If you’ve never heard of Filter Forge, allow me be the first to tell you that it’s the most remarkable filter-generating product that I’ve ever encountered. Within 24 hours of downloading the fully-functional free trial version, I was completely addicted. Filter Forge is a high-end plugin for Photoshop that allows computer artists to build their own filters — seamless textures, visual effects, distortions, patterns, backgrounds, frames, and more. They can then submit the filters for use by anyone who owns Filter Forge. What this means is that creative people worldwide are developing every kind of filter imaginable for use by people like you and me.
Although Filter Forge is expensive, there are several downloadable Filter Forge Freepacks as well as periodic discounts on the product. In my humble opinion, the Watercolor Painting, Old Drawing .03, and Crayon Master v2 filters alone are worth the price of admission, and they just barely scratch the surface of creative possibilities. I could go on for days about the creative potential of Filter Forge, but for now, I’ll limit myself to demoing one gorgeous effect. We’ll transform a photograph into an old drawing, then use Photoshop to organically restore color to just one part.
Special Note: After recording this Workbench, I contacted Filter Forge to arrange a special discount for my audience. Much to my delight, they provided an extraordinarily generous 40% discount. To receive the discount, click this link (or the one on this page’s sidebar) and enter the code “ud4Nswev0ySA” during checkout. Happy creating!
Click here to purchase the Maximum Creativity with Filter Forge video tutorial series for $24.95.
So Mark, is the 40% you negotiated on top of the 50% discount currently mentioned on the Filter Forge website? Thanks.
Hi John. I don’t think the discounts can be combined.
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Mark – I am finally getting around to watching this Workbench, and I am as excited about this program as you are, downloaded the free trial, but it won’t let me upload any of the filters from the website, and I see others are having the same problem from their message board. I get an error message, which I submitted, so I hope they get back to me, as I really would like to buy this program !!
UPDATE! The Filter Forge tech got back to me within just hours and helped me change a connection, and it works!