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For those of unlimited talent but slightly restricted budgets, try this site to add to your plug-in collection. There are some good freebies here and the cost is just right---as in free! Hint: alot of these can produce some stunning results by using layer masks on duplicate layers. Have fun. The only set of filters here I had some trouble with were " Kangs" --- a couple of them crashed with dismal regularity, but the rest of Kangs worked fine. Tom
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I had the same trouble with Kang's filters too. I made a list of the ones that crash on you. It's a shame since some of them I thought would be so nice if they worked. The bad ones imediately shut down Photoshop and it get's nasty if you are doing something you didn't save. So here is a list of the ones to use with caution (after saving your file) Actually it would be a good idea to save before using any imported filter just in case. (Personal experience talking here)
Kang 3:
Liquid Metal-Liquid You-Liquid You Too-Outlines-Scanners-The Light Eaters-Waxing The Lizard
Kang 4:
Emboss Groove-Emboss Inbo-Emboss Krinkle-Silly Dot
There are still some good ones that work fine and are worth checking out.
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Thanks Tom I will check it out. I am always looking for new toys and hey the price is right...FREE!
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Thanks for the specific filters Dj. I wrote them down quite a while ago and promptly lost the list. My acid test for a filter is it's stability--if crashes occur it gets sidelined. While the applicability to restoration work of most of these is hard to see they do have some usefulness in the hands of the creatively inclined. Plus just playing with them is a great way to practice layer techniques, history brush work etc. TomComment
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You're welcome Tom. I thought I should mention the save file precaution because it caught me at the wrong time and I didn't like having to redo some unsaved work. But they were fun to play with and useful too.
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Thanks to both of you. While I don't really fit the criteria mentioned, I will check out the link. I'm *very* limited in both talent and budget.
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Ah, I dont believe that for a minute Ed. If I can run the things, you will be able to really do some neat stuff! Besides, at the price, who can resist? TomComment
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Let me begin by saying I am impressed with this collection of freeware, that's right, freeware, filters. Unless you are into heavy duty web or design work, this collection would probably fill any need you might have, plus they are easy, adjustable and lots of fun. I have played around with them for...09-08-2001, 11:48 PM -
Check out the link listed below for some remarkable, and free, filters. In addition to these there is a lot of good info to boot. Some is fairly technical but is presented in such a way as to make it fairly easy to understand. What type of filters are these? Sharpening, blurring, rank replace and a...01-01-2002, 01:21 PM
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With all the plug-in applications out there it is sometimes easy to forget that the most powerful ones you can get, you already have--built in to your Image editing program. The attached examples were done in 20 minutes, start to finish using only PS 6 and its Dust/scratch filter,layering and layer...10-03-2001, 10:20 PM
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There really isnt too much I can say about this offering from Andromedia software. To be fair, the program didnt crash. But it really does not do much either--sort of an electronic boat anchor. The filters are, simply put, crude. There is nothing there which cannot be done better in an image editing...09-20-2001, 07:50 AM
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well, the big news of the day is as the title says, FF for mac has gone beta. and, it's an open beta, meaning anyone with a mac can download the new mac FF version and test it out. here's the link to the site and page: http://www.filterforge.com/forum/rea...ID=16&TID=5882
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