

The Plug-ins folder contains several subfolders for organization (File Formats, Import/Export, etc.), but the plug-ins can go in any of these. The actual Plug-in file typically has an icon with a picture of an electrical plug on it, and it gets installed into Photoshops Plug-ins folder. Photoshop Plug-ins are so ubiquitous that many other programs use the same format, allowing you to use your Photoshop Plug-ins in programs like Macromedia Fireworks, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Photoshop Elements and Image Ready, Deneba Canvas, Corel Photo-Paint and more that I’m probably forgetting. Plug-ins are small programs that will only work within the context of a larger host program like Adobe Photoshop. Splat! is a more recent addition to the family.īut, first a word about Photoshop Plug-ins. Black Box has evolved into Eye Candy, with the latest version being Eye Candy 4000. You may not have heard of Alien Skin, but they have been making cool add-ons for Photoshop since 1994 when they released the first drop shadow filter in their Black Box filter set.

EYE CANDY 4000 PAINT SHOP PRO SKIN
This month Im taking a look at two such plug-in programs for Photoshop: Eye Candy 4000 and Splat!, both from Alien Skin Software. It is mature and robust, does more than most users will ever need, and the wizards at Adobe Systems ( had the foresight to allow third-party developers to add to the program. There are many reasons why Adobe Photoshop is one of the coolest programs around for making and working with graphics.
