Free Photoshop Plug-ins Collection

Photoshop plug-ins are the add-ons that power a Photoshop user.

They make a complicated task much easier & help creating amazing effects, designing faster & better.
There are lots of free Photoshop plug-ins which can fire your skills. This post aims to present  most of them (150+) in a comprehensive way.

How to install Photoshop plug-ins?

Photoshop plug-ins are .8bf files. After downloading a plug-in, simply place it in the presets>plug-ins folder of the Photoshop’s installation folder (creating a folder with a name defining the plug-in & placing the plug-in files inside the folder will make it more organized).

Here they are:

AlphaWorks - Transparency Effects

A free Photoshop plugin for easily removing black or white values and making the region transparent.
It provides 6 different filters to match any photo type.

ColourWorks - Colour Modification

It has 20 effects to modify image colour values in several ways.
The plug-in can be used for digital-photo color correction or any other transformations.

EdgeWorks - Cool Artistic Styles

It has 20 effects to create dramatic edge and colour modifications.
This Photoshop plugin is handy for photo transformations for a highly stylized look & creating interesting texture effects

ScreenWorks

Easily create screen/mesh patterns with 30 options.
In one step, you can add small detailed and repetitive texture overlay effects to areas of your image.