Adobe Photoshop is the iconic software that has shaped the modern world of graphic design.
Unfortunately, Photoshop's strength - its huge list of features and capabilities - can be its weakness when it comes to streamlining your workflow.
Fortunately, there are enough add-ons for Photoshop that help reduce the number of steps required to perform common operations. In this article, we'll discuss five plugins that can save you a lot of time and daily routine.
Let's get started.
Renamy
The first plugin that we will look at is called Renamy and it is intended for performing bulk operations with the names of layers (layers).
For aspiring designers, the purpose of this plugin may seem far-fetched. But in complex projects with dozens and hundreds of layers, Renamy can be a real savior.
Renamy allows you to rename multiple layers in one step. Moreover, it can perform search and search and replace operations directly in the names of the layers. For example, if you want to create a series of green layers by duplicating existing red layers, here's how easy it can be:
The Renamy authors even included an autocomplete feature in their plugin. Start typing and Renamy will helpfully guide you through the list of words you entered earlier. This helps maintain consistency in layer names and eliminates typos.
Perhaps, in addition to the names of the layers, you are also interested in the order of their relative position. Renamy will help you with layer numbering too.
Renamy is available for both Windows and macOS. The plugin is priced at $ 9.99 and it must be said that it is more than worth the price. There is also a free version, but it lacks some useful features.
Pixel2Vector
Pixel2Vector is a humble but useful plugin from Orange Box that will help you export almost any of your projects to vector format.
All your actions with a brush or pencil are automatically converted into lines of a vector drawing. What is especially impressive is that it can be done with one click of the mouse.
Pixel2Vector will save your drawing with all the outlines, so next time you can change the size or color of the drawing elements without losing quality.
Pixel2Vector supports Photoshop CS5, CS6, and CC.
What's more, this plugin is free, so download it now.
GuideGuide
The author of the GuideGuide plugin is Cameron McIfee. His experience with guides in Photoshop was not the slickest, so he decided to implement more convenient methods for creating and managing guides in his plugin.
In practice, this plugin allows you to apply a number of techniques that save the designer's time.
The first trick is to create a grid with just a couple of clicks. You do not need to make any calculations or estimates. Just enter the number of columns, their desired width, border size, and GuideGuide does the rest.
The second technique is to create guides along the edges of the current selection or along its midpoint, automatically calculated by the plugin. An extremely useful feature.
This Photoshop extension is free to install, but if you'd like to thank its author, you can make a modest donation on its website.
The plugin is suitable for all versions of Photoshop.
TinyPNG
TinyPNG plugin allows you to reduce the file size in PNG format. PNG files are extremely common due to their ability to preserve transparency. They are understood by all browsers and graphical applications. Despite this, often PNG files on the Internet are larger than necessary.
TinyPNG allows you to gradually reduce the number of colors in the palette of a PNG file. The smaller the palette, the fewer bits one pixel weighs, therefore, the smaller the file. Sometimes this way you can save up to half of the file size without affecting its appearance.
After installation, the plug-in adds a new panel to the Photoshop interface that helps you specify the folder for saving compressed files.
This plugin costs $ 40, but if you have to process a lot of PNG files, you won't regret the expense. There is also a free online version of TinyPNG, but it is less convenient to use due to the need to go to the browser every time. Which is more valuable: money or time - you choose.
TinyPNG supports Photoshop CS5, CS6 and CC and comes in two versions: for PC and Mac. You can download the plugin here.
SavePanel
SavePanel plugin optimizes the process of saving files. The interface of this plugin is a simple form for entering the standard parameters of the saved files: destination directory, format, size and name template.
This plugin will be most useful for advanced Photoshop users.
Imagine a situation where you need to save several newly created files into one directory. SavePanel will help you do this with a couple of clicks - of course, if you set the parameters in advance.
And if every time you have to fight your way through an endless series of file save dialogs to close Photoshop, then this plugin is just for you.
SavePanel for Photoshop CS5, CS6 and CC is distributed free of charge here.
CSS Hat
CSS Hat is an extremely useful plugin for web designers as it is capable of converting Photoshop layers to CSS files that can be embedded into your web project. Promising, isn't it?
