of

room for a dedicated tool to help you get the cleanest and most

accurate masks possible - especially around problem areas such ashair and fur. Fluid Mask makes this normally laborious process quick

and (relatively) easy!

Publisher: Digital Anarchy ■


Best for: Designers■

13.Fluid Mask 3

>Photoshop plugins: Fluid Mask is designed to make masking simpler

Publisher: Vertus■


Best for: Photographers & Designers■

14.Portraiture


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Portraiture is a combined plugin for Photoshop, Lightroom and

Aperture that automates the process of retouching portraits for a

perfect-skin look. The plugin automatically smooths skin tones while

removing blemishes and, crucially, avoids softening or destroying

detail areas such as eyelashes and skin texture.

This filter brings insanely beautiful scratchy textures to your designs

and images with accurate, believable weathering and aging effects.

Effects include the ability to place artwork on a leather base, render

onto wood with the grain visible through the artwork and rust effects.

It produces especially nice effects on simple typography.

>Photoshop plugins: This plugin automati cally smooths without softening detail areas

Publisher: Imagenomic■Price: $199.95■


15.Machine Wash Deluxe

>Photoshop plugins: Add weathering effects with Machine Wash Deluxe

Publisher: Mister Retro■

Price: $99■

Best for: Designers and Photographers■

16.3D Invigorator


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While Photoshop has come on leaps and bounds with its own 3D

engine and rendering, there's still room for additional tools that cansimplify the process of creating complex 3D scenes and models. This

plugin features a simple object editor that uses a pen-like tool for

drawing and editing shapes.

Blow Up allows you to create pin-sharp enlargements from photos

without compromising on quality. The algorithm is more advanced

than Photoshop's own bicubic filters, which allows the plugin to

produce accurate images without artifacts. This makes it a great tool

for designers where clients send over images that aren't of a

high-enough resolution.

>Photoshop plugins: This plugin simplifi es the complex 3D process




17.Blow Up 3

>Photoshop plugins: Create pin-sharp enlargements without compromising on quali ty



Best for: Designers and Photographers■

18.Photomatix Pro


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Photomatix Pro is an High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing and

toning tool that integrates with Photoshop either standalone or as a

plugin (depending upon which version you go for). This tool goes

beyond Photoshop's built-in HDR processing capabilities, especially

with the toning aspects and allows for the creation of extreme HDR

images with relative ease.

Perfect Effects 3 FREE is a handy tool for getting a quick effect on an

image, whether that's a colour treatment, addition of texture and

noise, or creative borders. The plugin features an effects library (a bit

like the filter gallery in Photoshop) and allows you to stack multiple

effects to achieve interesting new results.

>Photoshop plugins: Photomati x Pro simplifi es the creation of extreme HDR images

Publisher: HDR soft■

Price: from $79 (free trial available)■


19.Perfect Effects 3 FREE

>Photoshop plugins: If you want to get a quick effect on your image, try this plugin

Publisher: onOne Software■

Price: Free■

Best for: Photographers & Designers■


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Noise is a problem for everyone, but no more so than Photographers

who need to present clients with clean images regardless of the

conditions when the shot was captured. Noiseware is a specialist

noise-suppression tool that will both remove noise and sharpen at the

same time making it a really useful addition to Photoshop.

20.Noiseware

>Photoshop plugins: Noise is tricky to deal with, but not i f you have Noiseware

Publisher: Imagenomic■

Price: $79.95■


21.SuperPNG


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If you're a regular user of the PNG format, you'll know that Photoshop

can sometimes struggle a bit to render PNGs quickly. SuperPNG aims

to fix this by offering more control over your PNG output, allowing for

a balance between speed and file size, control over the alpha channel

and meta data. SuperPNG's a handy tool for taking control of your

image export, and is free!

SiteGrinder is a tool for converting Photoshop mockups into fully

functioning HTML and CSS webpages. It includes support for an

eCommerce module to further enhance the output, and a CMS-based

>Photoshop plugins: SuperPNG allows greater control over PNG images

Publisher: fnord■

Price: Free■


22.SiteGrinder

>Photoshop plugins: SiteGrinder is a great tool for novice website builders

Publisher: Medialab■




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module adds the ability to maintain websites created using the tool.

