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Gradient / Photographic PC Plug-insGradients, displacements, digital photography, abstract hi-impact plug-in effects for Photoshop, Painter, PaintShop Pro etc
$10 (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard - many different currencies. Digital download.) Gradient World plug-ins (Set 7) Three plugins including a powerful gradient tool packed with millions of overlay effects + patterns tools + image shifting plugin.
The three plugins are only for PC (Windows Vista, Windows 7 etc).
The plugins include stunning color effects, transparency settings, gradient effects and more.
The plugins include effects mode where the plugin effect is used as a source for awesome blur, grunge, distress, sepia etc effects. The plugins are all by the developer of the Andrew's Filters series.
The plugins are all in 8BF format.Install by placing the plugins in the plugins path of the host application. Set includes documentation, serial number as well as the plugins.
Powerful gradient plug-in combines 1000s of stunning gradient color effects. Plug-in includes a number of different gradient apply methods as well as gradient combination types and center options. The plug-in also includes spatial and color factors, noise setting, center settings and gradient mix settings.
The plug-in generates the gradient based on the current foreground and background color setting in the Photoshop (and others) toolbox, varying the colors can radically change the end gradient result. The gradients can be combined via the fade functionality in Photoshop or use the gradient plug-in across layers to blend the gradients in many different ways, as well as combining with the standard effects in Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. The gradients generated are near impossible to describe, the plug-in can literally create millions of different colorful designs including fragmented gradients, radial gradients, artifact gradients, linear gradients, ribbon gradients, warped gradients, abstract gradients, columnar gradients, jarring gradients, ring gradients and many more.
As with all the plug-ins in the Andrew's plug-ins, the end result can be inverted, color wrapped around the color extremes or tiled or mirrored and many other different output modes (there are 88 included with the plug-in). The generated gradient can be used as a source for an effect such as a blur or smear or sepia or tone or other effects modes via the effects dropdown. Using the effects dropdown, many unique blurring and smearing effects can be created such as patchy or radial or warped blurring.
The pattern designs, can be, if so wished, defined as patterns via the tiling output modes. Thumbnail Gallery of Gradient World effects / Free Sampler
$10 (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard - many different currencies. Digital download.) Photo Magicks plug-ins (Set 3) 10 Hi-impact digital photographic color effects including grayscale effects (many different B&W settings for stunning images), saturation effects and more.
The following plugins are included -- Blur Inverse plug-in: Inverse and blurring plug-in, Blur Shake Mix plug-in: Jarred and shaken plug-in, Color Framer plug-in: Frames / vignette effect plug-in, Color Grayscale plug-in: Plug-in set packed with many different color and grayscale and tinting settings, Color Mix-up plug-in: Blur and color channel and saturation and tone and more, Color Percent Add plug-in: Add color based on underlying image, Color Phased Out plug-in: Oddball color effect phased plug-in, Gradient Gradient Combo 3 plug-in: 100s of different gradients based on the current foreground and background color setting, Noise Reverse plug-in: Noise / grain inversion plug-in, Utility Sharpen plug-in: Sharpen plug-in.
The plugin set is perfect for manipulating images in countless ways. The plugins include many color randomization features, output modes such as frames and mirror and invert and much more. Thumbnail Gallery of Photo Magicks effects / Free Sampler
$10 (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard - many different currencies. Digital download.) Pixel Hazy plug-ins (Set 8) Six plugins including blur effects, misty effects, smeary effects and more.
Plug-ins include Blur Blowing plug-in: Light wind stream color plug-in for light and subtle noise as well as dark film noir like imagery.
The plugin set includes the following filters --- Gradients Gradient Combo 8 plug-in: Powerful gradient plug-in with many gradient settings to create 1000s of gradients, Noise Color Grain plug-in: Grained noise effects speckles plugin, creates unusual embossed effects and much more, Smear Cut plug-in: Edged cutout smeary grain plugin effect, Smear Misty Block plug-in: Blends pixel's rows and columns to create a misty effect, Smear Misty HV plug-in: Smear / mist plug-in effect variant. Thumbnail Gallery of Pixel Hazy effects
$10 (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard - many different currencies. Digital download.) Distortion tricks plug-ins (Set 2) 16 Distortion and blur and threshold and color and dots and wavy effects filters and more.
