Filters for cs6. How to restore missing filters in Photoshop CS6

Note.

Full information about using some filters can be found in other sections. Information about sharpening filters, blur filters, distortion correction filters, shallow depth of field blur filters, "Noise Reduction", Liquify and Perspective Correction can be found with using Adobe Help.

List of filters supporting documents with 16- and 32-bit/channel depth

The following filters support documents with 16- and 32-bit/channel depth:

• All filters of the Blur group (with the exception of Smart Blur)
• All filters in the Distortion group
• Filter Noise > Add Noise
• All filters of the Appearance group
• All filters in the Rendering group (except for the Lighting effects)
• All group filters Sharpening(with the exception of Edge Sharpness)
• The following filters in the group Filters > Styling:
  • Diffusion
  • Embossing
  • Contour tracing
• All filters of the Video group
• All filters in the Filter > Other group

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Filters of the “Simulation” submenu

Filters from the Simulation submenu allow you to achieve painterly and artistic effects for fine art or commercial projects. For example, the Appliqué filter can be used to create collages or to design printed products. These filters imitate natural or traditional design techniques. All filters in the Simulation submenu can be applied using the Filter Gallery.

Colour pencils

Allows you to design an image as if it were drawn with colored pencils on a solid background. In this case, the edges are preserved and take on the appearance of rough shading. Unshaded areas are painted in a solid background color.

Note.

To create a parchment effect, just before applying the Colored Pencils filter to the selected area, change the background color.

Application

Gives the image the appearance as if it were assembled from carelessly cut pieces of colored paper. High-contrast images appear cut out as silhouettes, while color images are created from multiple layers of colored paper.

Dry brush

Paints the edges of an image using a dry brush technique (something between oil and watercolor). This filter simplifies an image by reducing the range of colors within it and creating areas of common color.

Film grain

Applies a uniform pattern to the shadows and midtones. A smoother, richer pattern is added to the lighter areas. This filter allows you to eliminate splitting in transitions and visually combine elements from different sources.

Fresco

Renders the image in a rough style with short, rounded, and hastily applied strokes.

neon light

Adds to objects in an image Various types glow. This filter can be used to tone an image while softening it at the same time. To select a glow color, click the glow box and select a color from the palette.

Oil painting

Outlined edges

This filter allows you to reduce the number of colors in an image (by posterizing it) in accordance with a given posterization option, find corners in the image and draw black lines along them. In the resulting image, large, wide areas become simply shaded, while fine, dark details are distributed throughout the image.

Pastel

Feathering

Softens an image by using short diagonal strokes to smear or blur darker areas. Lighter areas become brighter and lose detail.

Sponge

Creates an image with highly textured areas contrasting colors, simulating the effect of painting with a sponge.

Drawing on the back

This filter creates an image on a textured background and then overlays the final image onto it.

Watercolor

This filter renders an image in the style of a watercolor painting using a medium-sized brush dipped in water and paint, resulting in easier detailing. In areas where the tone changes significantly at the edges, this filter increases color saturation.

Blur filters

Blur filters soften a selection or the entire image and are used during retouching. They smooth out transitions by averaging the characteristics of pixels near the sharp edges of sharp lines and shadowed areas of the image.

Image before applying the Shallow Depth of Field Blur filter (left) and after (right). The background is blurred, but the foreground remains sharp.

Note.

To apply the Blur filter to the edges of a layer, deselect the Keep pixels transparent option in the Layers panel.

Average

Finds the average color of an image or selection, and then fills the image or selection with that color so it appears smooth. For example, if you have a selection of grass, this filter will transform the area into a uniform patch of green.

"Blur" and "Blur +"

Eliminate noise when there are significant color transitions in the image. Blur filters smooth out transitions by averaging the characteristics of pixels near the sharp edges of sharp lines and shadowed areas in an image. The effect of the Blur+ filter is three to four times more pronounced than the Blur filter.

Frame Blur

Blurs an image based on the average color value of neighboring pixels. This filter is designed to create special effects. You can change the size of the area used when calculating the average value for a given pixel (increasing the radius results in more blur).

Gaussian blur

Quickly blurs the selection by a variable amount. Gaussian distribution is the cone-shaped curve that Photoshop calculates when it applies a weighted average to pixels. Applying a filter "Gaussian blur" leads to a decrease in detail and allows you to create the effect of immersion in fog.

