Adobe Photoshop is the program when it comes to image editing and manipulation. Photoshop comes with a wide selection of tools to do almost anything you can imagine, and with these tools it can do even more.

I’ve scoured the web looking for the 73 best tools to extend the stock toolset and Turbocharge your Photoshop.

Brushes

Brushes are a very important part of Photoshop. Changing your brushes can completely change the style of the image you are working on. Use these links to find your artistic voice.

1. Free Brushes at Brusheezy!
   This site has a very large collection of high quality brushes.
   
2. PS Brushes.net - Photoshop Brushes
   This site currently has 511 quality brushes of all varieties.
   
3. Getbrushes.com - 150+ High Quality Brushes
   Like the name implies, get all your photoshop brushes here.
   
4. Designfruit » Photosho Brushes
   Amazing photoshop brushes made by Design Fruit. All the brushes are also available for purchase as vectors.
   
5. Photoshop Support - Photoshop Brushes
   A mix of swriling and stylish brushes.
   
6. 500ml Brushes
   56 varieties of vintage style brushes.
7. No.15011987 » resources
   Very high quality brushes for Photoshop CS2 and higher. Available for both personal and commercial work.
8. In Obscuro | Adobe Photosho Brushes
   Over 150 brushes including paper texters and lace.
9. Photoshop Brushes on deviantART
   This is probably one of the largest and most varied collection of Photoshop brushes on the web.
10. Top Brushes - May ‘06 to May ‘07
    A bitorrent of nearly 1000 brushes.
11. hawksmont Universe » Photoshop Brushes
    Very high quality brush sets from hawksmont Universe.
12. r0man.de - Brushes
    Good quality “light” brushes for making stylish designs in headers and backgrounds.
13. Simple Grafix: Photoshop Resources
    200+ free brushes in a variety of patterns and shapes.
14. toastsnatcher : free photoshop brushes
    A girl who makes brushes for you to download for free.
15. Celestial Star | Brushes for Photoshop
    8 pages of brushes ranging from Grunge to Star Trails.
16. 22Pixels | Full Brush Packs for Photoshop
    A collection of brushes 22Pixels.
17. BittBox | Free Watercolor Photoshop Brushes
    Insanely high resolution watercolor Photoshop brushes.
18. Obsidian Dawn: Photoshop Brushes
    Obsidian Dawn brings us another collection of brushes.
19. Blinding Light - Download PS Brushes
    Another large sampling of brushes, mostly swirly style.
20. jeffsdigital.com - Photoshop Brushes
    5 sets of Photoshop brushes from jeffsdigital.com.

Plugins

Plugins for Photoshop come in a wide variety. Some can change the color temperature of an image while others can automate a process for you. Save yourself some time using these plugins.

21. Telegraphics - Free Plugins For Photoshop & Illustrator
    Free plugins that mostly add support for file extensions.
    
22. The Plugin Site - Free Plugins
    A ton of free plugins for both Windows and Mac. The author gives a rating to each one based on usefulness.
    
23. Photoshop Filters / Plugins - VersionTracker
    This website keeps track of the latest updates for programs on the internet. This section has 278 pages of plugins.
    
24. PluginsWorld.com - Adobe Photoshop
    A mixture of freeware, shareware and paid plguins. Mostly free though.
    
25. PixelNovel - flickr
    This plugin allows you to open an image, edit it and uploat it to your flickr account without ever having to save the image. This plugin is only available for Mac OS X.
    
26. Mehdi - Free Photoshop Plugins
    More free plugins that should be compatible with Vista.
27. optikVerve Labs - virtualPhotographer
    Use this professional-grade plugin to help retouch your photos.
28. Top 10 Free Plugin Packs (2006-2007)
    Download the top ten free Photoshop plugins from 2006 to 2007.
29. Xero Graphics : Freeware Plugins
    Tons of plugins compiled into neat little zip files.
30. Extra Sketch Effects - Sketcher Plugin
    Retouch your images, create line art and more with these plugins.
31. Deziner Folio» Ultimate Web 2.0 Layer Styles
    A plugin that features web 2.0 style gradients.
32. 8bf.net - Free Plugins
    Photoshop plugins to do a variety of things to your images. Most of these are Vista ready.
33. Plugin Pimp - Free Plugins And More
    Plugin Pimp brings us a wide selection of plugins for everyday use.
34. PlugPage - Photoshop Plugins
    Plugins that range from simple color adjustments all the way to masking out difficult images in Photoshop.
35. AlphaPlugins - Adobe Photoshop Plugins
    Multiple plugins for varied effects from Alpha Plugins.
36. Richard Rosenman - Filters and Plugins
    Plugins that you can use to generate different effects.
37. 10 Free Plugins To Enhance Photoshop - ExtremeTech
    Like the title says, download these 10 free plugins to alter images in Photoshop.
38. P2B Perfect Skies
    Replace blown out skies with perfect skies!

