Photoshop CS A to Z: The Essential Visual Reference Guide
Designed to present the program in a visual way and in a logical order, this helpful, concise guide presents handy tips and useful quick keys that make Photoshop CS work for you.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Photoshop CS A to Z: The Essential Visual Reference Guide
Appendix F: Plug-In Filters
Plug-ins offer additional features to the standard program. Photoshop supports third party filters that can be added to the plug-ins folder to increase the program's flexibility.
You can buy plug-ins such as Corel KTP Collection, AutoFX Photo/Graphic Edges and Alien Skin's Eye Candy 4000 off the shelf. Many can be downloaded from the Web. I've included a tiny selection of interesting ones over the next few pages.
AutoFX Photo/Graphic Edges (PGE) is a useful plug-in that adds an edge to your image. The edges range from rough, ragged effects to elaborate designs. Some emulate the edges that you'd get using Polaroid - a technique that's often used by fashion photographers. AutoFX have recently revamped the interface (above right) to include a Layers palette where earlier effects can be deleted. The four examples here are from PGE 6.0 and include the new transfer style Polaroid (above) a typical soft edge (below left) a modern artistic style (left) and the new stamp frame (below right). The program comes with over 10,000 effects including patterns, frames and vignettes.
Alien Skin have an edge creating product in their Splat software too. Here's one example of an easy to create edge.
Corel took over Kai's Power Tools which is a great box of tricks and have added new effects over the last two versions renaming it the KPT Collection. Above is a superb cloud maker that puts Photoshop's Render Clouds to shame. Below is Pyramid Paint which makes photos look like art.
KTP's projector...
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