Note. When applying the Gaussian Blur, Box Blur, Motion Blur, or Shape Blur filters to a selected area of ​​the image visual effect along the edges of the selected area may be unexpected. This is because such filters use image data that includes data from areas outside the selected area to create new blurred pixels in the selected area. For example, if the selected area is a background that you want to blur while leaving the foreground color clear, the edges of the blurred background area will be colored with the colors present in the foreground color area. As a result, the outline around the base color area will look fuzzy and muddy. To avoid this effect, you should use the Smart Blur or Shallow Depth Blur filters.

Shallow depth of field blur

Blurs an image, creating the effect of reducing the depth of field of an image in space, causing some objects in the image to remain in focus while others are blurred. See Create a blur effect with shallow depth of field.

Motion blur

Performs blur in the specified direction (from -360º to +360º) and with the specified intensity (from 1 to 999). This filter creates an effect similar to taking a photograph of a moving object with a constant exposure time.

Radial Blur

Simulates in-camera blur when zooming or rotating, creating a soft blur effect. To blur along segments of concentric circles, select the Circular option and specify how many degrees to blur. To blur along radial lines, just like scaling, select Linear and specify a value from 1 to 100. Blur quality can be set to Rough (fast but more grainy), Good, or Best. (smoother result). However, the blur quality is no different if the effect is not applied to large selected areas. Determine where the blur starts by dragging the template into the Center box.

Shape Blur

This filter uses the specified kernel for blurring. Select a core from the list of custom shape styles and use the radius slider to adjust its size. It is also possible to load other libraries of standard shapes. To do this, click the inverted triangle and select the desired library from the list. The Radius parameter determines the size of the kernel. The larger the kernel, the greater the blur.

Smart Blur

Allows precise control of image blur. It is possible to specify the radius, threshold and blur quality. The value of the “Radius” parameter determines the size of the area in which the search for pixels with dissimilar characteristics is carried out. The Threshold parameter allows you to specify how dissimilar the pixels to be processed by the filter should be. Also available are “Normal” (the entire selected area), “Edges Only” and “Overlay” (edges of color transitions). Where there is significant contrast, Edges Only mode uses black and white edges, and Blend mode uses white edges.

Surface Blur

Blurs an image while preserving edges. This filter is designed to create special effects and eliminate noise and grain. The Radius option allows you to specify the size of the area to be sampled for blur. The Threshold parameter determines the degree to which the tonal values ​​of neighboring pixels must differ from the center pixel in order for those pixels to be included in the blurring process. Pixels that have differences in tonal gradation values ​​less than the Threshold value are excluded from blurring.

Filters in the Brush Stroke submenu

Like the Fake submenu filters, the Brush Stroke submenu filters let you achieve a variety of painterly and artistic effects using brushes and strokes of paint. Individual filters of this type allow you to enhance edge detail, add grain, paint, noise or texture. All filters in the Brush Stroke submenu can be applied using the Filter Gallery.

Emphasis on the edges

Emphasizes the edges of the image. When the edge brightness control is set to a high value, the highlighted details in the image resemble those drawn with white chalk. If the value is set to low, then they resemble those painted with black paint.

Oblique strokes

Redraws the image with diagonal strokes. In this case, strokes going in opposite directions are used for lighter and darker areas.

Cross strokes

Preserves the detail and character of the original image while adding texture and roughening the edges of painted areas to simulate pencil shading. The Intensity parameter (with values ​​from 1 to 3) determines the number of hatching passes.

Dark touches

Fills dark areas with short, dense, dark strokes and lighter areas with long, white strokes.

Stroke

Redraws the image using thin, narrow lines drawn from the details of the original image, in the style of a pen drawing.

splashing

Reproduces the airbrush effect. The higher the parameter values, the simpler the overall effect looks.

Airbrush

Redraws an image with slanted, diffuse strokes using its dominant colors.

Sumi-e

Draws a Japanese-style image by running a fully ink-soaked brush over rice paper. The Sumi-e filter creates soft, blurred edges with rich, colorful shades of black.

Filters of the “Distortion” submenu

Filters in the Distort submenu geometrically distort an image, creating 3D or other shape-shifting effects. It should be noted that these filters may require a lot of random access memory. The Diffuse Glow, Glass, and Ocean Waves filters can be applied through the Filter Gallery.

Diffuse glow

After processing with this filter, the image appears as if through a soft diffusion filter. This adds transparent white noise with a glow that gradually weakens as you move away from the center of the selected area.