This isn't really aimed at web professionals, but could be handy for

novice designers.

Wire Worm is a free plugin with a single, simple purpose that may

save you a lot of time removing telephone wires, fences and similar

obstructions in your images. The interface is simple, allowing you to

select an area around a wire or other obstruction and have the tool

automatically remove it. Results are surprisingly good, especially for

the price!

23.Wire Worm

>Photoshop plugins: Remove annoying wires and cables easily with Wire Worm

Publisher: MV's Plugins■

Price: Free■


24.EyeCandy


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EyeCandy has been around for over a decade, offering a broad range

of effects ranging from fire to chrome, glass to extrusions. Useful for

many different scenarios, a lot of the effects need dialing down from

the default settings to achieve something other than a cheesy result,

but there’s a lot of hidden gems in the suite.

Viveza 2 is a great solution for applying localised colour and lighting

effects to your image. Working in a similar way to Lightroom’s local

corrections feature, Viveza allows you to place points on your image

and apply a series of effects that are automatically blended to give a

professional result. Fantastic results are pretty easy to achieve, and

above all else it's quick to use!

>Photoshop plugins: A mult itude of effects are available with EyeCandy




25.Viveza 2

>Photoshop plugins: Viveza works in a similar way to Lightroom's local corrections feature

Publisher: Nik Software■

Price: $99.95 (free trial available)■


26.ToonIt


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ToonIt is a straightforward way to turn regular photos into a

cartoon-style image, suitable for use in graphic novels or other

scenarios where you don’t want photo-realistic images but need to

base images on a photographic original. The plugin works

automatically on an image, but there is a degree of control you can

exercise to change the final output. Niche, but fun!

Red Giant is better known for its range of After Effects plugins, but

they’ve also brought their Looks plugin to Photoshop, Lightroom and

Aperture. This features the same interface as in Magic Bullet Looks

for After Effects and features a range of adjustment tools to help you

achieve the exact 'look' you desire. A range of usable presets make

this a great quick-fix tool.

>Photoshop plugins: ToonIt quickly turns an image into a cartoon


Price: $129 (free trial available)■Best for: Designers■

27.Magic Bullet PhotoLooks 2.0

>Photoshop plugins: PhotoLooks allows for a wide range of adjustments

Publisher: Red Giant Software■



28.Knoll Light Factory for Photoshop 3.2


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Similar to its After Effects big brother, Knoll Light Factory for

Photoshop allows you to create a host of advanced lens flares,integrating them into your image and adding immediate impact.

There are over 100 presets, and you can build new flare effects to your

own taste. A great tool for adding instant drama to photographs.

Digital Film Tools' Ozone plugin is a toning system for images that

duplicates a lot of the functionality found in Photoshop itself, but

makes it more accessible to novice users. Based on the zone system

established by Ansel Adams, it allows for different parts of an image to

be toned according to taste, defining the relative importance and

relationship of elements within an image.

>Photoshop plugins: Add lens flares to your image with this plugin

Publisher: Red Giant Software■



29.Ozone

>Photoshop plugins: Ozone makes toning more accessible to novices

Publisher: Digital Film Tools■



30.Photoshop Edge FX


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Photoshop Edge FX is a simple solution for adding creative borders

around your images. The plugin ships with 100 frames and edges and

also allows you to create your own mattes for additional borders.

Simple and effective, this isn't offering anything you couldn’t achieve

manually, but does the job quickly and efficiently.

This straightforward plugin makes it simple to create diptych

(double), triptych (triple) and ntych (quadrule+) panels within

Photoshop. Choose the alignment, number of rows and columns, or

hybrid layouts, and Tych Panel 2 will create the layout for you

utilizing Smart Objects and layer masks to avoid destructive editing.

