Finding Plug-Ins on the Web
Oodles of Web sites offer plug-ins. Typically, plug-ins are filters. Some plug-ins are freeware, but others are available for a fee.I mention several plug-ins offered by third-party vendors throughout this book. They includeKnockOut 2 by Corel, a super, easy-to-use masking interface (Technique 49)
penPalette by nik multimedia, used for recoloring and enhancing images (Technique 12)
Color Efex Pro by nik multimedia, which offers many filters that create special effects such as imitating an old photo, adding saturation, and converting images to black and white (Technique 30)
Dfine1.0 by nik multimedia, which reduces noise and other imperfections in images (Technique 31)
Powertone 1.5 by Creo, a duotone image enhancer (Technique 35)
Photo/Graphic Edges by Auto FX, which quickly lets you create super frames and borders around any image (Technique 42)
Mystical Lighting by Auto FX, which enhances lighting and tone (Technique 63)
Mystical Tint, Tone, Color by Auto FX, which lets you adjust color and tone, and add special hand painting techniques (Technique 63)
The following is a list of Web sites that offer plug-ins. These sites should get you started. To find more resources, just go to your favorite search engine on the Web, such as Google or Yahoo!, and type in Photoshop plug-ins.
Adobe Studio Exchange, share.studio.adobe.com
Alien Skin Software, www.alienskin.com
BoxTop Software, www.boxtopsoft.com
Extensis, www.extensis.com
Flaming Pear Software, www.flamingpear.com
Free Photoshop, www.freephotoshop.com
Redfield Plugins, www.redfieldplugins.com
The Plugin Site, www.thepluginsite.com