As you already understood, the main power of CSS Hat is in the automation of routine actions when translating site layout into style files. This manual process is quite time consuming and fraught with errors, but with the help of this plugin, this stage of layout can be completed in a matter of seconds.
All you need to do is install the plugin and transfer the desired layer to the CSS Hat panel. The CSS code will be generated instantly.
In this article, we'll take a look at seven interesting free plugins from one of the developers. The site of this developer contains both free and paid plugins: www.the-orange-box.com. The process of downloading and installing these plugins is quite simple. You need to select the plugin you want, enter your e-mail and an email with a download link will be sent to your mail.
But, before downloading and installing the plugins, you need to download and install the panel script, which will contain all the plugins you need from this developer, it is called FX BOX. It is downloaded and installed in exactly the same way as all plugins.
And so, download FX BOX and the necessary plugins, I think it was not difficult for you, now all this needs to be installed. First, install the FX BOX, then the necessary plugins. To install the plug-in, you need to unzip the downloaded archive into the Plug-ins folder located in the root of the Photoshop program.
Next, you need to start Photoshop and select "File" - "Scripts" - "Browse" from the top menu and specify the installation script file located in the unpacked folder, it usually has the signature "install". After that, the program will notify you with a notification window about successful installation.
Let's take a quick look at all the free plugins of this developer, what they are for.
FX BOX
As mentioned earlier, this script is a toolbar (plugin library), in which all installed plugins of this developer will be displayed, so this plugin must be installed first.
HDR SHARPENER
This plugin allows you to create HDR effects, i.e. increase the dynamic range of the image. Set the slider to the desired value from 1 to 10 and apply.
OIL PAINT FX
Here I think everything is clear, this plugin allows you to turn a photo into an oil painting. For the best result, the developer recommends applying the effect on a photo with a size of at least 1000px; on a photo with a smaller size, this effect will not look so impressive.
PHOTO FX
This plugin adds a set of 18 different effects and filters that you can apply to your photo. Filters and effects can be stacked on top of each other for extraordinary compositions.
3D 360-DEGREE STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS
As you can see in the image, this plugin allows you to create such compositions with a twisting effect from panoramic photos.
PIXEL TO VECTOR GENERATOR
It is clear from the name of this plugin that it is designed to generate a vector format from a raster one. I think there is nothing more to explain here, the transformation of a raster image into a vector occurs instantly, when you press only one button.
SEAMLESS TEXTURE GENERATOR
This free plugin can turn any background into a seamless texture. A very useful thing for web designers.
ISOMETRICON GENERATOR
This plugin helps you easily create isometric shapes - icons, icons, etc.
Summing up, I can say that all the plugins of this developer are useful and of high quality. Personally, I liked the implementation of applying the effects of any of the plugins to the image most of all. The trick is that the effects are applied in a separate folder in the layers panel, while your image remains intact and not harmful.
Adobe Photoshop is a powerful creative platform, but sometimes it lacks a lot of features that can help increase productivity, improve your workflow, and make life so much easier. Luckily for us, Photoshop supports extensions and plugins that help extend the capabilities of the editor. And you're in luck, we've rounded up some of the best and must-have Photoshop plugins available today.
These plugins help you save time, shorten work steps, automate tedious processes, and more. They will help you work faster and more productively, and they are absolutely essential in your design toolbox.
Lorem ipsum has finally arrived in Photoshop CS6, but celebrate, the generated text is still lacking in variation. For those of you in need of a change, we suggest giving the Lorem Ipsum Generator a try. With this plugin, you can customize the parameters for generating words, sentences or paragraphs with just one simple click. The service is provided by lipsum.com, which has been used by many designers for many years. The plugin only needs to be installed once and then can be used across multiple Adobe applications.
Compatibility: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver CS5
How do you manipulate multiple Smart Objects in Photoshop? It would be great to have a way to create or split multiple Smart Objects with a single click. Cell allows you to do this. This is a plugin that can compress multiple selected layers and groups into multiple smart objects, plus it gives you the ability to unpack them, breaking multiple groups of smart objects into layers in one click. The Save action is also very useful: you can now save multiple Smart Objects into a single PSD or PNG file.