Bias

To determine the distortion of the selected area, an image called curvature pattern. For example, if you use a parabola-shaped curvature pattern, you can create an image that appears to be printed on fabric stretched at the corners.

Glass

The image appears as if viewed through different kinds glass To simulate a glass surface, use the “Glass” effect, which can be selected from the list of available ones or created in a separate Photoshop file. It is possible to change the values ​​of the scaling, distortion and smoothness parameters. Follow the directions for the Offset filter when applying surface controls to a file.

Ocean waves

Creates random ripples on the surface of an image so that it appears to be underwater.

Distortion

Compresses the selected area. With a positive value (up to 100%), the selected area shifts towards its center, with a negative value (up to -100%) - away from the center.

Polar coordinates

Transforms the selected area, recalculating coordinates from rectangular to polar and vice versa, according to the selected parameters. This filter can be used to create cylindrical anamorphosis (an artistic technique popular in the 18th century), in which distorted image appears normal when viewed in a mirror cylinder.

Ripple

Creates a wavy pattern on the selected area, reminiscent of ripples on the surface of a pond. If you need more control over the result, use the Wave filter. The options allow you to adjust the number and size of the ripple waves.

Curvature

Distorts the image along a curve. Drag a line into the field to define a curve. You can adjust the position of any point on this curve. To turn the curve into a straight line, click the Default button. In addition, the filter allows you to determine how undistorted areas are processed.

Spherization

Gives objects the appearance of three-dimensional shapes by wrapping a selection around a spherical shape, distorting the image and stretching it to fit the selected curve.

Twisting

Produces a sharper rotation in the center of the selected area than at the periphery. Specifying an angle creates a twist shape.

Wave

Works basically the same as the Ripple filter, but provides more control. Parameters: number of wave generators, wavelength (distance from one wave crest to another), height and type of wave: “Sine” (rolling), “Triangular” or “Square”. The "Other Option" option allows you to apply random values. It is possible to identify areas that are not subject to distortion.

Zigzag

Radially distorts the selected area depending on the radius of the pixels in it. The Folds parameter determines the number of direction changes in a zigzag running from the center of the selected area to its periphery. You can also specify how you want the pixels to be shifted: Water Circles shifts pixels toward the top left or bottom right, Center shifts toward or away from the center of the selection, and Around Center shifts pixels in concentric circles around the center.

Filters submenu “Noise”

Noise submenu filters add or remove noise or pixels with randomly distributed color levels. This allows you to make the selected area indistinguishable from surrounding pixels. Noise filters give you the ability to create unusual textures or remove problem areas (such as dust and scratches).

Add noise

Applies randomly selected pixels to an image, simulating the effect of shooting on high-speed film. This filter can also be used to reduce highlight banding and gradation, or to add more realism to heavily retouched areas. Noise distribution options include Uniform and Gaussian. The Uniform option distributes color noise color codes using random numbers ranging from 0 to a specified value, counted in a positive or negative direction, resulting in a subtle transition effect. The Gaussian option distributes color noise color codes along a cone-shaped curve, creating a mottled effect. The Monochrome option allows you to apply the filter only to the tonal elements of the image, without changing its color.

Retouch

Detects edges (areas where there are significant color changes) in an image and blurs the entire selected area except those edges. As a result of this blurring, noise is removed while details are preserved.

Dust and scratches

Median

Reduces noise in an image by blending the brightness values ​​of pixels within a selected area. This filter searches a selected area within a specified radius for pixels that have similar brightness values ​​(ignoring pixels that are too different from adjacent ones), after which the brightness value of the central pixel is replaced by the average brightness value of the pixels detected as a result of the search . This filter can be used to eliminate or reduce the effect of motion in an image.

Filters of the “Design” submenu

Filters in the Appearance submenu sharpen the selected area by grouping pixels with similar color values ​​into cells.

Colored halftones

Simulates the effect of applying an enlarged halftone screen to each of the image channels. In each channel, the filter divides the image into rectangular areas and replaces each rectangle with a circle whose size is proportional to the brightness of the rectangle. See Apply the Color Halftone filter.

Crystallization

Groups pixels into a solid tone that is shaped like a polygon.

Facet

Groups pixels with solid or similar colors into blocks of similar colors. This filter allows you to make a scanned image look like it was drawn by hand, or transform a realistic image into an abstract painting.

