Win 3 licenses for Filter Forge 2.0

Oct. 20, 2010 | Contests | 211 comments

As designers, we rely on Photoshop and its array of filters to create our effects most of the time.

There are many Photoshop filters out there that are usually suited for only a limited amount of effects, however, we invite you to take a look at the thousands of options available with Filter Forge.

Their software has over 7,500 filters that will suit the needs of any graphic artist, beginners and professionals alike, from scrapbookers to 3D modelers.

Their recently released version 2.0 has even more filters for advanced lighting options and shadows, that greatly improve the realism of your art works.

We’ve partnered with the fine folks at Filter Forge and one week from today, we’ll be giving away 3 licenses for Filter Forge Basic Edition (valued at $149 each) to some lucky WDD readers.

Read on for all the details and for instructions as to how to participate…

Here’s a bit more about Filter Forge:

Filter Forge is a high-end Photoshop plugin that lets novice and expert users create a wide variety of realistic and abstract textures and effects.

It’s a must-have for any digital artist – 3D modeller, photographer, web designer and scrapbooker alike.

On the surface, Filter Forge is just a Photoshop plugin, a pack of filters that generate textures, create visual effects, enhance photos, process images. However, there are 3 things that make Filter Forge unique:

1. You can create your own filters. Filter Forge comes with a visual node-based editor allowing you to create your own filters – textures, effects, distortions, backgrounds, frames, you name it. All filters automatically support 16- and 32-bit modes in Photoshop, real-world HDRI lighting, bump and normal maps, huge resolutions, and most filters can be seamlessly tiled.

2. You get free access to 7628 user-created filters. Anyone can contribute their textures and effects to the online filter collection so it grows with every submitted filter. This means the more people use Filter Forge, the better it gets.

3. Contributors get Filter Forge for free. You submit filters, they get popular with the users, we send you a free copy of Filter Forge. Sounds simple but don’t expect a giveaway, you will have to earn it.

Please note that winners of previous contests have sometimes been disqualified for not adhering to the rules, so please read the entry requirements carefully:

To participate, simply leave a comment about Filter Forge below or post a link below to a retweet that you made about this contest. The results will be announced here on WDD on October 27th, 2010.

Only one entry per person. Duplicate entries will be voided. Winners will also be contacted via email.

Good luck to everyone!!

HERE ARE THE RESULTS: The winners are:

23 – Teun Wille
186 – Hannes
77 – Glynn

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/happybuddhistcamper/ Gerard

Filter Forge looks amazing..

I would love a copy. :)
David

I have been looking for something like Filter Forge, sure would be nice to get it for free
http://www.deepbass.com/portfolio Brad Shaw

I’d love to see what Filter Forge have come up with. Often 90% of what’s in these mega filter packs is pretty useless on a day to day basis, but this look pretty interesting.
http://www.davaidavai.com Gerald

Oh, I soooo much want one.
http://dpq-studio.com karzysiu

I’m always dreamed about it
arnold

Wow cool , this is really useful..
I hope I win.. :)
Ann

This is so gorgeous! Hope to be the lucky one!
http://monsterfred.wordpress.com Monsterfred

Win 3 licenses for Filter Forge 2.0 | Webdesigner Depot http://t.co/dtKaDod
konki

Looks like a great plugin…
http://tiny.cc/mialazar Mia Lazar

Cool thing.
http://www.estudioparentesis.com Patrick

Wow, Filter Forge plugins couldn’t be more realistic! Excellent tools for boosting our designs!
http://www.peterussell.ca Peter Russell

Re-tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/petejrussell/status/27921380147
Manuel

FilterForge is awesome tool. Can I win?
http://www.slurpystudios.com Katie Steed

Sounds like a great piece of software!
Taidane

I´m in!
http://www.castrain.com Christian Strain

I’d love to see what types of textures I could create for Maya using these plugins in Photoshop.
http:/pablolarah.cl/ Pablo Lara H

I want it! It would be amazing to create my own filters.
http://agenciasawi.com.br Rafael

Filter forge is probably the best tool and I would like one of those please :)
Ankit Sharma

The quality looks quite good, from what I’ve seen on their site. Probably wouldn’t ever end up using 7,500 filters, but the ability to create your own filters looks very powerful.
http://www.tiritadesigns.com Michael Shiferaw

That would be a great and intuitive timesaver, if you ask me.
Roman

–> http://twitter.com/#!/romanrijkers/status/27925491700

Thanks!
http://www.p3x984.com Kevin

I think its a great piece of software. Loaded with tons of features and functions. Would add depth to any design.
http://www.sixpackapps.nl Teun Wille

Filter Forge looks like a very usefull photoshop plugin whith a wide scale of filters!!
http://www.healthystyleny.com Christopher