Swatchy is a simple and elegant swatch manager for Photoshop that lets you organize color swatches into folders. Swatches can be selected as foreground or background colors. This way, you can save and easily access your color schemes, and preview the colors you use most often. Suppose you want to create an app or website, this free plugin helps you create alternative color schemes by simply selecting color swatches and organizing them into multiple folders. It is convenient and time-saving.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC, CC2015
Navigating Photoshop to find the tools you need is annoying. It takes time to move from tool to tool. Centering elements is also a problem if you haven't used the right tool. To get rid of all this, you can use this little free plugin. This plugin puts all the necessary tools and quick shortcuts that you need constant access to in one and the same place. He does a lot of simple things very well. Turn snapping on and off, centering horizontally or vertically, cropping a document, or "saving to the web" - all with one click. This is a huge time saver, so we highly recommend it as a plugin if you want all your tools to be together.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC
How often do you need to be distracted from work to find the right icon? Why not use the FlatIcon plugin to quickly find the icons you want. More than 40,000 icons are available here, and the database is always in sync - you don't need to manually update. This free plugin will create a new panel in Photoshop that allows you to search for any icons and place them right in your document. Since they are vector shapes, you can resize and edit icons without losing quality. Get a collection of arrows and typical web elements with just one installation. You can also download icons from the site.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC, CS5, CS6
Layrs Control 2 is a set of seven scripts that greatly simplify working with layers in Photoshop. This is a practical solution for managing layers and will be especially useful when working on complex projects with many layers to process. The plugin provides seven main features, including renaming layers and folders, removing unused effects to optimize your project, flattening all layer effects, highlighting empty layers, and rasterizing smart objects. In addition, you can also convert layers to separate Smart Objects and find similar files and folders.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC, CC2014 - Download
When designing a mockup, we spend time looking for random photos of people to include in the mockup. Another time-consuming activity is creating believable users. If these problems bother you, then you can easily cope with take off with this plugin, which will do all the tedious work for you. You can drag and drop random male or female user images, and generate names directly in your PSD file. Then, simply click and drag your profile photo into your Photoshop document, or copy and paste the image and name you want. To create a new random user, simply click the New Random User button.
Compatibility: Photoshop CS6, CC2014, CC2015
Cut & Slice Me is a plugin that will export the assets you need as PNG files, and all transparent pixels will be cropped. All you have to do is add @ to the end of your layer name and the plugin does the rest. It also organizes and groups layers as if they were objects. If you want your file to be exported at a fixed size, you can create a rectangular vector as the first layer and then name it #. The final group will be exported in the size you want. If you have any problems using the plugin, just check out the FAQ section and enjoy the creator's sense of humor as he provides answers to common problems that users face.
Compatibility: Photoshop CS6, CC
The GuideGuide Photoshop plugin makes it easy to get precise pixel columns, rows, midpoints and source data based on your document or selection. This allows you to save frequently used tutorial sets for future reference. You can also use several types of sizes. With the plugin, you can define exactly how wide a navigation element needs to be in order to evenly fit the width of the site, as well as create baseline gridlines and infill elements.
Compatibility: Photoshop CS5, CS6 and CC
Transform Each is a great feature from Illustrator that is missing from Photoshop. The plugin allows you to transform groups of layers as if they were transformed individually. It's great when you can resize, rotate, and move multiple elements without rearranging them every time. The plugin also has the ability to scale styles and constrain aspect ratios. Remember to always use the Preview button to get a peek at the final result before clicking OK.
Compatibility: Photoshop CS5, CS6, CC2014, CC2015
Creating a Long Shadow Effect may look easy, even for an entry-level Photoshop user. But it becomes an editing nightmare if your client doesn't like the end result. To prevent this from happening, try this Photoshop extension called Long Shadow Generator 2. As the name suggests, this plugin is capable of creating long shadows with one click. In its settings panel, you can adjust the length of the shadow, opacity, make a smooth or gradient shadow, black or white.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC, CC2014, CS6
If you want to allow Photoshop to use variables for attributes such as colors, text, font size, and visibility, you should try Ditto. It supports variables for fill colors, text lines, including special characters, visibility, font size, font family, font colors, line heights, X and Y positions. Each variable requires a type, name, and value. Those without the plugin will see a group in the layers panel called dittoVariables. A layer can have multiple variables, and they do not define the names of the layers.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC2015
CSS3Ps is a Photoshop plugin that converts layers to CSS3 style. You just need to select the layers and then click the CSS3Ps button. The plugin will direct you to the CSS3Ps web page where the result is generated. The CSS3Ps plugin supports multiple layers, vendor prefixes for cross browser compatibility, SASS and SCSS. It also supports styles such as border radius, gradient overlay, bevel and emboss, stroke, drop shadow and glow, and more. It's worth noting that you need to use the correct Photoshop effects to convert properly.
