Compiled list of freebies

**Craig1128** · 13 May 2006, 10:13 PM

These are links to plugins, most of which are free (some pages have free ones alongside ones they charge for). These are the result of following many links and doing some searching of my own to come up with free plugins for those of us who want to try something new or who can’t afford to buy everything nice out there! They are in no special order and this list is made from the plugins that I’ve already tried in Xara Xtreme. Enjoy!

Cybia - http://cybia.co.uk/theworks.htm
Mehdi - http://www.mehdiplugins.com/
Redfield - http://www.redfieldplugins.com/index.htm
Flaming Pear - http://www.flamingpear.com/products.html (goodies & freebies)
Xero - http://www.xero-graphics.co.uk/freeware.htm
Harry’s (Plugin Site) - http://thepluginsite.com/products/ha...ters/index.htm
Little Ink Pot - http://www.littleinkpot.co.uk/FreePlugins.htm
Virtual Photographer - http://www.optikvervelabs.com/
DC Filters - http://www.bmath.net/dc/download.htm
AAA Multifilter - http://www.clatfelter.net/8bf/aaa.html (good one, but currently says ‘domain expired’)
Luce - http://amicoperry.altervista.org/luce/main.html
Vanderlee - http://www.vanderlee.com/index.html
Amphisoft - http://photoshop.msk.ru/as/index.html
Vizros - http://www.vizros.com/
Richard Rosenman - http://www.richardrosenman.com/software/downloads/
Red Paw - http://www.redpawmedia.com/
Photo Plugins - http://www.photo-plugins.com/index.p...d=68&Itemid=43
Punkinstuff - http://punkinstuff.tripod.com/fx/fx1.html
Ormente’s - http://morepunkinstuff.tripod.com/fi...e/ormente.html (couldn’t find original site, can load from here)
Various - http://www.heavendreams.de/PSP/plugins.html

(The last link may contain plugins that don't work in Extreme, I just stumbled across it looking for the site to a certain plugin, dsb I think...)

**Craig1128** · 13 May 2006, 11:00 PM

Ok, I couple more I missed...

DSBflux from here http://www.angelfire.com/linux/pip_plugins02/
Vividia from here http://www.cybia.co.uk/finalimpact.htm - this is a freebie in the midst of a plugins that cost, but it's a very good plugin for adjusting color in a photograph, etc.

**Tirade** · 15 May 2006, 05:03 AM

You the man, Craig.

Thanks for these. I will have to sit down tonight and go through em.

~Liam~

**Seagull** · 20 May 2006, 01:41 PM

Hi Craig

Funny thing happened on the way to the forum this morning. Anyway, I went to your last link "heavendreams" and guess what I found, Eye Candy 3 and a free download to boot. I have admired and wanted to buy eye candy for about 7 or 8 years, so I jumped at it. The humour part? Well, when you install eye candy 3, it unlocks eye candy 4000 that came with exteam. That's right children, you get to use all the filters, but with a draw back....when you try to save the effect in Xara, you are told that you can only save three effects, basically the same as now, but not the same effects. You loose the chrome and got marble, etc, etc.

The good side, you can create an effect in eye candy 3, save it to Xara, then try the same effect in eye candy 4000 and while you can't save it you can compare the two. They don't in my books......the results with e.c. 4000 seem far superiour to e.c.3, mind you I was concentrating on fire and chrome, plus you have two extra filters. Seeing the results and seeing how eye candy keeps changing their sites and the program you can download or buy, I finally decided to make the big jump and buy the plug in offered by Xara. Even in Canadian dollars it is still a good deal and for all I know next year it may not be available. Must warn you though. I am running an old 466 celeron under windows 98 with 191 mgs of ram and while the machine is perfect for my needs and will not be replace for some time yet, the filters are very heavy for it. Looking at most the screen shots on the forum it seems everybody else is running newer machines using win x.p. Actually when you download, the specs demand at least a P 2, but I took my chances and if and when I do upgrade I still own Xtreme and the filters so they can be transfered.

By the way, if somebody else does go the same route, you will find that after buying e.c. 4000 you will have to delete e.c. 3 since if you keep both of them, everytime you use version 3 then try 4000, 4000 turned into a demo again, at least on my machine.

**Craig1128** · 20 May 2006, 08:02 PM

Interesting, will have to check it out!

**gracehjs** · 20 May 2006, 08:29 PM

I downloaded the free Eye Candy, but it did not unlock the version that came with Xtreme

**Marje** · 07 July 2006, 12:46 AM

Hello Craig,I'm new here ,I found this site whilst browsing.I saw your list of filter sites and noticed you had a link for the AAA Multi filter which was an expired domain,I have a live link for that filter,here it is
http://www.russadir.net/fil.htm
Regards,Marje

**alanstancliff** · 07 July 2006, 08:32 AM

I hate to be a wet blanket, but some of these seem like free downloads of commercial software.

Regards,

Alan

**Craig1128** · 07 July 2006, 02:10 PM

When I posted this, another person followed up the post with another post that linked to AAA filters, thanks for the update.

Some of the links are to sites that offer some plugins for free and others you have to pay to get. And of course a lot of sites I've seen allow you to download demos so you can try the plugins, which I think is great so you can make sure they work with your program (Xtreme). I've purchased some plugins, but can't afford to purchase hundreds of dollars worth. I use them personally... if I ran or was employed by a business of some kind and made money from work I do (involving plugins), I'd make investments buying several plugins, etc. I think the eye candy plugins look great, but I can't justify the purchase (nor afford it) for myself personally. I realize a lot of people that post in talkgraphics are people who do graphics for a living, but I posted this for people like myself, who use this software personally and for a stepping stone of learning more about graphics, but can't afford to go out and buy the latest and greatest plugins that are offered. That's just where I'm coming from...

**alanstancliff** · 07 July 2006, 06:46 PM

Hi Craig,

I don't wish to cast stones at you. I agree that Eye Candy is expensive, and it is the reason I don't use it personally myself. I also have some disagreements with the way copyright law is used.

I wrote some software that a large corporation used illegally, forcing me to take action to recoup losses. I also compose music and recently released a CD of my compositions that is a fundraiser for the uncompensated care fund for Children's Hospital in Seattle. Although people all over the world have bought copies, many have made illegal copies, depriving desparately ill children of need funds. So I am a bit sensitive about this.

Your list contained many free plugins that are worthwhile, and I myself have used many of them. It's just that when such links are posted here, TalkGraphics itself is put in jeopardy because it must either delete those links or risk being sued. This creates an unfortunate atmosphere in this very friendly and helpful place.

Perhaps you and others will reconsider posting such links in the future.

Regards,

Alan
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