This list of Creative Image Effects is intended to help you find the best tools for the creative effect you have in mind (for corrective effects, see this chart). The software is listed in random order under each category. Additional effects categories will be added as supporting tools are found. For these same products grouped by developer rather than function, please see the Developer List.

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B&W conversion: PhotoTools Pro (10% DISCOUNT) ShadowSoft & Grainy
1-Click Actions (15% DISCOUNT) PhotoFiltre
Artistic Tools Hotshot
PixelCreation (10% DISCOUNT) ColorEfex Pro
RealGrain (10% DISCOUNT) PhotoKit
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) PhotoGrey (part of Sketcher)
B/W Styler UnPlugged-X
BW Workflow Pro OldMovie
Mystical Tint Tone & Color SilverOxide
ArtPix Convert to B/W Pro
PluginGalaxy Productivity Essentials
Exposure DynamicRange Workshop
virtualPhotographer (FREE) WebEuphoria
55mm Retrograde
Unique Imagery Actions iCorrect EditLab ProApp
iCorrect EditLab Pro Dfx digital filter suite
Paint Shop Pro Photo
Burned edges: Xenofex PhotoGraphic Edges
Color alteration & effects: LucisPro (15% DISCOUNT) Color Landscape
LucisArt (15% DISCOUNT) Digital Film Lab
RealGrain (10% DISCOUNT) ColorEfex Pro
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) OldMovie
LightMachine Imaginator
PhotoTools Pro (10% DISCOUNT) SilverOxide
Coloriage Flouron
Mystical Tint Tone & Color KPT Collection
PluginGalaxy buZZ Pro
1-Click Actions (15% DISCOUNT) iCorrect EditLab Pro
PixelCreation (10% DISCOUNT) PhotoArtist
Artistic Tools Chameleon
BlackMagic LensTweaker
BW Workflow Pro Hotshot
ArtPix PhotoTools
B/W Styler WebEuphoria
Dreamsuite Series 1 PhotoKit
PowerRetouche PhotoMagic
Velvia Vision UnPlugged-X
Snap Art Convolution shaman
Exposure Artifactor
Kinetics lab Studio Artist
55mm PhotoFiltre
ShutterFreaks actions ShadowSoft & Grainy
StoryTellers Productivity Essentials
Image Repainter Filters Unlimited
Paint Shop Pro Photo DynamicRange Workshop
virtualPhotographer (FREE) Alienator
Sorting shaman Color Mechanic
LensTools Unique Imagery Actions
Dfx digital filter suite
Compositing: Chameleon
Core Image access: Imaginator Pixelmator
Corona: Eye Candy 5: Nature
Cracks: Xenofex Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Crumple: Xenofex
Diffusion: Dreamsuite Series 2 Scatterlight
Artistic Tools PhotoKit
Mystical Lighting 55mm
PowerRetouche Thread master
PhotoTools Pro (10% DISCOUNT) PhotoTools
1-Click Actions (15% DISCOUNT) OldMovie
Mystical Tint Tone & Color Light!
Portraiture PhotoFiltre
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) StoryTellers
ArtPix Filters Unlimited
PluginGalaxy ShadowSoft & Grainy
Exposure Productivity Essentials
Unique Imagery Actions Dfx digital filter suite
DynamicRange Workshop
Distortion: Dreamsuite Series 1 Filters Unlimited
PluginGalaxy KPT Collection
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) Studio Artist
Dreamsuite Series 2 Cylinder Distort
Squizz UnPlugged-X
Drip: Eye Candy 5: Nature
Edges/borders/frames: PhotoTools Pro (10% DISCOUNT) EasyFrame
1-Click Actions (15% DISCOUNT) GX Graphicxtras
Sloppy Borders Chameleon
PhotoGraphic Edges Texture Anarchy
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) PhotoMagic
Dreamsuite Series 1 OldMovie
PluginGalaxy PhotoFiltre
Frame Suite ShutterFreaks actions
PhotoFrame (10% DISCOUNT) Photographic Frames
Digital Frame Collections (10% DISCOUNT) Paint Shop Pro Photo
AutoMatting (10% DISCOUNT) Unique Imagery Actions
Photo Ornaments & Frames Sports Cards & Certificates
Photographer's Suite QuickMats 3
Filters Unlimited Splat!
Electricity: Xenofex
Engraving: Cutline Photo FX
Etchings: EtchTone
Extrude: Eye Candy 5: Impact HotText
Film (scratches, edges): Dreamsuite Series 1 OldMovie
Dreamsuite Series 2 PhotoMagic
Sloppy Borders WebEuphoria
Photographic Frames Photographer's Suite
Paint Shop Pro Photo Digital Frame Collections
Flags: Xenofex
Focus adjustment: Dreamsuite Series 1 VariFocus
PowerRetouche ColorEfex Pro
Eye Candy 5: Nature 55mm
TrueBlur Depth Of Field Generator
virtualPhotographer (FREE) PhotoTools
OldMovie Paint Shop Pro Photo
Dfx digital filter suite
Gel: DreamSuite Gel
Glow: Eye Candy 5: Impact WebEuphoria
Dreamsuite Series 1 55mm
ArtPix Unique Imagery Actions
Hot stamp: Dreamsuite Series 1
Infrared: 1-Click Actions (15% DISCOUNT) ColorEfex Pro
SilverOxide 55mm
Dfx digital filter suite
Lens flare: Mystical Lighting KPT Collection
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) Knoll Light Factory
Light: Eye Candy 5: Impact 55mm
Mystical Lighting Knoll Light Factory
PluginGalaxy WebEuphoria
LightMachine Light!
