Date updated: June 1st, 2013
Please note that the plugins work in 32 bit applications and NOT 64bit, also they are for PC (Windows XP, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, ME etc)

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180 Plugins collection for use in Adobe ® Photoshop ® CS6 CS5 CS4 CS3 CS2 CS1 7 6 (as well as the standalone versions) as well as Corel PaintShop Pro X5 X4 X3 X2 X1 9 8, Photo-Paint and many others (please check out the freebie plugin sets below - if they work fine in your host application, so will all the 180 amazing plugins).
The collection set includes a powerful collection of PC 32bit only effects for use on the PC - millions of stunning effects (the plug-in collection is a bundle of all the other sets on these plugin pages - volumes 1 - 20). The plug-ins work fine in CS6 32bit PC (again, not the mac)
The plugin set includes zillions of stunning effects including blur effects, gradient effects, color effects, edge plugins, contrast effects, distortion plugins, smear effects, weird color effects, photographic effects and much more. The gradients effects plug-ins alone include millions of variant gradient effects for the most amazing and unique color effects around. See the individual sets to see all the plugins included in the entire plug-ins collection.
Each plugin includes 100 different output modes along with effect modes for blurring and smearing and paint like effects; the plugins also include zillions of color options as well as gradient color overlays and randomization options to create a vast array of unique wow effects.
The plug-ins can also save presets and load presets so you can use them over and over. You can also combine the effects in Photoshop using scripting and Photoshop actions.
From the creator of the Andrew's 1000 filter series. On buying the plugins set, you receive all 180 plugins as well as documentation and a serial number for any future updates. If you have any questions about the plug-ins, please contact us.

Free plugin for use in Photoshop / psp - blur fuzzy plugin sampler for volume 1 - tryout our plugins for free.
The plugin can be used to create weird and wonderful blurring effects, totally surreal blurs, paint effects, noise effects and much more.
The sampler plugin also shows many of the vast range of color gradient effects included in the set.
To install the plugin, please add the plug-in to the plugin path of Photoshop or the host application and then access the tool via the filter menu. It will appear under the category for AP.
As mentioned, the plug-in is only for 32bit and PC, it will not work in any 64bit application or on the mac.

Price: $ 4.89 (PayPal / Visa / Amex in Dollars / Euros / GBP / Yen etc. Download)
26 Powerful colorful effects from the developer of the 1000+ plugins series Andrew filters. The plug-in set includes posterization filter, edge plug-in, fuzzy blur plug-in, cutting edge plug-in effect, wavy effect, color effects, inverse effects, random and grains effects, emobss plug-in effect and more.
The volume 1 plug-in set is for PC only (Windows 8, windows 7, windows Vista etc). The plug-in set is for Photoshop CS6 CS5 CS4 CS3 CS2 CS1 7 6 32-bit as well as PSP (PaintShop Pro) and many other applications such as Photo-Paint. This is a powerful collection of amazing plugins.
The plugins include many additional color effects options as well as output options and also effect settings such as using the resulting plugin effect as a source for unique blurs or color effects. Includes millions of combinations of color effect overlays as well.
On buying the volume 1 plug-in set, you receive the download link to the plugins as well as a serial number and installation notes and also a set of presets (you can, of course, just create your own favourite settings).

Price: $ 4.89 (PayPal / Visa / Amex in Dollars / Euros / GBP / Yen etc. Download)
16 Distortion plug-ins and blur plug-ins and threshold plug-ins as well as color and dots and wavy effects filters and more. The plug-ins set includes many different and unique blur effect plugins, psychedelic plug-in, mirror effect plug-in, solarization effect plug-in, rotation and twist plug-in effect, distortion effects, smearing effect plug-in and many more. The plug-ins are in standard 8BF format.
All the plug-ins include 100 output modes such as frames, edges, invert, color modifications and more. The plug-ins also include effects modes where the plug-in effect is channeled into 'blurring' 'smudging' 'paint-like' 'tone' etc effects to create truly wow and unique blurs and color effects. The plugins also all include color tweaking settings where the color channels can be individually tweaked. You can also apply many different color effect and gradient overlays on top of the original effect as well as combine and blend the overlays in many different and unique ways. The plug-ins also include presets which can be saved and recalled as required.
The plug-ins work in most color modes such as RGB, CMYK, LAB, grayscale etc as well as across color channels. You can also use the plug-ins in Photoshop actions as well as Photoshop scripting so you can combine the plug-ins with other sets action-enabled.
If you have any questions about the plug-ins in the volume 2 set, please contact us. On buying the plug-ins set, you receive a download link to the plugins and presets as well as install notes and a serial number for future updates.
The plugins are for PC only, 32 bit. The plug-ins work in Photoshop CS6 - 6 and PSP as well as many other applications such as Photo-Paint.

