{"id":20971,"date":"2015-02-16T04:30:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T12:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=20971"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:27:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:27:05","slug":"25-photoshop-plugins-that-will-blow-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/25-photoshop-plugins-that-will-blow-your-mind","title":{"rendered":"13 Photoshop Extensions and Plugins That Will Blow Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite Adobe Photoshop’s unrivaled feature set<\/a>, everyone has something they wish the software could do (especially web designers<\/a>). Fortunately for Adobe, Photoshop has a rich community of third-party developers on the web that regularly churn out fantastic plugins, extensions, and other tools which add all kinds of functionality for Mac OS and Windows.<\/p>\n

From layer organization to guide control, here are 13 outstanding Adobe Photoshop plugins you should download and install today.<\/p>\n


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<\/span>1. Renamy 3<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Stop getting stuck with boring patterns or having to craft your own. With Super Spray, you can turn any .png images into a spray pattern. All you have to do is import the picture with the plugin.<\/p>\n\n

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<\/span>2. ICO Format<\/span><\/h2>\n

This indispensable (and free) plugin allows you to open and save files in the ico format. Users can design a single icon in sizes ranging from one to 32 bits. What’s more, you can save the finished product in ICO format or PNG (Vista).<\/p>\n\n

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<\/span>3. SpecKing<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Get precise measurements fast. Once installed, SpecKing gives you measurements of each layer with just one click, or if you have multiple objects on a flat layer, you can measure them with a selection tool.<\/p>\n\n

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<\/span>4. The Zeick Photoshop SVG File Formats Export Tool<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

This plugin allows you to quickly export any vector shapes to the SVG file format. You simply target a single layer or any group of layers, hit a button, and you’re ready to go. If you’re looking for a solution to reduce your file’s actual size, we rounded up a great list of tips here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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<\/span>5. Portraiture<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Portraiture boasts best-in-industry skin smoothing algorithms and is a must-have for any professional portrait photographer. It’s hard to find a tool that has such impressive results with such little effort. It’s not cheap, but if you make your living editing photos, it’s definitely worth the expense.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>6. Font Awesome<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Font Awesome is one of the most popular icon fonts on the market and this plugin brings all those awesome icons into an easy-to-access Photoshop panel.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>7. GuideGuide<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

GuideGuide is a fantastic way to quickly create a complex guide arrangement in Adobe Photoshop. Like some of the other panels on this list, Photoshop has added a similar functionality, but this free to download extension does it so much better. <\/p>\n

<\/span>8. Size Marks<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Size Marks is another useful plugin for quickly placing measurement information onto your PSDs. Simply draw a box with the Marquee tool, hit a keyboard shortcut, and you’re done.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>9. PNG Hat<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

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<\/span>10. Random User<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

If you’re a UI designer in Photoshop, you’ve come up against this problem tons of times: you’re designing your app and you need some sample avatars for your comps or ads. With the Random User plugin, great placeholder avatars are a single click away.<\/p>\n

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11. LayerCraft<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

LayerCraft is a great little toolkit for preparing and exporting images from Photoshop. There are a few quick scripts like for trimming and scaling, as well as export options for 1x, 2x, and 3x size graphics.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>12. Velositey<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

This Photoshop extension will cut your time making design mockups and wireframes in half. It comes with loads of UI staples (buttons, sliders, comment boxes, etc.) in a variety of styles and colors. With just a few clicks, you can turn data into a beautiful prototype of an entire web page.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>13. Layrs<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Layrs is a plugin that helps your clean up your messy Photoshop PSDs with seven useful scripts. It was created by Creative Market shop owner Vadim Sherbakov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>What Are Your Favorite Photoshop Extensions?<\/span><\/h2>\n

These 13 Adobe Photoshop plugins should be enough to supercharge your workflow. Head over to this great list of tutorials<\/a> if you want to learn to achieve more with this powerful tool. If we missed your favorite plugin, leave a comment below and let us know.<\/p>\n

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