LightShop Dfx digital filter suite
Metal: Dreamsuite Series 1 PluginGalaxy
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) Metalwork II
Mirror: PluginGalaxy
Montage: PhotoGraphic Edges
Morphing: Squizz
Motion: Eye Candy 5: Impact Velociraptor
PluginGalaxy PhotoTools
Natural media/paint effects: LucisArt (15% DISCOUNT) Expression
LucisPro (15% DISCOUNT) Studio Artist
PD Pro Digital Painter KPT Collection
PhotoTools Pro buZZ Pro
Gertrudis Pro Simplifier
ArtStudioPro (10% DISCOUNT) ArtRage
Painter Snap Art
GMX - PhotoPainter
Night vision: 55mm
Noise/grain: PhotoTools Pro (10% DISCOUNT) Grain
RealGrain (10% DISCOUNT) 55mm
Artistic Tools Farrar Focus Digital Darkroom
Dreamsuite Series 2 Flouron
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) Unique Imagery Actions
PixelCreation (10% DISCOUNT) Filters Unlimited
ArtPix Optipix
BW Workflow Pro OldMovie
AutoEye virtualPhotographer (FREE)
PluginGalaxy ShadowSoft & Grainy
Image Doctor Grain Surgery
Exposure PhotoKit
Eye Candy 5: Textures Dfx digital filter suite
KPT Collection
Panoramas: Calico photovista PC | Mac
Patterns/Seamless tiles: Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) WebEuphoria
PluginGalaxy Andrew's Plugins
Splat! SymmetryShop
Tile Builder Filters Unlimited
Photo FX
Page curl: Page Curl Pro PluginGalaxy
Plastic wrap: Dreamsuite Series 2 Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Polarization: 55mm Color Efex
Dfx digital filter suite
Posterization: Mystical Tint Tone & Color PowerRetouche
Snap Art
Screens: Screens
Selections/Masking: Fluid Mask ($10 DISCOUNT) 55mm
PowerRetouche Maskerade
PluginGalaxy Power Mask
Mask Pro (10% DISCOUNT) Cinematte
Snap Primatte
AdvantEdge zMatte
Selection EZMask
Translucator GML Matting (FREE)
Shadows: Eye Candy 5: Impact WebEuphoria
Mystical Lighting Shadow
Shapes: Eye Candy 5: Impact
Sketch: Snap Art Sketcher
Sketch
Solarize: Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) WebEuphoria
Stars: Xenofex PixelCreation
PluginGalaxy WebEuphoria
Swirl: Eye Candy 5: Textures 55mm
PluginGalaxy Mystical Lighting
Tape: Dreamsuite Series 1
Tears: Xenofex
Text effects: Eye Candy 5: Impact HotText
Path Styler Pro Art Text
Tiles: Dreamsuite Series 2 Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
TV lines: Xenofex Raster master
Filters Unlimited
Video: WebEuphoria
Weave: Dreamsuite Series 2
Woodcuts: Cutline Raster master
Xylograph
NATURAL ELEMENTS
Clouds: Xenofex PixelCreation
Fire: Eye Candy 5: Nature WebEuphoria
Photo FX Fire3
Foliage: Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Fog: WebEuphoria 55mm
Photo FX
Ice: Eye Candy 5: Nature
Lightning: Xenofex KPT Collection
Rain: WebEuphoria
Rainbow: Mystical Lighting PluginGalaxy
Dreamsuite Series 1
Sky: Aurora
Smoke: Eye Candy 5: Nature WebEuphoria
Snow: Eye Candy 5: Nature WebEuphoria
Space: PixelCreation (10% DISCOUNT)
Water: Eye Candy 5: Nature Aurora
SURFACES/TEXTURES
Backgrounds: Mystical Lighting Backdrop Designer
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Bevel/emboss: Eye Candy 5: Impact WebEuphoria
DreamSuite Gel PhotoFrame
Dreamsuite Series 1 Path Styler Pro
Filter Forge Art Text
Bricks: Eye Candy 5: Textures Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Chrome: Eye Candy 5: Impact Art Text
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Fur: Eye Candy 5: Textures
General: Splat! WebEuphoria
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) Texture Anarchy
Dreamsuite Series 1 Studio Artist
PluginGalaxy PhotoFiltre
KPT Collection
Glass: Eye Candy 5: Impact Photo FX
LensPro Art Text
Marble: Eye Candy 5: Textures
Metal: Eye Candy 5: Textures Eye Candy 5: Impact
Mosaic: Xenofex Dreamsuite Series 2
Paper: Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT) Photoshop Roadmap
Antique Papers Masterpiece Images
Filters Unlimited
Puzzle pieces: Xenofex Dreamsuite Series 2
Puzzle Pro (10% DISCOUNT) Filters Unlimited
Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Reptile skin: Eye Candy 5: Textures Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Rust: Eye Candy 5: Nature Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Stone: Eye Candy 5: Textures Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
Weave: Eye Candy 5: Textures
Wood: Eye Candy 5: Textures Filter Forge (15% DISCOUNT)
ACTIONS Artistic Tools Vol. 1-2 Ultra Image
Artistic Tools Vol. 3 ShutterFreaks actions
1-Click Actions (15% DISCOUNT) ShadowSoft & Grainy
ArtPix Productivity Essentials
Chainstyle StoryTellers
Unique Imagery Actions
BRUSHES GraphicXtras Aging Affections Brushes
Graphic Grunge Kit
SHAPES GraphicXtras
STYLES Chainstyle GraphicXtras
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