As a consultant I spend my days understanding the creative limits of my clients and then precede to push them as far apart as possible. My job is to make perception larger and therefore create more opportunity for what is possible. Filter Forge is an amazing tool for achieving the same aim with my design ideas.
Nathan R

This could really help with a lot of those last minute deadlines that seem to pop up on a regular basis.
http://waldropdesign.com Andy

I love photoshop additions as that is the software I know best. I would love to add Filter Forge to my arsenal!
Jason

I’m an indie game developer, and Filter Forge is an absolute beast when it comes to textures. Incredibly useful in my line of work, Id love to get my hands on a licence for it!
RISHI

Hi..there…!
I am a big Graphic Freak…and I love using PS and Illustrator…Also, i have used Filter Forge before..it is mindblowing as it contains such a large collection of Filters…
The best feature i like about Filter Forge is the web based Filter Library of thousands of user-submitted filters…So, I would like to participate in the contest and like to receive the LICENSE…Thanks…!
Rico Smith

This is awesome. I think I’ve used up all the standard Photoshop filters and really need something new to fuel the creativity and improve the web here in South Africa. Filter Forge seems like a great tool and I love the fact that you can collaborate with other artist to create and share filters for Photoshop. (That’s if I understand it correctly)

Cool and the retweet:

http://twitter.com/#!/rxontwerp
http://www.theresasheridan.com Theresa Sheridan

I am BRAND NEW to Photoshop, after years of using Corel Graphics Suite, so I could really use this plug-in! I’m currently pursuing a graphic design degree and was issued Photoshop this semester and I am having a blast learning about it and everything it can do. Great contest, hope I win!
http://www.mathewballard.com Mathew Ballard

http://twitter.com/#!/mathewballard/status/27931558526
Alan

Filter Forge sounds like a great tool. Would love to have a copy.
Alan
Raoul

Cool!!!
http://www.joelkidd.com Joel Kidd

Cool Site! I checked out some of the filters on their site and it’s amazing what can be done just by applying a couple of filters to an image.
http://www.seibelgroup.com mare

I would love to experiment with Filter Forge! Bring it on!! Thanks
http://www.gomsd.com Joe E

wow! Filter Forge is awesome. I’m going to check out more of their stuff.
http://josweb.co.uk/blog/ jo

Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/Jo_Phillips/status/27933944387
Looks like a great addition for my beloved Photoshop, I would give one a happy home.
Nancy

I’m just getting started with Photoshop and would love to be able to work with these filters!
http://thinkhouse.com Adam Bank

Looks very useful and intuitive!
http://indabamusic.com Cena Crane

This looks cool (and useful!) I hope I win!
http://www.dubland.net Caleb Weston

Filter Forge has by far been the most powerful and diverse filter package I have used. And with a community of developers creating new filters you have an ever-expanding library to pick from. A highly recommended tool.
Shyamsunder

Great tool. Hope I win this
http://anagss.blogspot.com/ ana GR

I would love to experiment with Filter Forge: It looks fascinating!
kipodi

How nice :) i’ll love to try it!
njanf

over 7,500 filters!?!?!? That’s pretty wild!

http://twitter.com/#!/Mongol20900/status/27937128269
http://twitter.com/jasonwalz Jason

A definite time saver with their large range of filters. Great giveaway. Thanks.
http://www.edznmultimedia.com Internt Marketing Consultant

Great tools to help take your work to the next level.
Rob

I Would Love To be Able To receive Filter Forge For My Graphic design projects… I Would Have Already Bought it except in these tough economic times money is getting harder and harder to come by in this line of work…
Thanks for the great freebie program…
Rob
http://www.francescociabatta.it Francesco Ciabatta

Would love to win!
mromansis

Am I the first?
http://www.maracujadesign.eu Savvas Pelonis

Great plug in! I look forward to be the winner!
I hope it will be not too heavy for my suite!
http://www.jclardy.com jeremy

Could definitely use these as some nice time savers
cheers
J
Ben

http://twitter.com/#!/dishlerb/status/27938019921
http://www.madisonmedia.edu Josh M. Lenius

I’m a college-level visual design instructor, and I’ve seen some examples of what Filter Forge can do – I’d love to have a personal copy to show students its power to create amazing visual effects!
Christopher

This would be so cool to use!
http://www.430designs.com L.Z.

I think it’s awesome when places like Filter Forge and WDD give back to the community. Not only is it great marketing for them, but it’s also a win for the community.