Compatibility: CS3 and up, CC, CC2014, CC2015
Breeezy is an extension that adds multilayer export functionality to Photoshop, giving you the ability to export multiple graphics from your PSD in one click. It allows you to quickly and easily prepare graphics for developing applications, websites or flash banners. The extension also provides the ability to preserve layer transparency on export, pass layer names to files, and organize all exported files and assets into one folder.
Compatibility: Photoshop CS5 and above
Pixel2Vector is a very impressive tool that can convert any pixel art to fully scalable vector format with just one click! The Vector Shape function converts each selected layer or group of layers to a vector shape. When this is done, you can edit the vector like any other vector file, scale it losslessly, or easily recolor it. Another good feature is the Custom Shape Tool, which converts each selected layer or group of layers into the Custom Shape Tool. You can then find the shape you want by selecting the Custom Shape Tool at the bottom of the palette.
Compatibility: CS5, CS6, CC, CC2014 and Photoshop CS3 +
Another reliable icon search tool, the Font Awesome plugin helps you find and insert an icon right into Photoshop. This free plugin adds a new panel that will allow us to search for any icon by entering the desired keyword. Find the icon and click to create a new layer shape that you can easily edit. This is a real time saver and highly recommended if your daily routine revolves around working with icons.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC
Render.ly will export screens, assets and detailed design specs for you. Only those items that have changed are exported. You just need to use the correct prefix and Render.ly will do all the hard work. Render.ly lets you add screen variations, manage assets, detailed design specs, and ultimately export them all automatically with just one click. To save your icons as vectors, add the prefix ico. To export images, add "img" as a prefix and it will be exported as bitmap graphics.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC2014, CC2015
Thanks to Griddify, you can now create custom grid systems, vertical rhythm, and more with tutorials in Photoshop. Griddify adds an intuitive panel to Photoshop that includes three simple yet broad ranges of Griddify, Divide, and Wrap functions. Enter a pixel value and click "Griddify" and the guide will be added at the intervals you entered. You can play with it for more columns or change the orientation to create a baseline. The Divide option is great for responsive sites, dividing the selection into the number of sections you want. The "Wrap" option adds guides to the edges.
Compatibility: Photoshop CS6, CC
Save Panel is a file saving plugin that lets you customize the save options with your favorite settings. For example, you may want to save a drawing in different sizes for different purposes. Using the save panel, you can select the destination folder (absolute or relative), image dimensions, file type and file name. There is no limit to the number of buttons you can create and customize using the save panel. To customize it, simply save the presets created in the options dialog. Each preset will then be represented by a button on the panel, giving you quick access to your favorite settings. You can also share images inside Photoshop using cloud services like Dropbox.
Compatibility: Photoshop CS5, CS6, CC, CC2014
In Photoshop, it's a big problem to set two separate text layers and align them when you need multiple columns of text. In this case, UberColumns is a Photoshop plugin that can help. This allows you to convert one block of text per layer to a given column layout. To use this plugin, simply drag the text box with the Text tool and enter your text as usual. After entering text, open the Columns panel by going to Window> Extensions> Columns. Set the number of columns and space for the gutters, and click OK. Your text should now be converted to columns.
Compatibility: Photoshop CC, CC2014, CC2015
Imagenomic Portraiture 2.3 build 2308-1
System requirements: Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7, 1GB RAM, 100MB free hard disk space, 1280x800 minimum resolution, Adobe Photoshop CS3 / CS4 / CS5 / CS6. Support for 64 bit CS4 / CS5 packages is only available on 64 bit Vista and 64 bit Windows 7.
