Photoshop Elements /

Plug-ins, Etc. /

1 - Introduction

View the Plug-ins Compatible with Photoshop Elements? Plug-ins: B&W Color Correction Colorization Curves High Dynamic Range (HDR) Lens Distortion Noise Reduction Patterns Panoramic Resampling Sharpening Textures Various Actions

Plug-ins are software that are added to Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

Plug-ins include filters, for example.

Photoshop Elements has many plug-ins already installed.

View the Plug-ins

To look at the plug-ins that are already installed, do the following.

Windows

Go to Help > About Plug‑in, and select a plug-in.

To close the plug-in window, press Esc, Enter, or click on the window.

Mac

Go Photoshop > About Plug‑in, and select a plug-in.

To close the plug-in window, press Esc, Enter, or click on the window.

Compatible with Photoshop Elements?

Most plug-ins and filters are made for Photoshop.

Many of them will work when using Photoshop Elements.

Be sure to check whether a plug-in or filter is compatible with the version of Photoshop Elements that you're using.

To check, look for a compatibility page on the website.

Or, download a demo or trial version, and try it out.

Mac

If you're using a Mac, plug-ins and filters made for earlier operating systems, such as OS 9, may not be compatible with OS X.

They may function if you open Photoshop Elements in the Classic environment.

Photoshop Elements 3.0 & Earlier

Adobe blocked the functionality of many plug-ins and filters in versions after 3.0.

Some people switch to Photoshop Elements 3.0 when they want to use plug-ins and filters that only work with Photoshop Elements 3.0.

Plug-ins

Be sure to check the websites in the Various section for a particular type plug-in, filter, or texture.

Color to B&W

B/Works

Fred Miranda - BW Workflow Pro Windows Mac

Color Correction

Color Corrector

Color Mechanic Knowledge of color spaces helpful

iCorrectPortrait

SkinTune

PhotoKit Color 2 See CC Correction, especially if you're a former color printer in a darkroom

Colorization

AKVIS Coloriage Plug-in

Colorization Using Optimization

Fast Image and Video Colorization using Chrominance Blending

Curves

Curvemeister

High Dynamic Range (HDR)

Photomatix

Lens Distortion

PTLens

Noise Reduction

Helicon Filter Free version available

Neat Image Pro Photoshop, Photoshop Elements

Nik Multimedia's Dfine 1.0 Photoshop, Photoshop Elements

Noise Ninja - PictureCode Stand-alone application

Noiseware Free version available

Patterns

Image * After

Panoramic

Panorama Tools

Resampling

Genuine Fractals

Photozoom

SI Pro 2 Fred Miranda

Stairstep Image Size Free PS/PSE plug-in

QImage

Sharpening

Genuine Fractals

Intellisharpen II Fred Miranda

Nik Sharpener

SizeFixer

Textures

Auto FX Software

Entering a Dream

Image * After

Various

Adobe Exchange - Photoshop Search in the Photoshop category by using the term Elements

Auto FX Software

Dreamy Photo

Mosaic

Filter Forge Make your own filter

Flaming Pear Software

Fluid Mask

Fred Miranda Software Many

FreePhotoshop

theimagingfactory

Little Ink Pot

Mehdi Effects

Mura's Filters

Photo Plug-ins

PluginSite

PluginsWorld.com

Pog's Notes

Red Paw Media

Richard Rosenman

Telegraphics

Vanderlee

virtualPhotographer

Xero Graphics

Actions

Actions may perform like plug-ins.

Go to Actions.

The next section covers the installation of plug-ins and more.

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