How To Use 3rd-party Plug-ins In Adobe Photoshop?

A plug-in is a software module, which is used with some other applications to enhance the capabilities of that application. Adobe Photoshop comes with pre-installed plug-ins. These plug-ins perform different type of effects on images.

Some 3rd party plug-ins are also available to be used with Adobe Photoshop e.g. Kias Power Tools (KPT), Alien skin Eye Candy 4000 and etc. To use plug-ins in Adobe Photoshop we need to install them in Adobe Photoshop's plug-in directory.

When we install any plug-in it will ask you to give the path (some automatically finds Adobe Photoshop). Select the Adobe Photoshop's plug directory. When Adobe Photoshop will run it will automatically read these plug-ins. These plug-ins will be included in the Filter menu.

To use any plug-in, open the image on which we want to use effects. Then go to menu bar and select Filter and then in the end of this menu list select any of the installed plug-in. The plug-in window will open.

KPT includes Gradient Designer, InterForm, Page Curl, Glass Lens, Tilling and etc.
Eye candy 4000 includes Drip, fire, marble, motion train, smoke and etc.

There are a lot of plug-ins available to be used with Adobe Photoshop. The www.thepluginsite.com/ is a useful resource for plug-ins.

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