Fragment

Creates four copies of pixels in the selected area, averages them, and then shifts them relative to each other.

Mezzotint

Turns an image into a chaotic pattern of black and white areas, and turns a color image into a pattern of fully saturated colors. To use this filter, in the Mezzotint dialog box, select Raster from the Type menu.

Mosaic

Groups pixels into square blocks. In each block, all pixels have the same color, and the color of the block represents the colors of the selected area.

Pointillism

Breaks up the color in an image into randomly located dots, as in pointillist painting. In this case, the space between the dots is filled with the background color.

Rendering submenu filters

Filters in the Rendering submenu allow you to create three-dimensional shapes, clouds, refraction, and simulate light reflections in your image. It also provides the ability to manipulate objects in 3D space, creating 3D objects (cubes, spheres and cylinders) and texture fills from grayscale image files to implement volumetric lighting effects.

Clouds

Creates a soft cloudy texture using random colors that are selected in the range between the main and background colors. To create sharper clouds, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) when choosing Filter > Render > Clouds. Applying this filter replaces the image data in the active layer.

Clouds with overlay

This cloud filter uses random values ​​that vary between the foreground and background colors. This filter blends cloud data with existing pixels in the same way that Difference mode blends colors. The first time you select this filter, portions of the image in the cloud pattern are inverted. Repeated application of the filter creates patterns of branches and veins that resemble the texture of marble. Applying the Clouds Overlay filter replaces the image data in the active layer.

Fibers

Using the main and background colors, it creates the appearance of woven fibers. Use the Variation slider to control how colors change (small values ​​produce long streaks of color; larger values ​​produce short fibers with a more variable color distribution). The Intensity slider controls the appearance of each fiber. At low values ​​of this parameter, a loose weave is formed; at large values, short, matted fibers are formed. Click the "Randomize" button to change the appearance of the pattern (you can click this button many times until a pattern you like appears). Applying the Fibers filter replaces the image data in the active layer.

Note.

To color the fibers, you can try adding a gradient map adjustment layer.

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Lighting effects

Allows you to create different lighting effects on RGB images by combining 17 styles, three types and four sets of lighting properties. It is also possible to create volumetric effects by using textures obtained from grayscale image files (they are called relief maps), and save your own styles for use in other images. See Adding lighting effects.

Note. Lighting effects are not available on 64-bit versions of Mac OS.

Filters submenu “Sharpening”

Filters in the Sharpen submenu help bring blurry images into focus by increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels.

"Sharpening" and "Sharpness+"

Improves focus and clarity of the selected area. The Sharpen+ filter provides greater sharpening than the Sharpen filter.

Edge Sharpening and Mask Masking

Finds areas in an image with significant color changes and sharpens them. The Edge Sharpening filter sharpens only the edges, keeping the rest of the image smooth. This filter is used to sharpen edges without specifying any quantitative parameters. For professional color grading, use the Sharpen Mask filter, which allows you to adjust the contrast of edges by drawing lighter and darker lines on either side of them. As a result, the edges become more pronounced, giving the illusion of increased image clarity.

Smart Sharpen

It sharpens the image, allowing you to set the algorithm and control its degree in highlighted and shaded areas. This is the preferred method for sharpening unless a specific filter is used to sharpen the image. See Sharpening using Smart Sharpening.

Photoshop's advanced Smart Sharpening filter delivers high-quality results using adaptive sharpening technology that minimizes noise and fringing at the edges of the image. An enhanced filter interface provides optimized control over targeted sharpening. Sliders are used for quick adjustments, and additional elements controls - for more precise correction of the result.

The Smart Sharpen filter in Photoshop supports color scheme CMYK. In addition, sharpening is available in selected channels. For example, you can sharpen only the blue, green, or alpha channel.

Advanced Smart Sharpen filter interface

It is recommended to sharpen images in Photoshop as follows:

1. First, set the Effect parameter to high.
2. Increase the Radius value until the edges of the image appear outlined.
3. Reduce the value of the Radius parameter until the stroke disappears. This way you will achieve the optimal value for the Radius parameter.
4. Now reduce the Effect value to the desired value.
5. Adjust the Reduce Noise slider so that the noise level in the image remains the same as it was before you started sharpening. Reducing noise too much may cause the image to appear unrealistic. The higher the value in the Effect parameter, the greater the value you need to set for the Reduce Noise parameter.