Keep up the great work guys!!!
Littlestar

Wow, I’ve never seen something like this. This would be an amazing tool to have for just about any work that I do. Even if I don’t win I think I’d still go pick up a copy of this to use.
http://gotm2.com Mick

This would be awesome..
http://www.valeriobulla.it Valerio

It looks amazing… I hope I’ll get one!
Justin Ryan

I’m feeling lucky.
http://www.graphix1.co.uk Carol

As I create just about every other resource for Photoshop, it would be great to be able to create filters too, and I have absolutely no idea how to do that… so having a Filter Forge license would be a great place to start!
444

Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
http://www.kellylawrence.ca Kelly Lawrence

I’ve never heard of Filter Forge, but it looks pretty awesome! :)
http://www.lobstervine.com Dana

Not only does Filter Forge look amazing, the winners are being announced right before my birthday – to win would be the best birthday present!
Sarath

wow!! i am in…
http://www.naturallycreative.net Kari

As a new start-up freelance web designer (still working on getting the website finished), Filter Forge would be an AWESOME addition to my tool arsenal.
http://www.immigrationcoalition.org Jorge

Please, make my life easier! Let me get the Plug-ins.
Vasilyrud

Filter Forge looks like an incredible helper in any type of work. Probably one of the best tools for Ps.
http://playtwostudio.com wbboyd

Filter Forge looks great. I’d love to try it out.
http://twitter.com/z0r z0r

Well, this is just amazing. FilterForge 2 is something new and awesome indeed.
http://3alarm.com Christito

Great giveaway! This would be a great addition to my set of tools ;)
Jon

Would love to win!
Katharina

Looks great!
Atinderpal singh

thats exciting
AlexAltea

I would like to win! Filter Forge is incredible. I use it for texturing my 3d models.
http://designurvision.com Amit Vyas

They are really Awesome… I’m in the contest to find one.. If will not get it I will buy it… yeah… !!!
glynn

Just been on their site. Some of the filters are amazing…it’s gonna make complicated artwork so much quicker if I can get a copy of Filter Forge!
Ed Tomlinson

Looks great will down load trial.
Ed Tomlinson

Looks great will down load trial.
http://www.eniu.ch eniu

Very nice. I want it!
Nick

Hope I get lucky. Big ups to WDD!
Ting

Ooh… nice. Filter Forge 2.0 sure sounds like a handy tool. Every so often, I have a specific look in mind but couldn’t quite find the right filters, so this would be really nice!
http://allurblogs.blogspot.com AJ in Nashville

And…I REALLY mean that, you dig? http://twitter.com/ajinnashville/status/27955500204
http://goodwebdesign.co.nz Erwin | Good Web Design

Yup Yup. Definitely like to have a go creating some amazing filters. Cool. Fingers Crossed… ;-)
Brandon

Filter Forge looks to be an instant staple to any designer. Thank you for introducing it to me.
http://pceasies.com pceasies

Looks pretty awesome!
http://twitter.com/illegal3alien/status/27957644839
Sue

This says it all “It’s a must-have for any digital artist – 3D modeller, photographer, web designer and scrapbooker alike.”
Thanks for the opportunity to win
Sue : )
mr R Christensen

Wow! Hope I’m lucky.
http://www.orphicpixel.com Mars

nice giveaway you got here, tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/orphicpixel/status/27961435569
http://www.talo.it taloweb

I have never heard about Filter Forge before now…I hope I can win!
http://www.embercreative.com Ron

Cool, count me in.
Roberto

I´m not a luck-man, but i am in…
http://brianlucasart.com Brian Lucas

yes. this would epicly add epicness to my epic designs. :]
Sherry

WOW! Now I know how my favorite designers are getting the effects I love! I neeeeeeeeeeedddd this for sure!!! Thanks for the chance to take a chance!

Sherry
Matt

Filter Forge looks very interesting! I especially like the wood filter I see in the images above as I find it hard to get a decent wood look. The tile patterns are great, too!

The ‘create your own’ feature sounds awesome as well!
http://www.jenniferwolfeyoga.com Jennifer Wolfe

Yes, I would like to win a copy of Filter Forge
Thankz
http://www.facebook.com/impaktdesign Emmanuel Gonzales

I want a copy! Looks awesome!
http://www.houmedia.com Alysia

Filter forge looks like an awesome tool! (Crossing my fingers that I’ll get to employ it in some upcoming projects)
jorge gonzalez

hooray filter forge!
i will dream tonight that i get an email declaring “you’re a winner the filter forge contest!” and then i’ll wake up and come running to my Mac like it’s Christmas morning in hopes that such an email really exists.
http://www.datamouse.biz/ DataMouse

Skillz :-)
Great bit of kit
Asher

I had a trial version of Filter Version but it didn’t work, I contacted them directly and they shipped out a working version. Terrific customer service.
Cheers
Mllx

Can I haz win? :)
http://www.brazierwebdesign.co.uk Peter Brazier

Heh this looks amazing. I bet the guys at work would love it :D send me one of those.
http://christianflorin.com Christian

Filter Forge is killer! Great for designers!

