Plugs 'N Pixels celebrates the magical pixel and the incredible software applications designed for creating and manipulating them. To those with vision, images are just raw material, not an end in themselves. While some are satisfied with leaving images as they are, untouched, straight from the camera, the pixel artist needs to radically adjust them, transforming them into something new and more beautiful, or perhaps even frightening. More advanced digital artists bypass the camera and the real world altogether and use specialized applications to create their own photo-realistic textures and worlds from nothing more than underlying fractals and related mathematics. The time is right, and the software is very mature. This site intends to gather together in one place a useful and informative visual directory of the world's most popular image creation, manipulation and management software (as well as related graphics applications that make the life of the digital artist a little easier). All of the accompanying sample photos throughout the site were taken or created in my own personal pursuit of the digital experience as I attempted to record or reproduce the people, places and things of the world around me. Attention developers: All of the software titles listed on this site were contributed for review by the developers listed on the Developers page. If your software is not already listed on this site (or if you have new or updated titles), you can provide licensed NFR/review versions (sorry, no demos) of any titles you are interested in promoting. Affiliate arrangements are also welcomed. Mike Bedford
		Plugs n' Pixels webmaster Mike Bedford spent most of the 1970s-'90s working with traditional journalistic photographic imaging (mainly 35mm, Tri-X Pan, D-76, Dektol, Fixer!) before being introduced to computers and digital imaging around 1992. While his transition to the new technology was slow at first, in time there was no looking back. With the Mac platform being his computer flavor of choice, Mike spends many hours taking digital photos and exploring the amazing effects made possible by Photoshop and third-party plugins (along with other image-creation applications). When not engaged in pixel-based creativity he works in educational IT and publishes Plugs 'N Pixels ezine. The Plugs 'N Pixels website was created as a one-stop repository of information about these plugins, where others with the same interest can get information and see examples created with each product quickly and easily. All photographic and software-generated images on this site were taken or created by Mike Bedford.