Free Filters and Plugins for Windows and Macintosh
Download free plugins and filters for Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Photo-Paint, and other plugin-compatible image editing software. Plug-ins and filters can be used to create special effects, simplify complex tasks, and increase productivity in your graphics software.
Free PhotoTools 2 Lite Photoshop Plugin
"The 14 effects available in PhotoTools 2 Lite range from reproducing classic photographic effects like Bleach Bypass and Cross Process, to reproducing film stock such as Kodachrome and Velvia, to modern effects including automatic skin smoothing."
"The 14 effects available in PhotoTools 2 Lite range from reproducing classic photographic effects like Bleach Bypass and Cross Process, to reproducing film stock such as Kodachrome and Velvia, to modern effects including automatic skin smoothing."
virtualPhotographer - Free Plug-in from optikVerve Labs
virtualPhotographer is a fun and easy plug-in that helps you add drama and artistic effects to your photos. The free software lets you experiment with a wide variety of color and black & white photographic effects by manipulating color, film speed, film type, and effects.
virtualPhotographer is a fun and easy plug-in that helps you add drama and artistic effects to your photos. The free software lets you experiment with a wide variety of color and black & white photographic effects by manipulating color, film speed, film type, and effects.
Pro Canvas (Win)
Pro Canvas enhances and replaces the standard Canvas Size command in Photoshop 5.5 and up.
Pro Canvas enhances and replaces the standard Canvas Size command in Photoshop 5.5 and up.
WallPampered (Win)
WallPampered is a plug-in to change your desktop wallpaper from within Photoshop. Distributed as Honorware. No nags or time limits, but the author requests $5 if you like and use the software.
WallPampered is a plug-in to change your desktop wallpaper from within Photoshop. Distributed as Honorware. No nags or time limits, but the author requests $5 if you like and use the software.
Panorama Tools (Win/Mac)
Featured Download - This free software lets you create, edit and remap panoramic scenes.
Featured Download - This free software lets you create, edit and remap panoramic scenes.
AFH Beveler (Win)
Free plug-in to create beveled edges on buttons.
Free plug-in to create beveled edges on buttons.
Allegorithmic MaPZone (Win)
[plugin] A free texture and pattern generator.
[plugin] A free texture and pattern generator.
AlphaPlugins RedEyes (Win)
Free plugin to remove red eyes from digital photos.
Free plugin to remove red eyes from digital photos.
AmphiSoft Simplifier (Win)
Analizes image, splits it into a set of similar areas and simplifes the colors and edges between them. Creates a wide range of 'painterly' artistic effects.
Analizes image, splits it into a set of similar areas and simplifes the colors and edges between them. Creates a wide range of 'painterly' artistic effects.
ArtiFactor and Kinetix Lab (Win)
Complex feedback image processing filters for producing wild effects and organic textures. Freeware for ArtiFactor and shareware for Kinetics Lab.
Complex feedback image processing filters for producing wild effects and organic textures. Freeware for ArtiFactor and shareware for Kinetics Lab.
ATS Graphics Free Filters (Win)
Free filters - Mosaic, Honeycomb, and Rainbow.
Free filters - Mosaic, Honeycomb, and Rainbow.
Autointerlace (Win)
Autointerlace automatically creates the interlace effect you see on television screens. Freeware.
Autointerlace automatically creates the interlace effect you see on television screens. Freeware.
Camouflage (Win)
"The freeware Camouflage plug-in is a tool for generating all kinds of camouflage textures ranging from authentic WW2 army camouflage to animal camouflage patterns."
"The freeware Camouflage plug-in is a tool for generating all kinds of camouflage textures ranging from authentic WW2 army camouflage to animal camouflage patterns."
Colleen's Photoshop Fun Pack (Mac)
A set of six charityware plug-ins for Macintosh: Adjust Saturation, Create B/W, Kwick Mask, Modulate Color, Rotate Color, Variable Blur.
A set of six charityware plug-ins for Macintosh: Adjust Saturation, Create B/W, Kwick Mask, Modulate Color, Rotate Color, Variable Blur.
Cybia Filters (Win/Mac)
AlphaWorks, ColourWorks, EdgeWorks, ScreenWorks, EmbossWorks, SwapShop, and MasterBlaster. For use with compatible host applications, such as Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp, Ultimate Paint and Adobe Premiere. Click the freeware link.
AlphaWorks, ColourWorks, EdgeWorks, ScreenWorks, EmbossWorks, SwapShop, and MasterBlaster. For use with compatible host applications, such as Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp, Ultimate Paint and Adobe Premiere. Click the freeware link.
