Plugin Information

Photoshop Plug-in page

Adobe has several sites for Photoshop plug-ins, including Adobe Xchange , Adobe Store , Adobe PartnerFinder database

The Plug-In Site Free Software

The Plug-In Site Commercial Software

Plugins World

Planet Photo Shop is great for tips, plug-ins, etc.

Free plug-ins (mainly backgrounds and textures) from http://www.newtek.com/freestuff/

Check CNET's site

Plug-Ins.com

Photoshop Support
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tools.html

Free Plug-ins 

These are my favorites:

Free - OptikverveLabs Virtual Photographer plugins

Free - Very nice Xero-graphics Xeroset is here http://www.xero-graphics.co.uk/

Free - Many useful plugins Harry's Filters

Free - Several really nice plugins Mehdi (kaleidoscope for example)

Free- Filter Forge


These are interesting:

Free - Among others in this group is a very flexible and realistic "flood" water effect
http://www.vizros.com/

Free Eye Candy 3 (weave effect among others)
http://pircnet.com/downloads/eyecandyse129win.exe

Free Dreamy Photo plug-in from AutoFX
http://www.autofx.com/freeplugins/dreamyphoto.asp?id=7


These are good too, but not wonderful:

If you use Photoshop CS or higher here's a cool new effect you can install free that simulates rain on a window...
http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=149

4 cool effects for Elements 3 that work like Photoshop CS3
(curves, channel mixer, layer masks, and selective color)
http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html

Flamingpear's free plugins
Ornament, ChromaSolarize, Tachyon, Ghost, Solidify, Vitriol, RGB/HSL, TransLine , Make Cube Tile...
at http://www.flamingpear.com/download.html

Free plug-ins links
http://www.pspug.org/filters/filtersff.shtml

Free plugins listed here
http://www.freephotoshop.com/html/free_plugins.html

Many good plugins listed here
http://www.chezkiki.com/les_filtres.htm

A few good plugins
Redfield

Fantastic Machines Paint Engine - definitely worth playing with!  Has a nice randomizer built in that will provide you with lots more ideas than you can think of on your own.

MuRa's Filter Meister

Edgemaker and free plugins http://download.com.com/3000-2192-10153376.html?tag=lst-0-14

50 demo edges  http://thepluginsite.com/products/efgcd/index.htm

Photo Freebies

Richard Rosenman's free plugins (they're mixed in, scroll down)

Photoshop Support
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tools.html

BW conversion utility you might like
http://www.cybia.co.uk/bwplus.htm



Low Cost Plug-ins

My favorite 7 or 8 (that aren't free)

Tiffen DFX - a very nice plug-in, I've been using it for a couple months (all the digital versions of the screw in filters you might have used years ago and lots more you wouldn't have thought up by yourself)

Imagenomics Noiseware noise reducing plug-in - yup, it works great!

Alien Skin Snap Art

PhotoFrame 3.1
by Ononesoftware (much handier, faster and full featured than AutoFX Photo/Graphic Edges in my opinion)

Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete

Ononesoftware Focal Point

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These are ok, but there are other ways to do the same things basically:

GMX Photo Painter (from Gertrudis)

Virtual Painter 5

PhotoTune Vivid Details 20/20 MD color correction software. 

Aurora 2.0 effects
Comments:  I tried their demo and it seems very hard to adjust.   Might skip this one.

Autofx Photo/Graphic Edges
(clunky user interface in my opinion, but it gets the job done...)

Fred Miranda's Stair Interpolation Pro

Nik Sharpener Pro

Corel KPT Series

Andromeda Scatterlight

Eye Candy 5

Flaming Pear

Handy b/w conversion filter plug-in for Elements and Photoshop http://www.theimagingfactory.com/data/pages/products/products0.htm#cbwp

Extensis

Genuine Fractals

Camerabits:  Quantum Mechanics

Mr Sid plug-in from Lizardtech.com

Actions and Adjustments for Photoshop (these only install in Photoshop, not Elements)

Gavin's b/w actions (very nice effects) - scroll down a little and look for "Free Actions for PC"
http://www.photoeffects.biz/psforumfx.html

