To download a filter, click at the top right where it says “Filter Library: Download more filters. You have a filter library that you can add to by going online and downloading filters. No, I wasn’t working with an image of a life preserver, that is their standard sample image. The first thing you will notice is the program looks the same whether you use it inside of Photoshop, or as a standalone program Their software is very easy to use, and I’m going to show a couple of examples that work well with Infrared. No, I am not going to show you all of them.
I’m not kidding there are currently 11,422 textures and effects available for Filter Forge, If you spent one minute trying each filter or effect within Filter Forge, you would need to stay at your computer 24 hours a day. There are lots of plugins out there, but I don’t know of any that have as many choices as Filter Forge.
Simply put, Filter Forge is a very high end plugin/filter software for Photoshop that will also function as a standalone program. I started using Filter Forge about 3 yrs ago and just recently they brought out version 5.0. They make my post production quicker, and often create effects I wouldn’t take the time to do manually. I like to use plugins/filters for my digital art I use them all the time.