Price: $ 4.89 (PayPal / Visa / Amex in Dollars / Euros / GBP / Yen etc. Download)
10 Hi-impact digital photographic color effects including grayscale effects (many different B&W settings for stunning images), saturation effects and more. This is a truly wow set of plug-ins for color effects of all kinds, perfect for your photographic work. The plug-ins are for use in Photoshop CS6 - 6 (as well as standalone versions) 32bit PC.
The set includes an inverse plug-in, shake and mix plug-in, framing tool, grayscale plug-in, color mixup plug-in, percent add plugin, gradient combinations plug-in. a noise effect and sharpen plug-in. The plug-ins can be used in 1000s of ways to create the most amazing color effects.
The plug-ins all include output modes where the plug-in effect is inverted, posterized, color modified by the bounds of the color toolbox and much more. The plug-ins also all include effects modes where the plug-in result is channeled into a blur or smear or tone etc effect resulting in unique blurs and more. The plug-in color can also be controlled and modified individually. The plug-in also includes many millions of color overlays that can be randomized used to enhance or give that special glow to any image. You can also use the photographic plug-in effects in Photoshop scripts as well as actions.
PC only 32 bit.
On buying the plug-in set, you receive the download link to the standard 8BF plug-ins as well as install notes and also a serial number for any future updates. Please check out the manual / documentation via the manual link at the top of the page.

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20 Blur and smear themed plug-ins. Inc. cross focus, burnt, emboss, smudge, surreal plugin effects. PC only.
Price: $ 4.89 (PayPal / Visa / Amex in Dollars / Euros / GBP / Yen etc. Download)
18 Noise and random and grain themed plugins combining smear and smudge and blur color effects.
The plugin set includes many output options as well as output effects as well as color overlays to create truly amazing colorful designs in seconds. The plug-ins also all have effects modes where the noise and random grain effects are channeled into a tone or smear or blurring effect and you can use this option to create the most amazing and unique blur effects around. The plug-ins also include a wide range of selection or layer transaprency settings and you can use these with your image layers and layer effects to create unusual and weird bevels and shadow effects. You can save the plug-in effects as presets and re-load at a later point. The noise and grain plug-ins can also be used in Photoshop actions as well as Photoshop scripts.
PC only (Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP etc). The plug-ins are for use in Photoshop (most versions but not 64bit ones) as well as PaintShop Pro, Photo-Paint and countless other PC graphics applications.
On buying the plug-in set, you receive the download link to the plugins set and that includes presets as well as the plugins and also a serial number for any future updates of the set. If you have any questions about the volume 5 plug-in set, please contact us via support@graphicxtras.com.
Plugins video tutorial
Check out the video to see some of the functionality of the plugins on this page. The plugins can be used to create 1000s of effects so no single video could possibly show all the options included in the set. There are just too many features.
How to install Photoshop plugins ?
The plugins come in 8BF format. Place the 8BF files in the plug-in or plugins path of the host application. The plugins are then found in the filters menu.

Plugins for X5 as well as earlier
The plugins work fine also in the latest version of the corel painting application


Blending modes / options
The plugins all include 100 output settings such as invert the image, apply only to the red channel, wrap the color, limit the colors to the current foreground and BG color range, set to difference, darken only, different darken effects, tiling, zapped color effect and many more. Blending modes are like additional filters added to the plugin effect, adding millions and millions of new creative effects to any plugin

Post processing settings
All the plugins include 18 post processing settings such as applying a randomized blend to the end result of the filter effect. The randomized color blends effects and blends can add subtle color changes to any image or text or layer. The color effect combinations can range to millions and millions of unique color effects such as quadrant effects. Alone, the post processing effects are a truly powerful addition to any plugin effects collection.

Settings
The plugin settings can be saved so if you find a really stunning effect, simply click the SAVE. The ini file can then be opened in future and the effect re-applied to a different image.

Photoshop actions
The plug-in effects can be saved as an action so you can use the actions in batch processing / scripting. Combine many of the effects, combine the Andrew's Plugins with native Photoshop effects and save as an action. Re-use the action in future image processing

Effects modes
The plug-ins all include 20 effects modes. Instead of the end result of the plugin being used in the final output, the filter effect is generated as a blur or smear or paint effect or grain effect based on the strength of the filter effect. Use the effects modes to apply totally weird and wonderful unique warping and paint and blur effects to any image.

Color modes - CMYK, RGB
The plug-in set can be used in RGB as well as CMYK and Grayscale and LAB as well as in 16 bits / channel (for many of the features). Change the image mode via the image command in Photoshop from RGB to CMYK and the plugins will still appear enabled in the filters menu, apply your effects in CMYK. You can also go to the channels palette and apply the effects to individual channels

Color settings
The plugin gives you powerful color options to modify the color of each channel individually. If you want the end result of the effect to be redder or greener, simply move the color sliders. The color sliders can also be randomized, giving you millions of possible color outcomes applied to the image

Randomized settings
The plugins all come with a selection of randomization control. The Xtreme control randomized the settings to the extreme, creating literally millions and millions of image effects. The blend control randomizes the blend / output options; the tweak control applies subtle variations of the current settings

Many different powerful settings in all plugins
All the plugins include many different settings. The plugins include dropdown combo boxes to radically alter the functionality of the plugin, settings sliders such as intensity, mixing of image and effect, blurring, quality of effect and more. Enter the settings via the interactive sliders or enter the strength of the effect in the standard text box.