Filters of the Sketch submenu

Filters in the Sketch submenu allow you to add texture to your images, often resulting in a 3D effect. These filters also allow you to create images that look like drawings or works of art. Many Sketch submenu filters use foreground and background colors to redraw an image. All filters in the Sketch submenu can be applied using the Filter Gallery.

Relief

Transforms the image in such a way that it appears to be carved in the form of a bas-relief with lighting emphasizing the texture of the surface. Dark areas of the image are colored as the foreground color, and light areas as the background color.

Chalk and coal

Redraws highlights and midtones as solids gray background medium tone as if drawn with rough chalk. The shadows are replaced by black diagonal lines drawn in charcoal. Charcoal drawing uses a base color, while chalk drawing uses a background color.

Coal

Creates the effect of a posterized, blurry image. The main edges are drawn boldly, and the midtones are sketched with diagonal shading. Coal is drawn as the main color, and paper as the background color.

Chromium

As a result of applying this filter, the image takes on the appearance of a polished chrome surface. Light areas protrude outward, and dark areas hide in the depths of the reflective surface. After applying the filter, increase the contrast of the image in the Levels dialog box.

"Magic Pencil"

Reproduces the texture of deep dark and pure white pencils in an image. This filter uses the foreground color for dark areas and the background color for light areas. To get a more pronounced effect, before applying the filter, replace the image color with one of the usual colors of the magic pencil (black, bright brown, dark red). To create a muted effect, replace the background color with white, add some of the base color to the white background, and then apply a filter.

Mascara

Apply thin, linear ink strokes to convey details of the original image. The resulting effect becomes especially expressive when processing scanned images. The filter replaces the color of the original image, using the foreground color for paint and the background color for paper.

Halftone pattern

Simulates the effect of a halftone screen while maintaining a continuous range of tones.

Postal paper

Creates an image that appears to be made from paper self made. This filter simplifies an image and combines the effects of the Texture > Grain and Stylize > Emboss filters. Dark areas of the image appear as holes in the top layer of paper, revealing the background color underneath.

Photocopy

Simulates the effect of photocopying an image. Typically, large dark areas are copied only along their edges, and midtones are converted to either solid black or solid white.

Gypsum

The image is formed in the form of a three-dimensional plaster cast, and then the resulting result is colored using the main and background colors. Dark areas become convex, and light areas become depressed.

Reticulation

Simulates the controlled compression and distortion of a film emulsion, causing the image to appear creased in dark areas and slightly grainy in highlights.

Linocut

Simplifies an image so that it appears to have been created using a rubber or wood stamp. This filter is best used with black and white images.

Photoshop's built-in filters are quite good, but many users prefer to diversify standard features unique filters from third-party manufacturers. Many interesting effects are paid, but there are also a huge number of free filters that can add uniqueness to even the least successful photo. Here are the best Photoshop filters that you can use completely free.

Glitch

Glitch - an unusual and stylish filter that overlays a photo with a recognizable effect of colored interference from an old VHS tape. The filter will certainly be of interest to lovers of retro photography and video films of the 80s. On the filter download page you will find detailed video instructions for its use. We also recommend that you familiarize yourself with the site; there are many more interesting and free things on it.

Weekend B/W

Fans of black-and-white portrait photography know that a programmatically desaturated color photo is very different from photos originally taken on black-and-white film. Filter Weekend B/W imitates precisely such highly artistic photographs. The effect works with the latest version of Photoshop CS6 or Creative Cloud (CC).

Halftone Photo Effect

Halftone Photo Effect Filter allows you to stylize a photo so that it looks like a raster printing product. Overall, if you want your photo to look like a page from a comic book, be sure to try out this unusual filter. It works with Photoshop versions CS3-CS6 and CC.

Free Vintage Retro Circle Effect not only makes the photograph black and white, but imitates the style of an old engraving. The filter works with versions of Photoshop CS3-CS6 and CC.

Old Film

Cold Nightmare

Cold Nightmare - another filter with a self-explanatory name. Even neutral photographs after processing with this filter begin to look alarming and frightening. Edges become sharper, shadows become darker, and colors become cooler. The filter is compatible with Photoshop CS3-CS6 and Photoshop CC.

Silver

Silver - another good filter for lovers of black and white photography. If Weekend B/W is good for processing portraits, then Silver makes any photo look like a still from an old black and white movie. It is compatible with Photoshop versions CS4-CS6 and CC, as well as Photoshop Elements 11 and newer.

