Alexandria, VA, USA (PRWEB) June 3, 2009 Filter Forge, Inc. Today released the Mac OS X version of Filter Forge Freepack 1 - Metals, the first in the series of free Photoshop plugins, and announced the expiration date of the 30% discount on all editions of Filter Forge. After a successful beta test, Filter Forge, Inc. Today released Filter Forge 2.0, an innovative high-end Photoshop plugin. And Mac OS X that allows computer artists to build custom filters which generate and process images. Three popular filters get the author a free copy - but only quality filters count.
Contents.Plugin types Photoshop-compatible plugins fall into several types, distinguishable in (and historically in and earlier) by their filename extensions. The most common are filters (.8bf), which apply changes to images. Import or acquisition (.8ba) and export (.8be) plugins acquire or write image data from or to certain devices, while file format (.8bi) plugins open and save less common image formats (not natively supported by Photoshop).
Automation (.8li or.8ly) plugins repeat or streamline certain tasks, in the manner of Photoshop actions.