Application: 2.3 build 2308-1 has a help file in Russian. The plugin for photoshop allows you to selectively eliminate skin imperfections, preserving the texture and other important details of the portrait, such as hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, etc., significantly speeds up the laborious process of pixel-by-pixel retouching. Automatically recognizes the surface of the skin, forming an auto mask that can be corrected manually. All anti-aliasing parameters are adjustable: you can select the desired anti-aliasing level from the list or independently adjust anti-aliasing parameters such as sharpness, blur, skin tone, brightness and contrast. User settings are saved in profiles for future use. At the same time, different anti-aliasing options can be applied to different areas to be retouched.
Download Imagenomic PortraitureImagenomic RealGrain 1.1 build 1103u1
Compatibility:
Operating system:
** 64-bit CS4 and CS5 support only available on 64-bit Vista and Windows 7
Application: Photoshop plugin RealGrain Allows users to automatically adjust the degree of detail (grain) based on the physical size of the image, the application dynamically generates precise grain patterns for varying image sizes. A set of high-quality templates will allow you to apply ready-made special effects and stylize it for well-known varieties of color and black-and-white photographic film, transform a digital image in such a way as if it were shot on professional photographic film. Detail Balance Controls plugin RealGrain, color and tone settings, provide excellent quality of the final product, easy and convenient to use. RealGrain includes precise presets for a number of default options.
Download Imagenomic Real GrainImagenomic Noiseware Professional 4.2 build 4205u1
Compatibility:
The plugin is compatible with graphics editors Adobe Photoshop CS3 / CS4 / CS5 **
Operating system:
Windows 2000 / XP / Vista (x86 / x64) / 7 (x86 / x64);
Mac OS X 10.5.x / 10.6.x (Intel) *
* RealGrain plugin for Photoshop (Mac OS X version) is available only for Intel and CS5 on Mac OS can only be used in 32-bit mode.
** 64-bit CS4 and CS5 support is only available on 64-bit Vista and Windows 7 and 8
Application: Imagenomic Noiseware Professional- one of best plugins for the graphics editor Adobe Photoshop designed to eliminate noise in digital photographs. It has a multi-preview function that allows you to compare the results of the filter with different settings, and a bracketing function of the main filter parameters, which automatically generates a series of previews. The user-friendly interface makes it easy to perform image processing before publishing or printing.
Nik Software Complete Collection 2012 and 2013
System requirements:
Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7 and 8; AMD® or Intel® processor, bit capacity: 32bit + 64bit, 2GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended).
Compatibility: Windows Vista and Windows 7 and 8 (full), Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5.
Interface language: ENG / RUS
Nik Software Complete Collection is the most a complete collection of plugins for Photoshop... The Complete Collection includes a complete set of plugins for Adobe Photoshop®, Lightroom® and Aperture®: Dfine® 2.0, Viveza® 2, HDR Efex Pro ™, Color Efex Pro ™ 3.0 and 4.0, Silver Efex Pro ™ 2 and Sharpener Pro ™ 3.0... With the help of these plug-ins, you can adjust the clarity of the image in digital photos, perform color correction, retouching, stylization, get rid of any type of noise in the photo, change the brightness, adjust the contrast and color saturation of individual objects or areas of the photo.
Download Nik Software Collection 2012 Download Nik Software Collection 2013What's in the Nik Software Complete Collection?
Nik Software Sharpener Pro
Nik Software Sharpener Pro - professional plugin for Photoshop, designed to adjust the clarity of the image in digital photographs. Allows you to work with 16-bit images without the need to convert them to 8-bit. The preview area allows you to see how the quality of the photo changes depending on the applied effects as you work. The plugin works with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, as well as with any graphic editors that support filters and plugins from Adobe Photoshop.
Plugin features:
- Create precise and selective control of sharpness
- The updated mechanism for the final adjustment of sharpness allows you to prepare images for output on almost any device and media - on a monitor screen, on inkjet printers, in full-color printing, silk-screen printing, etc.
- Sharpening fine details and textures with new structure, focus, and local differences tools to draw attention to desired areas of the image
Nik Software Color Efex Pro
Color Efex Pro - large set of filters for photos that are designed to enhance your digital photos. The package includes over 50 filters and 250 different effects. They help you perform color grading, retouching and many other operations. The package interface is made in the style of the DigitalFilmTools plugin with the ability to increase the window size and view images before and after applying the selected filters and effects.