DragonFly's Photoshop Filters (Win)
Three Filters: Sinedot Shader creates abstract patterns; Icon & Cursor Format Plug-in allows you to load and save Windows cursor and icon files; Retrodots creates polka-dot effects. Click Photoshop from the main page to get to the filters.
Three Filters: Sinedot Shader creates abstract patterns; Icon & Cursor Format Plug-in allows you to load and save Windows cursor and icon files; Retrodots creates polka-dot effects. Click Photoshop from the main page to get to the filters.
Dreamy Photo (Win/Mac)
Dreamy Photo is a free sampler from the DreamSuite Series product line. Dreamy Photo gives images a soft romantic feel. The plug-in is free but requires a serial number to activate.
Dreamy Photo is a free sampler from the DreamSuite Series product line. Dreamy Photo gives images a soft romantic feel. The plug-in is free but requires a serial number to activate.
Eliminate Black/Eliminate White Filters (Win)
Works just like the eliminate white filter, but for images with a black background. You can also get eliminate white here.
Works just like the eliminate white filter, but for images with a black background. You can also get eliminate white here.
Eliminate White Filter (Win/Mac)
This free filter peels your image off a white background and places it on a new layer.
This free filter peels your image off a white background and places it on a new layer.
Filter Factory Galleries (Win)
The world-famous collections of free filters.
The world-famous collections of free filters.
Filter Farm (Win)
Filter Farm is "an environment where filters live their own life. They grow from genetic information. They exchange this information to guarantee rich diversity in future generations."
Filter Farm is "an environment where filters live their own life. They grow from genetic information. They exchange this information to guarantee rich diversity in future generations."
Flaming Pear Goodies (Win/Mac)
Several free filters from the makers of BladePro - Ornament, ChromaSolarize, Tachyon, Ghost, Solidify, Vitriol, RGB/HSL, TransLine , Make Cube Tile.
Several free filters from the makers of BladePro - Ornament, ChromaSolarize, Tachyon, Ghost, Solidify, Vitriol, RGB/HSL, TransLine , Make Cube Tile.
FlickrShop (Mac)
"FlickrShop is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to upload images to Flickr photo sharing website directly from Adobe Photoshop."
"FlickrShop is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to upload images to Flickr photo sharing website directly from Adobe Photoshop."
GML Matting (Win)
"GML Matting is a cutout tool to help separate object from background. Interface of the plugin is similar to that of Photoshop Extract utility while the algorithm used usually produces better result. For Paint Shop Pro users it can become the essential matting plugin since Paint Shop Pro has no built-in matte extraction functionality." Freeware for Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro.
"GML Matting is a cutout tool to help separate object from background. Interface of the plugin is similar to that of Photoshop Extract utility while the algorithm used usually produces better result. For Paint Shop Pro users it can become the essential matting plugin since Paint Shop Pro has no built-in matte extraction functionality." Freeware for Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro.
GrafoManiac Plugs 'n Tools Archive
Archive of over 1500 free filters with previews. Also information on other useful graphics tools.
Archive of over 1500 free filters with previews. Also information on other useful graphics tools.
Harmonix (Win)
"Generate smooth anti-aliased harmonic frequency waveforms which may consist of up to 10 harmonic frequencies."
"Generate smooth anti-aliased harmonic frequency waveforms which may consist of up to 10 harmonic frequencies."
Harry's Filters (Win/Mac)
55 filters, available in Mac and PC versions.
55 filters, available in Mac and PC versions.
j2k JPEG 2000 Plug-in for Photoshop (Win/Mac)
Read and write to the JPEG 2000 file format from Photoshop with this ftee plug-in.
Read and write to the JPEG 2000 file format from Photoshop with this ftee plug-in.
Kang's Filters (Win/Mac)
21 free filters with examples.
21 free filters with examples.
MediaSpark Filters (Win/Mac)
10 filters for various image editing effects.
10 filters for various image editing effects.
Mezzoforce (Win)
"Create ice and some liquid fx when editing images. Tested with Photoshop, Paint shop Pro, Photobrush. May work with other editors."
"Create ice and some liquid fx when editing images. Tested with Photoshop, Paint shop Pro, Photobrush. May work with other editors."
Mezzy (Win/Mac/Linux)
15 plug-in filters for producing basic mezzo and grain effects.
15 plug-in filters for producing basic mezzo and grain effects.
MuRa's FilterMeister and Professional Filters
Several freeware filters including Tone, Copies, Perspective Tiling, Cloud, Pole Transform, and Seamless.
Several freeware filters including Tone, Copies, Perspective Tiling, Cloud, Pole Transform, and Seamless.
