Playing with Filters

I'll tell you a little secret: filters are the first thing I loved about Photoshop. Quick, easy to use, instant results... the problem with filters is they look like filters. And I'm gonna guess every designer knows the look of Photoshop's default filters inside and out. So when I found a neat little plug-in that adds about a bajillion new filters to the arsenal, I had to try it out.  Its called Filter Forge, and its pretty damn cool. Check out what I could do to the photo from a few posts ago in just a few minutes:

Unfortunately, its expensive... so you might see more posts like this for the next month, while I still have the free trial :P