Filters

Filters are a great tool in image editing. You can add texture to a background or completely change your image with these filters.

39. Filter Factory - Photoshop Filters
    Filter Factory brings us over 300 filters.
    
40. Filter Forge - Filter Library
    Filter Forge is leader when it comes to quality Photoshop filters. THey currently have 3638 (and counting) filters.
    
41. Filters @ Adobe Exchange
    Adobe approved actions, filters, plugins and more.
    
42. ATNCentral.com - Downloads
    This site features a very large list of filters. Most of the filters have example images so you can see what it does before downloading it.
    
43. GREYCstoration
    Free, open-source noise reducion filter. This is an enhancement to the one that comes with Photoshop.
    
44. Pro Canvas
    Allows you to customize your canvas options. Another enhancement to a stock Photoshop tool.
45. Free Photoshop Filters
    A large list of Photoshop filters to manipulate your images.
46. Panorama Tools
    Plugin that let’s you stich together images to make your own panorama.
47. New Dawn Micro - Free Filters
    Eliminate Black/Eliminiate White, allows you to quickly cut out either the white or black background on an image.
48. Web Atelier: 14 Free Photoshop Filters
    14 Photoshop filters that do a variety of things. These are also compatible with Adobe Fireworks.
49. Opanda PhotoFilter
    Free filter to customize your photos in hundreds of ways.
50. Digital Darkroom @ The Light’s Right Studio
    Photographic actions for photoshop.
51. Paint Engine - Fantastic Machines
    Paint engine for Photoshop.
52. Cybia - Plug-In Filters
    15 effects for creating grain and mezzo styles.
53. Reminiscing Visions - Photoshop Filters
    Filters to help with color, tint and black and white in your photos.

Patterns

All types of designers know the importance of patterns. Patterns can help save your images from being flat and dull. Use these Photoshop patterns to add some style to your images!

54. Free Photoshop Patterns
    61 free patterns all hand drawn by the author of the page.
    
55. Squidfingers - Patterns
    158 free patterns from Squidfingers.
    
56. Brusheezy - Patterns
    Lots of patterns available for download. The site even includes a rating system to see what others thought of them.
    
57. Photoshop Patterns @ deviantART
    A TON of free patterns by Deviant Art users.
    
58. Design Spice - Free Photoshop Patterns
    65 simple Photoshop patterns for backgrounds.
    
59. BioRUST.com :: Adobe Photoshop Patterns
    Free photoshop patterns from Biorust.
60. TipClique Photoshop Patterns - Set 001
    5 high resolution Photoshop patterns. Be sure to check the site for collections 2 and 3.
61. Photoshop Ninja Noise Patterns Vol 1
    Photoshop noise patterns from Photoshop Ninja.
62. Photoshop Patterns From Art Photos On Webshots
    Webshots brings us 5 pages worth of Photoshop patterns.
63. Photoshop Patterns // OptikTutorials
    A simple pattern pack containing 50 patterns.
64. Photoshop Patterns - DigiScrapDepot.com
    A few Photoshop patterns from DigiScrapDepot.
65. Photoshop Patterns by Shelby Kate Schmitz
    Lots of patterns for Photoshop 7 or higher. Supports both Windows and Mac.
66. Photoshop Patterns by Athryius Designs
    36 decorative patterns from Athryius Designs.
67. Kaliber10000 {The Pixel Patterns Collection}
    Very professional looking patterns from Kaliber10000.
68. Photoshop Patterns | Alice Grafixx
    Alice Grafixx brings us 38 pages of patterns.
69. Patterns from ::: Screentones :::
    Textures, backgrounds and images for comic-style Photoshops.
70. Patterns at -=KLEKART=-
    Very nice Photoshop patterns by an aspiring Illustrator.
71. 1001 Tours - Photoshop Pattern Downloads
    Photoshop patterns from 1001 Tours.
72. DinPattern
    4 pages of high quality patterns here.
73. Veerle Shows You How Create Your Own
    Guide to creating patterns for Photoshop with some downloadable examples.

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