Plugin features:
- 52 filters and 250 different effects to enhance your photos
- New filters: Film Grain, Film Effect, Glamor Glow, Selective Contrast, High Key, Low Key, Polaroid Transfer, Cross Balance
Nik Software Silver Efex Pro
Silver Efex Pro is an excellent new plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that allows photographers to stylize modern digital images for stylish black and white photographs. In automatic mode, the program converts a color image to black and white. After that, the user can perform more fine-tuning, for example, select one of two dozen ready-made styles, use color filters and other tools.
Plugin features:
- Quickly auto-style color images to black and white
- Using built-in color filters
- Adjusting brightness, contrast and image structure
- Using ready-made presets
Nik Software Viveza
Viveza is an excellent plugin that extends the functionality of the digital image editing toolbox in Adobe Photoshop. With this application, users will be able to adjust the brightness, contrast and color saturation of individual objects or areas of the photo. The program independently selects the necessary objects and creates masks in automatic mode, thereby allowing specialists to work more productively.
Plugin features:
- Adjust the brightness, contrast and saturation of the selected part of the image
- Unique U Point technology that allows flexible correction of individual areas of the image
- Incredible speed of the plugin
- Selection tool (Selective tool), which allows you to apply the effect only to the selected area of the image
- Integrating Smart Objects in Adobe Photoshop
- Preview the results on the screen before printing.
Nik Software Dfine
Dfine is an amazing plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to get rid of any type of noise in your photos. The secret of the filter is that it helps to determine the source of artifacts and, based on this information, suggests solutions to the problem. In just a few mouse clicks, the program will automatically remove noise from the photo, in addition, you can independently adjust the parameters for a more optimal result.
Plugin features:
- Automatic noise removal from photos
- Adjusting parameters manually for better results
- Plug-in profiles for each type of camera
- Unique U Point technology that allows you to flexibly correct individual areas of the image
- Selection tool (Selective tool), which allows you to apply the effect only to the selected area of the image
Nik Software HDR Efex Pro
HDR Efex Pro is a tool for creating HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. Designed to help professional and amateur photographers quickly and easily enhance the full spectrum of HDR.
The new HDR Efex Pro overcomes the limitations of other similar software with a revolutionary all-in-one approach that allows you to create realistic and artistic effects within a single instrument.
HDR Efex Pro provides an amazingly simple yet powerful photo editing process. One click on the selected preset creates an HDR image with the ability to precisely and finely selectively adjust exposure, contrast, Fine Contrast image structure (without the need for complex selection or layer masking) using U Point® technology, as well as new best-in-class tone mapping algorithms ... Color, contrast and vignetting controls are offered to photographers to further enhance the quality of their images for amazing results. HDR users will find that HDR Efex Pro is a complete solution that takes this genre to the next level and offers new possibilities.
HDR Efex Pro also allows photographers to create popular and artistic HDR images from a single photo.
This feature allows photographers to rework images that either lack multiple exposures or where a subject was shot that was not suitable for this purpose.
Plugin features:
- Intuitive interface, with simple understandable photographic terminology and constant display of actual processing results.
- Powerful U Point Selective Tool for quick and precise adjustments of contrast, shadow, texture and saturation.
- Several proprietary Tone Mapping algorithms providing a wide range of styles and HDR capabilities
- Powerful control over preset settings that provide multiple HDR styles - from realistic photo to creative
- Standard and custom presets are categorized for one-click operation.
- HDR from multiple exposed photos or one frame at a time
- Advanced technology to automatically align images and reduce artifacts known as ghosts.
- Built-in video help makes it easier to understand HDR technology
- All-in-one lets you create professional HDR images from 32-bit color photos
Year of issue: 2010
Version: 2.3.6
Developer site: PictureCode LLC
Bit depth: 32 / 64bit
Interface language: English
System requirements: Windows XP / Vista / 7, Adobe Photoshop CS5
Focal Blade is a standalone program and plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, designed to sharpen photos and apply special filters that are inextricably linked with its change. More experienced users will be interested in working with individual filters that can be configured according to all the rules, and for experts in Focal Blade a special “Expert” mode has been created, in which all the options available in the program are immediately open. The plugin allows you to apply a wide variety of effects based on sharpening, texture processing and adding glow. A rich set of options allows you to create beautiful artistic effects. A variety of plot programs allow you to quickly apply pre-arranged stylizations.
