With Photoshop you are given a great tool to work with from the moment you open it.* With its*many great tools built in, it makes doing tasks, and jobs more efficent.* There are a few things that are left out though, but luckily there are plugins out there to fill the gap.* So I am going to highlight, what I believe, are a few great plugins for anyone who uses Photoshop professionally, or just for putting crazy things on your friends faces.* So lets get started…



Vertus Fluid Mask



This, by far, is one of the most useful tools out there.* It cuts the time you spend removing backgrounds* (also known as cutting-outs) images in half.* It gives you smart tools to perform the tasks easier than just using the traditonal Photoshop methods.* A great new addition to the Fluid Mask 3 line up is the ability to use a stand alone Fluid Mask program to get your work done.* This means you do not need to have Photoshop open to enjoy the same features.

Intelligent Edge Blending

On edges which are largely free of noise and where there is some contrast between foreground and background, Fluid Mask 3’s intelligent blending is the only blending around to automatically extract the morphology (character) of an edge - remember there is no such thing as a 6 pixel feather on all edges in real life!Use feather blending where there is no contrast or lots of noise in an edge. Fluid Mask 3 will still find the correct edge width.
It does take a little while to get used to the new tools, but in the long run you save time, and money.* You can purchase this for $239 and there is a free 14 day trial avaliable by going here.

OnOne Plugin Suite



With this new suite, you get the Genuine Fractals 5 Print Pro for high-quality enlargements, PhotoTools 1 Professional Edition, Mask Pro 4 for removing backgrounds, PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition for the perfect finishing touch to your photos, PhotoTune 2 for professional quality color correction and FocalPoint 1 for adding selective blur and vignettes to your photos.

This set is set towards those who want to quickly edit photos and get professional photo effects, with the least amount of effort.* You can download a demo by going to their website.

OnOne Plugin Suite