Essential Plug-ins?

[alibony]

I just installed PSE7 and can't wait to play. My general question for everyone is:

What would you recommend as essential plug-ins (filters) or actions for PSE?
Especially for a digital scrapper...

Thanks in advance for your lists!

[Erin DigitalPhotosForMoms]

There are great free actions that you can install, made by CoffeeShop, Graficalicus and OptikVerve labs. They should be easy to find on Google, or there are links here on my blog (http://digitalphotographyformoms.net/?p=303).

[Diana]

Hi Alibony,

I have this Vizros set of filters. It was free when I downloaded it, but I see they've added a watermark unless you register it. But, maybe you'll think it's work it - there are several really nice curl effects like page curls, curly ribbons, cylinders, etc:
http://www.vizros.com/gallery.html
Here are some previous threads with discussion on this filter set:
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1356 (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1356)
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2592 (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2592)
(also includes links to some other plugins)
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37350
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=380030
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Some other free plugins I have:
http://www.xero-graphics.co.uk/freeware.htm (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1356)
[URL]http://www.redpawmedia.com/beautifier.html
http://www.indezine.com/products/photoshop/plugin/macpagecurl.html
http://www.fantasticmachines.com/store/index.php?cPath=24
http://www.thepluginsite.com/products/harrysfilters/index.htm
http://www.mehdiplugins.com/english/kaleidoscope.htm (http://www.mehdiplugins.com/english/kaleidoscope.htm)
Also check out the other free plugins available on Mehdi's site.

This should keep you busy for a while.:)

Diana

[TonyW]

Hi Alibony,

I have this Vizros set of filters. It was free when I downloaded it, but I see they've added a watermark unless you register it. But, maybe you'll think it's work it - there are several really nice curl effects like page curls, curly ribbons, cylinders, etc:
http://www.vizros.com/gallery.html
Here are some previous threads with discussion on this filter set:
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1356 (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1356)
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2592 (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2592)
(also includes links to some other plugins)
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37350
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=380030

Some other free plugins I have:
http://www.xero-graphics.co.uk/freeware.htm
http://www.redpawmedia.com/beautifier.html
http://www.indezine.com/products/photoshop/plugin/macpagecurl.html
http://www.fantasticmachines.com/store/index.php?cPath=24
http://www.thepluginsite.com/products/harrysfilters/index.htm
http://www.mehdiplugins.com/english/kaleidoscope.htm (http://www.mehdiplugins.com/english/kaleidoscope.htm)
Also check out the other free plugins available on Mehdi's site.

This should keep you busy for a while.:)

Diana

That's quite a list! And I can think of a few more too. You might never have time to learn how to use PSE7 if you installed all those :D

Tony

[alibony]

Thank you so much, Diana and Erin, for your great suggestions. I also discovered and subscribed to your wonderful blog, Erin. Tony, I'll try to restrain myself and not OD on plug-ins - I've still got a lot of PSE to learn. ;)

Karen