Lomo

Lomo filter can be called the antipode of the aforementioned Cold Nightmare. It adds softness and warm tones to your photos. Interestingly, the filter imitates photographs taken with an old Soviet LOMO Kompakt-Avtomat camera. The filter is compatible with Photoshop versions CS4-CS6 and CC.

Vintage Light Leak

There was a time when partial film exposure was considered a gross defect. But today, when digital cameras No longer aware of the problem of light exposure, people are starting to miss partially ruined photographs. Vintage Light Leak adjusts the color scheme and also adds the effect of exposed film to the photo. The filter is compatible with Photoshop CS4-CS6 and CC.

Desert Dust

Desert Dust adds a desert heat effect to the photo. You could see a similar color scheme in Hollywood films about Texas or Mexico. Overall, use this filter if you want to add a bit of western to your photo.

Blue Evening

Blue Evening transforms the gamma of the photo, making the frame bluer. According to the authors, the filter is well suited for photographs taken outdoors. It is compatible with Photoshop CS4-CS6 and CC, and there is also a version for Photoshop Elements 11.

Summer Haze

Summer Haze - another good filter for street photos. Portraits taken in natural summer light look especially good in its processing. The filter is compatible with versions of Photoshop CS4-CS6 and CC.

Google Nik Collection

Google Nik Collection - a whole set of great tools. Previously, it was sold for a lot of money, but not so long ago the rights to it were bought Google company, and then placed the entire collection in open access. Unlike most of the above filters, which must be applied through the action window, Nik Collection plugins are integrated directly into Photoshop and significantly expand the program's tools. The collection is a must-try for anyone who has anything to do with photography.

Various tools are used to process images and correct them. Let's look at how to install a filter in Photoshop that helps you change photos, add various effects, and improve the picture.

Filters are essentially pre-made changes that are applied to photographs when working in Adobe Photoshop. The standard set includes various photo processing capabilities: from slight sharpening to special distortions. They are used depending on the task set by the image processor, expanding the capabilities of the graphics editor.

Functions

These tools perform a variety of tasks:

• cleaning, retouching images;
• a wide variety of special effects;
• transformations with distortion effects.

They are applied to the whole layer or to a selected part. Some functions are performed immediately when you apply an option, for others you need to select options in the dialog box that appears, usually by moving a slider.

Where are they located

Not all users know what plugins are available to them or where filters are located in Photoshop, so they don’t use them. At the same time, some versions of the program may not have the options you are familiar with. Then the question arises, how to add a filter to Photoshop. Let's look at these questions in order.

Go to the Filter tab on the top panel. There you will see installed standard plugins, grouped by the type of effect they perform.

If standard functions and effects are not enough for you, you can find and additionally install others.

Type in a search engine a request for free filters on Photoshop. You will be given a choice of sites where you can get acquainted with the characteristics of the effects added to the pictures. Choose the one that suits you, download it to your computer.

Special discs with various additions are sold in stores.

There are portals on the Internet that offer add-ons for the graphics editor. For example, on the portal www.adobe.com you will find paid and free add-ons and extensions for products of this brand.

Installing Extract on CS6

Let's look at how to install a CS6-based filter. This version does not have Extract, so we are solving the question of how to install filters in Photoshop CS6.

Find Extract and download it from any of the resources. Open the archive containing the saved file (archive). Further installation will depend on the file format, there are two ways:

1. If the file has the extension ".exe", then it is executable, just double-click to run it.
2. If the extension is “.8bf”, then you need to manually add it to the desired folder where others are already installed files. This is done like this:
   • Copy the file from the archive the required version: 32 or 64 - to the clipboard.
   • Go to “My Computer” - “ Local disk C" - "Program Files", there go to the folder with installed program Adobe. Accordingly, there is a folder “ Adobe Photoshop CS6" with our program.
   • Next, go to the “Required” folder, then to “Plug-Ins”, here are the plugins. Find the “Filters” folder. We paste our copied file into it.

The filter will appear in the general section of Photoshop CS6. Restart the program after installation, and use the installed tool in your work on Photoshop.