ACDSee uses a dynamic crop tool in their editor that is very handy
but www.panosfx.com offers a free "Rule of Thirds Cropping" action
http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=183&Itemid=27

onOneSoftware actions
http://www.ononesoftware.com/photopresets-acr-wow.php

Panosfx has great actions - some free and here is one for
about $12 that creates realistic looking books on a reflective surface
or this free action for making a watch with a picture behind the hands

Free - New PanosFX plug-ins
http://panosfx.com/index.php

http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Actions/Actions.html

http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Actions/VirTERMsFrames.html

http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Actions/ACsAdvancedFrames.html

TheLightsRight.com actions, tools, and effects
http://www.thelightsright.com/photoshop-tools.htm

Tim Grey's workflow action - automatically assembles your levels, curves, color, and burn/dodge layers for you.
Use MS Internet Explorer for this one...
http://www.timgrey.com/Tim%20Grey%20Workflow.atn

3 free actions for Photoshop Elements that are worth trying from www.panosfx.com
Photoalbum:  http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=43

Stamp:  http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=43

PS 7 Bill Richardson's Outdoor Eyes creative actions
http://www.outdooreyes.com/photosection20.php3

Tons of good info from Tom Niemann - Plus free actions for Photoshop (that help you create realistic pen and ink, watercolor, frames, etc.)  (The watercolor action is very good.)
http://epaperpress.com/psphoto/index.html

Try these free Photoshop creative imaging actions (filmstrip templates, album pages, puzzle pieces, video wall, cut up photos, etc.)
http://panosfx.com/index.php

Zuber Photographics additional cool stuff you can install in Photoshop 9-22-2005

Free actions on tons of stuff http://www.photoshopcafe.com/actions_dl.htm

4000 free actions  http://share.studio.adobe.com/Default.asp

The Lights Right  studio has good downloadable actions


Brushes

Major list of free brushes here 6-6-2008
http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/the-ultimate-photoshop-resource-list-part-1-brushes/

You can add great brushes of all types, especially cloud brushes
 that can take your ordinary sky background and make it jazzy -
 look under the left side groups under "clouds"
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/brushes.htm

plus more clouds here

http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/brushes/id/80
http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/brushes/id/39

How to install brushes and patterns
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/tutorials.htm


2-17-2007 Many more brushes
http://getbrushes.com/brushes/photoshop/

Tons of brushes you can search for
http://www.xperimentation.com/vbrush/gosearch/index.html

Painted passion
http://www.painted-passion.org/

Free grunge and art brushes
www.brushfind.com

Free grunge brushes
http://www.jeffsdigital.com/brushes/

More
http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/main.html

This will keep you up all night - cool effects for Photoshop and Elements
This is the plug-in that has Photoshop calendars, papers, and an Impressionistic plug-in subset that is actually very useful (allows you to add brush, paper, color, and special effects).  Note:  several interesting brushes are located in the zipped file under Impressionistic plug-in
http://trimoon.com/html/downloads.html


Textures, Patterns, and Papers

Huge list of patterns and textures 6-6-2008
http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/the-ultimate-photoshop-resource-list-part-2-patterns-textures/

Patterns
How to install brushes and patterns
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/tutorials.htm

Textures
How to make a texture brush
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/tutorials.htm

Don't forget that Elements 6 now has lots of backgrounds, papers, and textures that can be opened and saved as a new jpg or tif master backgrounds.

All graphicdesign.com texture locator

Free photoshop.com textures etc.

Grunge textures
http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/main.html

Tons of textures
http://www.painted-passion.org/



MatWorks! Software
http://www.gt-photography.com/matworks.html

QuickMats3 by John Hartman
http://www.jhartman.com/quickmats/samples.php

Art and Framing FAQ's
http://www.fineart.co.uk/ArtframingFAQ.asp

Poster layered templates

Interesting ideas for layered posters at Coffee Cup web page templates
http://www.coffeecup.com

Fonts

Good font info
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/articles/

Facts about fonts from Microsoft
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA010346601033.aspx

A handy way to view all your fonts
Free and Easy Fonts Viewer

Free fonts
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/

Check out the free signature and creative fonts
http://www.coffeecup.com

Scripts

Photoshop support.com script basics

Russell Brown's scripts

Good tutorials.com script info