Plugins include Blur Bars - Bars and lines distortion - great for abstract imagery plug-in, Blur Blurs - Camera shudder direction plug-in, Blur Mirror - Split blur mirror plug-in, Color Psych - psychedelic color effects plug-in, Color Solar City - Solarization + color effect plug-in, Color Solar Fire - Solarization / color effect plug-in, Distort Bars - Image splitting plug-in. Distort Blurred Way - Camera shudders and waves plug-in, Distort Blur wave - Distortion / wave and blurs plugin . Distort Gradient Distortion and shifting of image based on underlying gradient. Distort Rotator - Twists and turns plug-in, Distort Twists - Color twist effect plug-in, Distort Waved Splits image into fragments of wave or line or noise, a great tool for breaking an image into 100s of little pieces. Dots Color Color art pattern design plug-in,Plug-in creates many different dot and diamond and wavy designs,Smear Bright Days - Color smear plug-in, Threshold Smeared - Smeary threshold plug-ins.
The plugins all include 100 output modes such as tile, apply frame, inverse etc the image effect. The plugins also include transparency settings useful combined with Photoshop styles. The plugins all include powerful color randomization features and gradient post processing features adding millions of subtle and extreme color to any image. On buying the plugin volume 2 set you receive the download link to the plugins. Thumbnail gallery of distortion tricks effects.
$10 (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard - many different currencies. Digital download.) Distortions plug-ins (Set 13) 10 Distortions and smears themed plug-ins.
The plugins are for Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Painter and many other software - PC only. All in standard 8BF plugin format.
Use to create stunning visual effects. Combine the effects in millions of ways.
The plugin set includes Distort Plug-in: Scarred distortion and abstract grain plug-in. Stunning smeared distortion of images, Distort Gradient Shift: Shift and paint based on underlying gradient, Distort Grid Source: 100s of ripple distortions + mottled distortions + radial distortions + zigzag distortions + wave distortions, Distort Streaks: Paint streaks plugin for abstract paint designs, Gradient Star: Gradient star plug-in, Pattern Dots: Dots and grids pattern plug-in, Pattern Fragments: Powerful pattern designs, Lines Metal: Metallic pattern plug-in creates metallic-like sheen effect, Utility Lighter: Lighten or darken images, Utility Sharper: Sharpening plug-in also includes noise option to create unique sharpening of any image. Thumbnail gallery of distortion plugins
$10 (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard - many different currencies. Digital download.) Color effect plug-in (Set 15) Single plug-in for 1000s of color effects for Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro. Stunning color effect plugin for Photoshop packed with many different filters and color effects. Modify images in many different ways. PC only. Standard 8BF plugin, easy to load and install. The plug-in also includes many output options such as adding a basic frame to the image, tile the image and more.
50+ Filter effects for color effects (Inversion filter / Basic intensity filter / Grayscale / color combo filter / Darkening filter / Pixel multiplication filter / Max and min color filter / Foreground combination color filter / Tinting filter / Reduce contrast filter / Threshold filter / Channel mixing filter and many other filter settings). Also includes 32 Gradient types such as linear / radial / corner gradient / multi-gradient, these are mixed with the filter effects in many different ways.
The plugin also includes color randomization features, gradient post processing options, transparency features and more. Thumbnail gallery of color effects plugin filter effects for Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop etc
$10 (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard - many different currencies. Digital download.) Circus daze plug-in (Set 19) Single plug-in for surreal and nightmare color effects. The plug-in includes a vast range of effects to distort any image or text in 1000s and 1000s of ways.
It is truly one of the most awesome image warping tools around. CircusDaze plug-in in its basic form is to create nightmarish and surreal imagery, taking any image and create a transformed / rotated / sheared world view of the image mixed with twists and turns, where nothing is what it seems.
CircusDaze Plug-in surreal / paint effect now combines with an additional gradient (radial / pyramid / linear / star / beam and more), creating 100s of additional color settings to blend into the original image and effect. 30+ blending modes for the gradient and more. CircusDaze Plugin comes with a large range of warping / distortion options and settings, to convert any imagery into a shattered / radial / fragmented / distorted masterpiece. Grainy distortion example for Photoshop.
CircusDaze Plugin to create painted imagery, smeared oil brushed paintings, and more. CircusDaze Plugin is packed with a huge range of randomization features such as randomizing colors + randomization of settings + randomization of warps + randomization of coordinate systems used. Plugin can be used to create extreme backgrounds, extreme overlays, subtle imagery, designs for book covers, textures, patterns, record covers, music advertising, packaging, source files for 3D effects, for use in Poser and much more.
The plugin is a variant of a plugin I created about 10 years ago, asked to create a version that didn't require additional dlls, I have extended the original Andrew's Filter in 100s of ways. The plugin now is only remotely like the original basic filter. Use the plugin to create truly abstract designs. Even a basic image can be repeatedly modified, twisted and distorted, stretched and crunched in 100s of ways, to create a near infinite range of abstract designs. Thumbnail gallery of circus daze plugin filter effects for Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop etc
$10 (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard - many different currencies. Digital download.) Cutout lantern plug-ins (Set 6) 16 Threshold / color cut off / smear plug-ins for Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro etc.