Also, let's say I want to apply it as a smart filter, which will make the filter action fully editable in case I want to change it later. To do this, first I need to convert the image layer into a smart object (more details), after which the corresponding icon will appear in the lower right corner of the layer thumbnail:

Now I need to apply the Cutout filter itself. In versions CS5 and below, I would just need to go to the main menu tab Filter --> Imitation (Filter --> Artistic) and select the appropriate item, but in CS6 in the Filter menu the group Imitation (Artistic) is simply missing, so I need to go through by Filter --> Filter Gallery (Filter --> Filter Gallery) and in the dialog box that opens, select the Imitation tab (Artistic), and in it already “Application” (Cutout):

But now a problem has arisen. Typically, when we apply filters as Smart Filters, the name of each individual filter applied appears below the Smart Object in the Layers panel. If we later needed to go back and edit the filter settings, we simply double-click on the name of a specific filter. But in the case of Photoshop CS6, there is a slight difficulty. Any filters that we only access from the Filter Gallery (as they are no longer available to us from the Filter menu) are not identified by their actual name. Instead, they all go under the umbrella title "Filter Gallery", which doesn't tell us which filter was actually used:

This can also be good in a case like this, where I only have one filter applied, since I can remember its name quite easily. But what happens if I apply several smart filters from the Gallery? For example, I have now applied Spatter from the Brush Strokes group and Diffuse Glow from the Distort group. Since they were only accessible from the Gallery, they are all labeled "Filter Gallery" in the Layers palette, which makes it a little tricky to tell which is which:

Restoring missing filters in the Filter menu

This, of course, is not a huge problem, but it can potentially slow down your workflow significantly. Luckily, Adobe realized this and included an option to revert the Filter menu back to how it used to be in versions prior to Photoshop CS6. This option is located on the Edit tab --> Settings --> External modules (Edit --> Preferences --> Plug-Ins). In the dialog box, check the box next to "Show all Filter Gallery groups and names", then click OK and restart Photoshop:

And now, after restarting Photoshop CS6, we see that all the previously missing filters have become available through the "Filter" menu:

Let's reopen the photo, convert it into a smart object, and apply the filters we applied last time:

Like last time, the names of the smart filters applied to it appeared in the layers panel under the smart object, but this time we see one significant difference.

And again, because I was able to select these filters directly from the Filter menu this time, not from the Filter Gallery, Photoshop lists them based on their actual filter names under the Smart Object. If I want to change the settings for any of the filters by double-clicking on its name, or re-set the order in which the filters are applied to an image by dragging one above or below the other, I no longer have to guess which Filter is which:

Now each of them is displayed under its own name, and not under the general “Filter Gallery”.

So, the objectives have been achieved.

You just have to keep in mind that even now, if you apply smart filters not from the “Filter” menu, but from the “Gallery”, they will appear in the layers palette under the general name “Filter Gallery”.

Community Photoshop, which includes a huge amount of resources, training, tips and methods, .psd files and even Actions, resembles something like a box of good chocolates. But there is one area in which all this is so lacking, namely - free plugins and filters. Of course, Photoshop for a long time was best example in development graphic editors, and with each new version(most latest version CS4) an endless number of features and add-ons were added to the program. As a result, it has become likely that the need for additional free plugins is no longer as strong as before. Or did they just stop paying attention to it?

Standard Photoshop plugins are best friends amateur photographers: take a couple of photos, launch Photoshop, add a few filters, and voila, you have a fairly professional photo. Professional photographers use plugins as a basis and only then adjust and add filters in order to emphasize their own professional nature of the photo. Plugins are essentially a very important link that doesn't get enough attention - which brings us back to our initial puzzle of why there are so few free plugins and filters? Do you know the answer to this question? We don't.

In this article you will find several free plugins offered to you, they are very old, but there is no need to be scared - they will work perfectly on all versions of Photoshop, and the effect they achieve is as popular as when they were developed. If you've spent a lot of time looking for simple and convenient way applying effects to your images - then this article is just for you.