Layers / alpha channel
If you apply the plugin effect on a layer, the alpha channel can also be modified by the plugin effect as well as the image itself. There are many different layer / alpha channel modification settings such as adding the red channel of the effect to the alpha channel, or applying a blend to to the alpha channel, or inversing of the effect, edge settings and many more

Other applications
They work in many different PC software such as PhotoImpact and many other software. Also work on Vista, windows 7 Some functionality might be different in each plugin as each application uses different features and color approaches. I would suggest - check out your application with some of the sampler / demos

Millions of great effects
Each plugin can be used to create awesome effects. The plugins are from the developer of the Andrew's Filters (a 1000+ filters collection). The Andrew's Plugins are a different set of plugins, requiring no additional dlls. Use to create countless stunning visual effects and digital photography effects. Apply to images, text, layers and more. Use to create tiles and more
Color channels
The filters can be used on all RGB channels or they can be used on a single channel. Use the plugin effect on different channels in turn with different settings to create truly unique channel effects and designs. The plugins also come with three sliders to manipulate the color channels, to add more red or more blue or less green.
Digital Photography
The filters all come with modes that can be useful for digital photography such as borders as well as invert, solarization, posterization, saturation as well as tone settings. Use the plugin output and effects modes to tweak an image in 1000s of ways, from the subtle to the extreme
Color modes CMYK and others and plug-in use
The effects can be used in many different color modes and not just RGB. The number of the color modes for the plugins depends on the application and some will only allow access to grayscale and / or CMYK. Photoshop has a number of other color modes such as LAB as well as 16 bit color modes and beyond. The graphicxtras plugins work in most color modes. They will not work in indexed color mode though. I would imagine that only specialized effects will work in that color mode.
Plug-in Previews
All the effects include a large preview screen to show the effect. You can go in and out within limits. The preview in many cases can also be used as an interactive tool to change the settings of some fields, simply click the preview to select the color or change the intensity of an effect (as mentions, varies from plugin to plugin)
Andrew's Filters
The effects are not the Andrew's Filters. I created the Andrew's Filters back in 1995, these plugins are not related other than that I created both sets of plugins. The range of effects in this later series is many 100s of times greater in range and feature than the earlier popular series. Please check out many web sites such as the Steve's Desktop Photography site for a full list of all the plug-ins in the Andrew's Filters collection. I no longer store the filters on the graphicxtras web site
Color from toolbox - plug-in color settings
Many of the filters use the color from the toolbox. If the plugin effect or setting uses the foreground color or BG color of the Photoshop plugin's toolbox then you will see this as indicated in the plugins as BG and FG colors. You can change the color via the standard Photoshop toolbox. Changing the color combinations can radically change some of the effects (there are also millions of possible color combinations!). Most of the blend plugins use the BG and FG color information to create the blend. Some software do not return the color information so in those cases the plugins will only probably use a single pre-defined color.
Recommendations
'Totally fascinated with the graphicxtras plug-ins', 'Use the plug-ins 90% of the time for mixing colors to achieve artistic effects' - Jeff Wietor (www.raincoat.tv) "In the growing market of plugins and filters Andrew's work shines above the mediocrity of mostly uninspired "effects". His work is not only inexhaustible in scope and variety it is original and fresh. Andrew's Filters, settings, do not just blur the distance between plugin effects and art, his work is art. Welcome to the future." Dede Kafka
Plugins - how to install, tutorials, how to use
Quick gif video of the installation of the plugins !
The plugin files are all 8BF files. The 8BF files need to be placed in the plug-ins or plugins path of the host application, the filters will then appear in the filter menu of that application. If INI or ini files are included, they should also be placed in the same path as the plugins
Plug-in Categories
The filters are spread over multiple categories, the plugins appear in the menu of Photoshop® in their overall category, these include things like edge / blur / color .
Filtermeister
All the plugins were created using the excellent plugin development tool, Filtermeister. Please check out the FM plugin details on the filtermeister.com site.
No additional dlls required
Unlike the original FF (Andrew's filters), the Andrew's Plugins series does not need any additional dlls or additional converter tools to use the plugins
Plug-in magazine reviews
Digital Camera Shopper Magazine (UK camera magazine) December 2005 4/5 (value for money 5/5)
The plugins have been reviewed extensively in the past, mainly in the various computer graphics magazines in the UK and also in the US.
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) 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 (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 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).

Plugins install folder for Photoshop 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. 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, 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.

Photoshop ®
Go to 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 might not exactly match the end result.

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