The plugin set is only for PC.The plug-ins include Blur Thread plug-in: Unusual blurring effect, shifting pixels in a weird and wonderful shimmered way, combined with different noise and image effects; Noise Blur Noise plug-in: Heat blurred noise effect plugin and image scouring effects.
Includes color cutoff / threshold settings + noise effects and more to create stunning hi-impact standout images; Paint Lined plug-in: Sketchy rain and line effect plug-in. The plug-in, like all the other plug-ins in the set, comes with additional 99 output modes such as tiling and color wrap and invert + effects modes such as distort and melt and shift and smear. Combinations of effects can be used to create truly wow line effects; Paint Shudder Lines plug-in: Blurry paint fragments plug-in, creates colored lines across an image and blurs them. Combine the image and much more to create a huge range of colorful image effects; Threshold Basic BW plug-in Basic cutout plug-in / threshold effect reducing the image to black n white. Combined with grain and noise and color combination features, many stunning images can be generated from even a basic image. Turn a picture into a vintage image in seconds; Threshold Color Lite plug-in Color grain effect plugins for subtle screened image effects and old time vintage effects. Combined with 100s of output and effect and transparency options, many amazing images can be created; Threshold Color Phase plug-in Smeary cutout plug-in. The plug-in applies a threshold effect / cutout to create a black n white image. Combined with smear and noise settings, many blurry and old out of this world images can be created; Threshold Cutting Through plug-in Film Noir-ish plug-in. Plug-in applies a cutout / threshold effect to create a black and white image but combined with noise and extreme smearing and color effects, a huge range of dark and noir images can be created; Threshold Dark Days plug-in Smeary threshold plugin. Great plug-in for some truly smeared and smudged images; Threshold Dark Drift plug-in Grained cutout surreal plugin. Plug-in applies a cutout / threshold effect reducing the image to stamped image and smears the original image with noise and grain to create an odd 3D like stamp pixel-drifting effect; Threshold Dark Gloomy plug-in Color screen plugin for dark and gloomy effects. Threshold effect allowing more of the original image through, combining that with a smeary image effect to create vintage photos; Threshold Heat Haze plug-in Scratchy heat haze plugin effect as well as abstract art effects and much more. Great for the searing heat of sultry summer; Threshold Newspaper plug-in Light smeary plugin effect as well as old newspaper effects and old grainy image effects and a lot more. Faded and line images; Threshold Random Channels plug-in Dark scratched grainy plugin. Powerful threshold plug-in effect for antique scratched look; Threshold RGB Smear plug-in Smeary abstract plugin. Many different color settings included with this abstract smeared / hazy color effect plug-in. Combined with blending modes such as overlay and color wrap, truly unique color effects can be created; Threshold Shift plug-in Grained cutout effect.
Combined with the many color threshold and color limiting effects, this plug-in can be used to create unique poster designs and much more. Use the plugin set to create many millions of stunning visual effects.
The plugins include 100 output modes (frame, tile, inverse etc) and effects modes where the effect is used as a source for unique smeary blur, sepia effects, paint and distortion effects and more. Thumbnail Gallery of cutout lantern effects
After you have downloaded the Andrew's Plugins Collection zip or plug-in sets (available for purchase on this site). This tutorial makes an assumption that you have not got a third party unzip tool. There are many unzip tools available on the web such as Stuffit Expander, 7zip and others and if you have these, many of the steps below can be ignored other than the copying or extraction of the files to the plugins folder. OK, you are on a PC (the plugins only work on the PC, Vista / windows 7 etc) and you have just finished the download of the plugins file (Andrews_plugins_collection.zip). The file is download to your Internet download folder or 'save to' location on your PC. Go to that folder via the windows explorer. In the split screen of the windows explorer you can see the folders (left side) and the files on the right. Select the file and run your anti-virus software to check for viruses etc (such as Microsoft Security Essentials or Kaspersky)
Windows Explorer - Go to the folder pane Go to the folder pane and select the folder / files and click the '+' to expand the 'andrews_plugins_collection'
Windows Explorer - Display of folders contained within the zip Windows explorer can displays all the folders and files structure within the zip. Select the PC 8BF Plugins folder, all the plugins are located in that folder. You can now extract all the files (this is one of the options in the top bar of the windows explorer). You can also do it via this slightly more labourious approach via the next few steps. If you decide to use the 'extract all files' then you will see a dialog giving you an option to select the destination folder for the plugins (you can use the browse button to browse to another folder if you wish)
Windows Explorer - Select all the files in the zip Goto the file side of the explorer. Go to the edit menu of the explorer and select all (or ctrl A). This will then select all the 8BF files included in the zip
Plug-ins Copy 8BF files Now copy the 8BF files (still all enclosed in the zip, they have not been extracted)
Plug-ins Paste 8BF into the same folder As the files have not been extracted, there seems to be some limitations to the copy / paste functionality. I would suggest at this point copying the files to the same folder as there appears to be an issue with copying the files to an admin protected area straight from a zip file(perhaps this is not the case, but it is for my Vista installation)
Plug-ins 8BF files are now extracted You should now have a folder with the zip file and 180 Photoshop plugins (8BF files). The files can now be copied to the actual 'plugins' folder. Again, the extract option might be a lot quicker than this approach.