Neology Filters (Win/Mac)
23 free filters for Mac and PC: checkered tiling, shadow caster, sinus waves, tiling, radial sun, a different sin, mosaic, more.
23 free filters for Mac and PC: checkered tiling, shadow caster, sinus waves, tiling, radial sun, a different sin, mosaic, more.
Neu Filters (Win)
10 filters for creating abstract patterns.
10 filters for creating abstract patterns.
NightVision (Win)
You can use the NightVision plug-in to create completely realistic army night-goggle type images complete with true overlighting, scaled noise, realistic feedback and anti-aliassed interlacing.
You can use the NightVision plug-in to create completely realistic army night-goggle type images complete with true overlighting, scaled noise, realistic feedback and anti-aliassed interlacing.
NVR BorderMania (Win)
These plug-in filters create various basic borders around images, especially useful for creating Web buttons.
These plug-in filters create various basic borders around images, especially useful for creating Web buttons.
Out of the Noise (Win)
"Created on public demand... Many image editing programs lack 'add noise' and 'diffuse' filtering capabilities. If you suffer from this - just plug this freeware module in to fix it."
"Created on public demand... Many image editing programs lack 'add noise' and 'diffuse' filtering capabilities. If you suffer from this - just plug this freeware module in to fix it."
Paint Engine (Win)
This free plug-in filter allows you to add painterly effects to images at random or by adjusting controls.
This free plug-in filter allows you to add painterly effects to images at random or by adjusting controls.
Photo-Plugins (Win)
Free plug-ins with a photography emphasis. Currently they include: B/W Conversion, Local Contrast Enhancement, Soft Focus, Contrast Mask, and Gradient Blur. Windows only.
Free plug-ins with a photography emphasis. Currently they include: B/W Conversion, Local Contrast Enhancement, Soft Focus, Contrast Mask, and Gradient Blur. Windows only.
Photoshop Stuff by Gregory Paret
Several Photoshop plug-in filters offered as postcardware: Grids (for Mac & PC), Polygons (for Mac & PC), Selection Outliner and Un-Featherer (for Mac & PC), Color Counter (PC only), Gamma Filter (PC only), and HTML Color Tags (PC only).
Several Photoshop plug-in filters offered as postcardware: Grids (for Mac & PC), Polygons (for Mac & PC), Selection Outliner and Un-Featherer (for Mac & PC), Color Counter (PC only), Gamma Filter (PC only), and HTML Color Tags (PC only).
Primus (Win/Mac)
One-click bevels and textures. Free registration code by request.
One-click bevels and textures. Free registration code by request.
Red Prince (Win)
Flips 'n Rolls includes 19 color swapping filters, Noise Generator includes 6 filters for adding noise, and Pixie Dust is a pre-release library of several plug-ins.
Flips 'n Rolls includes 19 color swapping filters, Noise Generator includes 6 filters for adding noise, and Pixie Dust is a pre-release library of several plug-ins.
Red Prince Whitewash (Win)
Similar to the popular "Eliminate White" filter, but written in assembly language so it uses less memory. Sets transparency according to the whiteness of the pixels in your image.
Similar to the popular "Eliminate White" filter, but written in assembly language so it uses less memory. Sets transparency according to the whiteness of the pixels in your image.
Reindeer Graphics Free Plugins (Win/Mac)
TabbedText Format - Custom Filter - Adaptive Equalization - Enter Magnification
TabbedText Format - Custom Filter - Adaptive Equalization - Enter Magnification
Richard Rosenman's Free Plugins (Win)
Most of these are free, the first two cost $10: Advanced Color Corrector, 3d Spheres, Color Bar Generator, Scanlines, Grid Generator, Grain Generator, Diffuse Glow, Sperical Mapping Corrector, Lens Distortion Corrector, Diffuse, Halftone, Pixelate, Tiler, Pinch, Squarify, Evaluate, Portable PixMap Import/Export, and Superformula.
Most of these are free, the first two cost $10: Advanced Color Corrector, 3d Spheres, Color Bar Generator, Scanlines, Grid Generator, Grain Generator, Diffuse Glow, Sperical Mapping Corrector, Lens Distortion Corrector, Diffuse, Halftone, Pixelate, Tiler, Pinch, Squarify, Evaluate, Portable PixMap Import/Export, and Superformula.
Sandy Blair's Filters (Win)
Three free filters written especially for Paint Shop Pro: False Colour 3, Flutter, and Lead Emboss.
Three free filters written especially for Paint Shop Pro: False Colour 3, Flutter, and Lead Emboss.