3D Shadow

With this handy plugin you can easily create 3D shadows of various objects (Letters, numbers, shapes, etc.). All settings for transparency level, perspective, shadow colors and positions, XYZ directions and many others are placed in one convenient window.
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AAA Buzzer

AAA Buzzer simplifies your image while keeping edges sharp. It works quickly or slowly, depending on the parameters set.
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Absolute Color

Absolute Color is a palette of shades in the form of a circle, divided into 6 parts of 60 degrees. Select any color segment and it will limit the image's hue to that color.
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B/W Conversion

Plugin for converting images to B/W. It gives you full control over red, yellow, green, cyan, cyan and magenta, and the tonalities in between. The user can increase the supply of each color or reduce everything to white or black without affecting the other colors at all.
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Bad Dream

Bad Dream gives you the ability to create color solutions that would normally take hours to achieve. In addition, it is possible to add a soft and hazy effect. The end result can be very satisfying.
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Bas-Relief

The filter transforms the image as if it were carved in bas-relief. This effect is achieved by installing certain lighting to emphasize the surface relief. You can make the image look like aluminum foil, forged metal or edged stone. The plugin can also convert a photo into a pencil sketch.
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Camouflage

This plugin allows you to create types of colors like army camouflage, or animal skins. This plugin creates solid images, which means you can use them as textures for 3D models or as background images on website pages. You can also use them as a pattern for clothing.
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Caravaggio

With this plugin you can get the effect of oil paints. There are only 4 sliders in the plugin management window: Creativity, Exuberance, Attentiveness and something like Moodswing.
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Chalkaholic

Chalkaholic creates a chalk or charcoal effect with a distinct artistic style. This makes it possible to create unique artistic implementations. This plugin will be an important addition to any artist's collection.
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Circle to Square

With this plugin you can turn any circle into a square.
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Cloud 2.2

With this plugin you can create seamless images, like clouds in pictures. You'll be able to control the levels of blur, edges, and lighting tones.
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Color MegaMix

Color MegaMix easily changes the colors of any image. The control consists of 2 columns of colors: 8 initial colors and 8 those to which the original color needs to be converted. Taking into account the entered data, the plugin completely converts the entire original color of the image to the one you specify.
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Color Replacer

This filter functions as a color substitute. This function similar to the standard Replace Color command in Photoshop. However, this plugin is more flexible in use, since you can separately select the original color and also specify the color to which you want to convert the original. Moreover, using this filter, you can fill gray areas of the image with an arbitrary color, which can serve to restore color in overexposed areas of the image.
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ColorWorks

This plugin comes complete with 20 effects for editing the color value of images using various methods. You can use it to skillfully touch up your digital photos, or experiment with the larger transformations possible. All effects are fairly standard, but they can be useful when regular use.
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Contrast Balance

Contrast Balance enhances the capabilities of the standard luminosity/contrast filter and divides it into 4 constant/contrast parts using these 4 ratios: white-black, red-cyan, green-magenta, cyan-yellow.
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Contrast Mask

This plugin uses a contrast mask to reduce the overall contrast of an image while bringing out details in both bright and dark areas.
The black and white negative of the image is blurred (the blur radius is controlled by the slider) to avoid sharp edges, and then covered with the original image, darkening the light areas and brightening the dark ones. The density level of the surface layer is adjusted with the “Strength” slider.
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Craquelure 3D

A filter with which you can create a wide range of effects of varnish cracked by age, which is extremely useful in creating various abstract textures, decorative surfaces and building materials. You can manipulate two separate layers of crackled effects to achieve a huge variety of textural effects, from etched metal and silk to fused glass and water ripples.
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Curves Plugin

This plugin can implement 8 predefined and interesting “curves” inside your image. The plugin's interface displays several previews of curves - choose one and you'll be impressed by how it will affect your image.
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DepthDither

DepthDither uses 3 ways to give your image a look that creates a continuous effect if the color is below 24-bit. Just like Photoshop, it offers a choice of diffusion and options for applying noise to textures. You can also specify a color depth level, such as 2 bits, 4 bits, and so on up to 18 bits - this is the main difference from Photoshop. The most latest version Photoshop gives you up to 256 color modes to choose from.
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Digitization

This plugin was developed to digitize position data on large images. By clicking on the information received, you save the coordinates in text file(CSV). These coordinates can be used for further analysis. The picture below shows an example of an analysis based on information obtained using this plugin.
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Dreamy Photo

Dreamy Photo gives your photos a soft, romantic feel. This effect is indispensable for enhancing regular photographs, digital camera shots, and indeed any image that you would like to add a feeling of warmth.
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Edges Fx

This plugin is used primarily to define a precise contour algorithm for applying the following effects: Colorize, Erode/Dilate, Sat Boost and Sketch.
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EdgeWorks

This plugin comes with 20 effects for performing serious contour and color modifications. It is best to use this plugin when experimenting to improve the stylistic appearance photographs. Also interesting to use when creating texture effects.