Download FocalBladePhotomatix Pro 4.1.4
Year of issue: 2011
Version: 4.1.4
Developer: HDRsoft
Bit depth: 32bit + 64bit
Interface language: English
System requirements: Windows 98/2000 / XP / Vista / 7
Description:
- very useful plugin for professional photographers and advanced amateurs. The program combines any number of different frames in a high contrast scene into one image with details and all shadows. Photomatix is a standalone system that expands the dynamic range of photography. The product allows users to blend frames and locally recover detail from High Dynamic Range images created from multiple exposures.
Plugin features:
- Generation of HDR images from various graphic files
- Converting a single RAW file to a pseudo-HDR image
- Tone mapping tool for displaying highlights and shadows in HDR images
- HDR image preview showing local HDR image data at appropriate exposure
- HDR Histogram Display
- Function for tone mapping large HDR image files
- Read / write support for Radiance RGBE (.hdr), OpenEXR (.exr) and Floating Point TIFF
- Using four algorithms to blend exposure
- Automatic alignment option for images using two alignment methods
- Preview and loupes available for all exposure blending methods
- Automatic batch processing of images
- Supports JPEG, TIFF, Radiance RGBE, OpenEXR, PNG, PSD and RAW files from various cameras
A separate area in design, in addition to the programs themselves or software, as it is commonly called nowadays, are plugins. In our situation, we will consider plugins for Photoshop. So what is it in general?
These are separate or even independent software modules that work with a particular program and perform special functions not provided by the software itself. But we are considering Photoshop precisely because it is the most popular design software, a tool in general. And plug-ins for this software are just too dark. From paid to free, from simple to complex features. Lots of varieties. Well, if you do not plan to pay money for plugins, then you always have the Internet at your fingertips, where you can download plugins for photoshop.
In fact, plugins for adobe photoshop are a fairly popular segment of the plugin market in general. And this is due to the aforementioned popularity of Photoshop itself as a design program. Also, do not forget about such an element as photoshop filters. Filters are also indirectly plugins, but that's not the point. The market is quite developed and wide - although the difference in the quality of paid and free plugins is striking. Although nowadays there are even paid plugins available on the Internet that are hacked in one way or another. Good or bad is difficult to understand. On the one hand, manufacturers' rights are violated, on the other hand, not all photoshop plugins cost money, in fact.
Although, again, in general, plugins are an integral part of the work of a modern designer with this or that software. Despite the fairly good functionality of the programs, the needs still exceed the capabilities of the software itself. Thus, in any case, as you delve into the functionality of the software and design complexities, you will have to download plugins for photoshop. Only download and buy are actually two different things. Whether you download it on the Internet or purchase it on specialized sites is up to you. You just need to understand that plugins for adobe photoshop are quite common on the web, and even if you don't find exactly what you are interested in, you will certainly find something very similar in functionality.
In turn, photoshop filters are the same representatives of plugins. They are very different. The function of such a filter is to create this or that change in the composition itself, let's say, the designer's workspace in Photoshop. Filters can be safely attributed to such a software element as plugins for photoshop. Although, again, in this place you can safely argue about the difference between filters and plugins, but based on the point of view that a plugin is a software module, we understand that all this is generally located next to each other. And it is defined by the term plugins. As we mentioned earlier, paid or free - it's up to you. The main thing is that the functional task assigned to the module is solved.
Summing up, we can highlight the moment that at the moment it is quite easy to find plugins for photoshop on the Internet. It may take a certain amount of time, but your expectations are likely to come true. A separate word can be said about filters for the famous program called Photoshop. Photoshop filters are also available for download on the Internet. All you need is a computer with Internet access and free time to spend on searching. All of the above are features of software modules called plugins for adobe photoshop. In the process of considering this situation, we realized that such plugins are an integral part of the work of any designer.