SF RGB ColorMixer (Win)
"Alternative channel mixer for Photoshop and programs that are compatible with Photoshop plugins. The freeware version gives you only the basic functionality of a channel mixer, but the auto-balance function is built-in."
"Alternative channel mixer for Photoshop and programs that are compatible with Photoshop plugins. The freeware version gives you only the basic functionality of a channel mixer, but the auto-balance function is built-in."
Shaman Filters (Win)
"The main purpose of both 'Convolution shaman' and 'Sorting shaman' filters is to give the user suitable tools for general image editing procedures like blur, sharpen, edge detection and sharpening, despeckle and many others." Free light version and shareware full version.
"The main purpose of both 'Convolution shaman' and 'Sorting shaman' filters is to give the user suitable tools for general image editing procedures like blur, sharpen, edge detection and sharpening, despeckle and many others." Free light version and shareware full version.
Simple Filters (Win)
A nice collection of free filters, several that can be used to make seamless tiles. Nifty mouse rollovers let you see exactly what each filter does.
A nice collection of free filters, several that can be used to make seamless tiles. Nifty mouse rollovers let you see exactly what each filter does.
SmartCurve (Win)
SmartCurves is a plug in to add curve adjustment capabilities to any graphics program which can accept Photoshop plugins. Freeware
SmartCurves is a plug in to add curve adjustment capabilities to any graphics program which can accept Photoshop plugins. Freeware
Snowflakes (Win)
With the Snowflakes plug-in you can create any type of snow you can imagine, ranging from mild and fluffy snowfall to heavy hailstorms and anything in between. Freeware.
With the Snowflakes plug-in you can create any type of snow you can imagine, ranging from mild and fluffy snowfall to heavy hailstorms and anything in between. Freeware.
SnowScape (Win)
"SnowScape can be used for adding layers of snow, dirt, goo and similar effects to all your (semi-)transparent images. You have control over the thickness of the snow layer, the color, the distribution of the snow and some other stuff."
"SnowScape can be used for adding layers of snow, dirt, goo and similar effects to all your (semi-)transparent images. You have control over the thickness of the snow layer, the color, the distribution of the snow and some other stuff."
SuperPNG - Advanced PNG Plug-in for Photoshop (Win/Mac)
"SuperPNG is a free Adobe Photoshop plug-in for using PNG ("ping") files. It is faster than Adobe's own PNG plug-in and saves considerably smaller PNGs."
"SuperPNG is a free Adobe Photoshop plug-in for using PNG ("ping") files. It is faster than Adobe's own PNG plug-in and saves considerably smaller PNGs."
Teph's Tricks - Plug-in Filters
Several free filters for offset wraps, color based transparency, and other effects.
Several free filters for offset wraps, color based transparency, and other effects.
Thread Master (Win)
A free plug-in filter providing cross-shaped smudge effects with many options.
A free plug-in filter providing cross-shaped smudge effects with many options.
Topaz DeJPEG (Win)
Topaz DeJPEG is a free Photoshop plug-in that removes JPEG compression effects in images. It also contains a Sharpen function.
Topaz DeJPEG is a free Photoshop plug-in that removes JPEG compression effects in images. It also contains a Sharpen function.
Ultra-Sharpen Lite (Win)
A free for personal use version of Ultra-Sharpen Pro. Doesn't offer the same amount of control that Ultra-Sharpen Pro does, but uses a set of defaults that have been found to work on a wide range of images. For Photoshop and Photoshop Elements only.
A free for personal use version of Ultra-Sharpen Pro. Doesn't offer the same amount of control that Ultra-Sharpen Pro does, but uses a set of defaults that have been found to work on a wide range of images. For Photoshop and Photoshop Elements only.
Unplugged (Win/Mac)
Free filters for colors, effects, shapes and tools.
Free filters for colors, effects, shapes and tools.
Xero Photoshop-compatible Plugins (Win)
Browse and download about 40 free filters from Xero.
Browse and download about 40 free filters from Xero.
xMeta - Metadata Export from Photoshop (Mac)
"xMeta is a simple set of three plug-ins for exporting metadata from Photoshop in raw binary form. It can export ICC Profiles, EXIF camera data, and IPTC press information."
"xMeta is a simple set of three plug-ins for exporting metadata from Photoshop in raw binary form. It can export ICC Profiles, EXIF camera data, and IPTC press information."
Xylograph LE (Win)
"The effects produced with Xylograph plugin vary from simple woodcut texture to a hand-drawn halftone screen found it many engravings."
"The effects produced with Xylograph plugin vary from simple woodcut texture to a hand-drawn halftone screen found it many engravings."