Plug-ins - Copy the files again Select and copy the files in the files pane (do not select the andrews_plugins_collection.zip file as this is not a known format for Photoshop or PSP).
Plugins install folder for Photoshop CS6 CS5 CS4 Use the file explorer to go to the folder for the plugins for Photoshop. The exact location varies from version to version of Photoshop but it is generally always in the Adobe folder.. it might be Photoshop CS2 or Adobe Photoshop CS3 etc. The plugins folder in Photoshop is 'plug-ins' (in many other software it is plugins but for PS, 'plug-ins'). I always create an additional sub folder for the plugins. You don't have to do this as it is not a requirement but I often place the plugins in a sub-folder of plug-ins called 'graphicxtras' (or graphicxtras.com or third party plugins). It just makes it easier to find the plugins as they are all in one place and they can then be copied between software or versions of PS, they can also be quickly deleted if you no longer need them. If you just add them into the plugins path with all the others, after a couple of weeks, it is quite easy to get confused about which set is which. All the sub-folders of plugins are checked for 8BF files. Paste the plugins via the edit menu > paste command (or ctrl P)
Permissions for the plug-ins As the plugins are being added to the administrator controlled folder in 'program files' you might be asked for permission. I use my PC in a basic account for day to day work or web access etc, so the account doesn't have admin privileges. If you are not running your admin account, you will be asked for the admin username and password. This is normal.
Start up Photoshop ® Start Photoshop and open a document or create a new document. Go to the filter menu and select the filters via the AP [] categories. The plugins are all in categories loosely related to their basic function such as blurs are in AP [Blurs]. Most of the plugins come with 1000s of effects and possible end results that the blur or smear etc might not exactly match the end result.
Paint Shop Pro Plug-ins folder OK, not everyone uses Photoshop. Paint Shop Pro etc are all pretty decent tools and they also accept plugins (to more or less degree). The folders in PSP have always been a little hit and miss and if you have Jasc Paint Shop Pro or Corel Paint Shop Pro, the location for the tubes or plugins might vary. The easiest way to find the plugins folder or set the plugins folder is via the file > preferences. Start PSP and go to the file > preferences and sub menu 'file locations'
Paint Shop Pro file locations There are a number of file types in PSP, for the plugins: select the plug-ins entry. On selecting the plug-ins (why is it plug-ins in the menu but plugins in the actual folder?) Anyway, here you can see the folder has been set to the default Paint Shop Pro 8 plugins folder in Program files (I admit it, I am using an older version of PSP but it works and it is fine, still PSP X2 is pretty good as well). You can browse and add a new folder. You might find it easier to add a new folder and then add the plugins to a 'user account' based plugin folder, as then there will be no need for admin username and passwords to be entered.
There are a few additional options. You definitely need to 'Enable plug-ins - Allow the use of external Adobe-compatible plug-ins' otherwise the plugins will be ignored. The 'limit loaded plug-ins files to those with an 8B?' extension only might be of use (as you might have other files in the folders and they will have to be checked for plug-in entry points and may cause an issue with PSP. The last is probably not relevant at all as it is to do with file format plug-ins and opening and importing items, none of the 8BF plugins in the Andrew's Plugins collection do this)
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Creating plugins and presets since 1995. Privacy - no details sent to third parties. After buying, you receive the download link. Unique items, commercial use, royalty-free. Video tutorial: Installation of plug-ins in Vista / Paint Shop Pro (R) - Andrew's Plug-ins tutorial How to install the plugins ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ4XJEdlIc8 Video tutorial: Installation of plug-ins using additional plug-in path in Photoshop CS4 Windows 7 tutorial This is a quick tutorial showing the plug-ins being installed by the use of the additional plug-ins folder in Photoshop CS4 (on Windows 7) - you can install the plugins via the usual plugin path but that generally requires admin privileges, by using the secondary or additional plugin path in Photoshop, you can add them to your user account plug-in path (which can also be used by other software thus removing any duplication of plug-ins) |
