photoshop plugins

[playa]

looking for must have photoshop plugins,,,
anyone know a good site with downloads and/or
is anyone willing to share some,,

[NzDesignz]

You can make all the effects without plugins, just use the standard filters.

But if you really think you need the plugins then get
Eyecandy, KPT 4, 5 and 6...

Those are the main ones.

But if you learn photoshop enough you can just make the good effects using the filters nad channels etc.

Good luck

[playa]

well i have used some actions and patterns plugins that helped out alot,,, i am sure there are plenty more that i am missing

[Hypo]

Those plugins are useless. They are ok for eyecandy pruposes, and if you like playing with toys, but you wont find any use for them in real work.

[NzDesignz]

Why dont you just use the filters etc... and learn how to make some cool effects with them?

[Hypo]

I have bought a very few very specific plugins, but you wont find much use for them in web designing. I think photoshop gives you all you need, unless you really like to whizbang your designs, which most buyers probably wont like. It's better you spend money on a digital tablet - that'll help you a lot more.

[Hypo]

And yes, make a lot of actions - anything requiring more than 2 steps and that you seem to use for many of your designs you record an action for it, and assign it a shortcut - will save you a lot of time.

[Hypo]

Take a look at this (not by me!) -

http://www.spiritpower.org/gallery/guitar.htm

No plugins, 3D, clipart - just plain old photoshop power.

[playa]

well i have downloaded these
http://bluedesignstudios.com/tutorials.php

and used an action plugin to place pics on film strip effects,,, which i thought was cool,,,,

i figured there was some more essentials

i just started out using photoshop seriously for like a week now
http://vippussy.com/coriaus/fnp.htm
http://clublezbo.com/galleries/angeline1/fnp.htm
http://clublezbo.com/galleries/ava/fnp.htm

i believe there pretty good for AVS sites at least

[Hypo]

The third one is nice - good color selection. Of course with photoshop you'll only get better.

[SpyCam]

I had a ton of plugins before, but now, for a year, i don't use any plugins anymore, just genuine PS filters that come with the installation.
But plugins are useful for starters to make their creativity better

This is the list of plugins i recommend (i'm not sure if they all are shareware):
1. all KPT (Kai's Power Tools) plugins, i had 2,3,5,6,7 versions
2. Eyecandy
3. Xenofex
4. Alien Skin effects
5. Photographic Edges

these kinda the most expensive ones and my best ones as i remember

http://davinci.ice.org/index-0.html - take a look at the work of this PS guru

cheers

[playa]

hypo is this your site?
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials.htm

i guess i just need to read on more tutorials

thanks spycam for your help,,,