>Photoshop plugins: This plugin makes it easy to add creative borders

Publisher: My Photoshop Effects■

Price: $6.90■


31.Tych Panel 2

>Photoshop plugins: Create diptych, triptych and ntych panels with Tych Panel 2. Image

credit: Gordon Andersson -www.gordonandersson.com

Publisher: Lumens■

Price: Free■

Good for: Photographers and designers■

32.GuideGuide


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This simple Photoshop plugin makes it easy to create a grid system in

your Photoshop document, hijacking the built-in guides system to

create a pinpoint accurate grid according to your chosen settings. You

can use negative margins for special hanging columns, separately

define individual margins and gutters, and save your preferred

options for quick access in the future. Perfect for anyone using a gridto help them create their layouts.

This super-handy CS6-only plugin makes it easy to export your

designs from Photoshop to the web. Rather than rely on Photoshop's

outdated export for web functionality, Cut&Slice me offers a new way

of doing things; allowing overlapping slices, multiple button states

and even exporting different resolutions of the same assets to cater

for different screen sizes and devices.

>Photoshop plugins: GuideGuide makes it easy to create a grid system

Publisher: Cameron McEfee■

Price: Free■

Good for: Print & web designers■

33.Cut&Slice me

>Photoshop plugins: Cut&Slice Me makes it easy to export your designs to the web

Publisher: Daniel Peruho■

Price: Free■Good for: Web designers■


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This in-depth plugin integrates with Photoshop to allow for the

creation of complete, functioning WordPress themes directly from a

PSD file. You start by generating a PSD from within the plugin's own

screens, then adapt the boilerplate design to suit your own aesthetic

treatment. Once complete, you can export directly to WordPress, and

edit otherwise static content using a special WordPress plugin. Ideal

for non-technical users who want to get started in web template

development.

34.Divine Elemente

>Photoshop plugins: Divine Elemente lets you create WordPress themes from PSD files

Publisher: Divine Elemente■

Price: $199 (free trial version available)■

Good for: Web designers■

35.Mr. Stacks

>Photoshop plugins: Mr. Stacks enables you to convert layer comps into a storyboard view


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This handy Photoshop script converts layer comps into a storyboard

view, compositing your individual comps into a layout that can be

easily output as PDF for printing and sharing with others. This turns

Photoshop into a great place to create your blockbuster's storyboard,

doing away with all the tedious manual positioning and exporting

associated with generating your own board manually.

Words: Sam Hampton-Smith

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nilesh1979September 24, 2012 at 10:00

great shout on the 3d text

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nabilshackDecember 31, 2012 at 14:06

portraiture is amazing!!CHECK THIS OUT...Report abuse

TimBueningJanuary 21, 2013 at 15:06

what about topaz??? (e.g. detail2, it's one of the best plugins for photographer's)

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smmaqwFebruary 17, 2013 at 01:02

a worse mistake !!!! where is topaz remask ????this plug-in offers the fastest way to make a cutout or mask and its not Equity.

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Students3kFebruary 23, 2013 at 05:18

Nice one :) Amazing post. My Students blog is here...http://students3k.com

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amatheu April 06, 2013 at 04:20

These are awesome. Exposure4 looks like something I can use for Fitness Photos.Nice.

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iaz25th April 09, 2013 at 23:19

good work keep it uphttp://jeffdingman.com

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pupulvMay 07, 2013 at 09:55

thanks for sharing!If u retouch portrait in photoshop, try the portrait Photoshop plug-in ~~http://www.arcsoft.com/portraitplus/plug-in-features.html

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May 16, 2013 at 12:25

Thanks for sharing this plugins information.

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industryandinterestMay 30, 2013 at 00:31

Thanks for sharing guys, great list here...looking forward to trying some of them.http://industryandinterest.com/

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jabbo126May 30, 2013 at 07:00

It's nice that the mose usefull plug-ins are the free ones :-)

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abeartJune 06, 2013 at 15:40

I love 11. Exposure 4, but I have not been able to afford it.

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waheedjalilJune 11, 2013 at 18:29

thanks for sharing the plugins

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YaronJune 11, 2013 at 19:05

This one is great I use it all the time, Multi layar exporter

its very new http://www.sugarvds.com/ExportPro/

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