Some are included as presets but you always have the option to adjust each setting to create yet a totally different result. Changing the settingsĮach filter comes with many settings. These are only a handful of filters that you can get and use as is. Many filters will apply different effects to a photo, whether it is changing the colors, the sharpness, etc. They are not separate frames that will have an empty area in the center but will apply distortion to the edges only (maybe you can frame a black image, and turn that into a mask for future use). Other types of frames will actually create a variety of edges. Some distortion effects will modify the shape of the original image to create a unique result. Here are some effects applied to the same starting image: In addition to textures that Filter Forge can create from scratch, it can also apply various effects to an existing image (or use an image to generate something else). If you think that this is a lot, you have not seen half of what it can do. Natural textures might typically require a photo to be used, but Filter Forge can create those textures with an amazing degree of realism.Īnd how about making a cookie, or the image of the moon? No need to take a picture.
Although many of those patterns can be done with only the PaintShop Pro commands and tools, Filter Forge might offer more options or create them faster. It can create organic textures like fur, skin, grass, food texture, etc. It offers a variety of frames that you can then export and reuse over and over. There are Texture filters that can create images to replicate building textures like bricks, tiles, wood, plaster, roofing, and more. At the time of this writing, there are exactly 12,523 filters, mostly user-created and this number increases constantly.
Installing Filter Forge in itself will add a few basic filters but then, on their site, you can browse and download as many as you want.
Once the plugin is installed, it will appear in your Effects menu:įilter Forge offers a wide range of effects, designs, and more. Obviously, you might as well associate it with all your versions if you use them all. It will look for any version of Photoshop or PaintShop Pro you have and offer you the choices.
Through the installation process, you will be asked what program you want it associated with.
You even have a 30-day trial if you want. exe file that you will download and run like many other large plugins. Filter Forge can create various shapes, patterns, textures and photo effects that you can further customize. Interestingly, it works perfectly well with PaintShop Pro also and allows users to use thousands of filters to their image. Filter Forge is a powerful plugin that used to be promoted and advertised as a Photoshop plugin.