I would love to win a copy!
Izzy roll

hope Im one of the lucky ones
http://www.fillinthebreaks.com Ian

Ah… *Drooooool…
http://www.seblavoie.com Sébastien Lavoie

Oh! Been searching for that kind of stuff since a while :D That would totally be a good helper to my overwhelmed photoshop.
Heather Amanda

Well this looks more than just a little bit awesome. I’d love to play with some of these filters! I mean, I don’t know how practical they will be, but I’d love them for some experimental stuff.
http://thekatscorner.blogspot.com Kat

This would be an awesome addition to the tools I use when making invitations.
Josh

Thanks for the Filter Forge competition. Looks like great software.
http://twitter.con/florianlionel Florian Taltavull

Looks like something I could use a lot :)
http://www.siasan.com Emma

That looks really cool. I’d love a copy.

PS – I retweeted it as well: http://twitter.com/siasandesign
http://hector-lee.com Hector Lee

Wickedly powerful.. How can I earn it if I don’t win it?
http://etomco.com Tom

Noice!
mark

until now I’d not heard of filter forge but it certainly looks like a pretty neat product. would certainly save a lot of time manually processing images to look like some of the filters.
Billy

that would be splendid!
http://www.jay-han.com jayhan

Brilliant! Need that!
http://www.dexiqn.com Kevin

Dang! Those filters look so nice! I’d love to have them in my photoshop and play with them on my projects every now and then!
http://www.thetechspace.com Thurein

Greate Filter.
I would love to win it.
Sean

This looks cool :)
http://www.mauriciocastillo.com Andres

Hope i won this, looks really great.
http:chornjr.myscoutserver.com Joey

I would love a copy of filter forge
http://www.techmug.com Fraz Ahmed

Its awesome! And seems incredible easy to use!
http://www.amdzines.com Amdzines

I’d love to have a copy of Filter Forge. I already tried their trial version. They also have a few freebies on their website.
http://ebsoft.web.id Ebta

wow more than 7500 filters..
amazing, hope win this time..
http://www.gocejonoski.mk Goce

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

Just

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
http://www.cluboholic.com kyriakos

funny that last week i was looking for ways to generate texture and hit filterforge’s website and thought that it was cool.

so yeah i’d love to have it:)
http://www.lusahn.co.za Johann

Good luck everyone!
Martin

Awesome. I need this! This is what i searched for a long time!
http://notfunctioningatm.com Jack

Saw a friend with this the other day and it looks amazing, would love a copy!
http://art-a-designer.ru andry

I want to own such software!!!
Tom

Looks amazing! Would love one! ;-)
Benoit

Filter Forge is a really useful tool for those (like me) who like to play with textures and create beautiful ones quickly.

I would enjoy having a license of the software.
BeatShot

2.0 Looks very good, Would really love to work with it.
http://www.none.com Cey

Good soft, would definitly like to use it for my job

Cey
http://drosimo.de Drosimo

I’d love to win this one!
Dan

WOW Great plugin!
http://mainstreet-seo.com seo review bradenton

Great.It’s cool.Filter Forge is amazing.
Ed W

I would also love to win one of these copies of Filter Forge :)
http://blog.psychonautik.com psychonautik

retweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/psychonautik/status/28016871798
http://mainstreet-seo.com seo review bradenton

Wow. That’s cool. Filter forge is amazing.
Felix

sounds amazing
Trent

great tools, love to have them.
http://christinesmith.net Christine Smith

would LOVE to have this for my digital scrapbook design business. Good luck everyone!!
http://www.reticula.fr vinz

Wouh! nice plugin. gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme
Yvaine

I’ve already tested trial filter forge and I’ve found it very useful. This small big application gives not only a great amount of customable filters but as well makes it easy to create fantastic textures which you can use both to design and 3d animation. That’s why I’d really love to have my own licence for FF :)
http://warstwy.com dumazz

Rt: http://twitter.com/#!/warstwydotcom/status/28036884727 Great giveaway!
Jim

Cool stuff!
schwegel

I would LOVE to win this … I am a filter addict!!!
http://jenwohlner.com Jen

Filter Forage looks awesome! I would love a copy, and thanks for holding this contest.
http://www.nucleint.com Will

Man, this contest kinda makes me wanna learn to use Photoshop properly! :)
http://www.panweb.pl Wojtek

Pick me, pick me! I want that!
Lucy

oh my gaaaAAHHH would so love a copy :DD
Gio

I’m in… :) Give this nice filters…
Chris N

Would love to give this a whirl and try out some pre-defined filters as well as creating my own and contributing to the community.
Etienne

I would totally like to win Filter Forge because it would be FAN-TAS..wait for it ..-TIC to make tons of pattern for my 3D projects and everything else.
Ryan Croussore

http://twitter.com/#!/myndmelt/status/28050301642
:)
http://www.sapphirestudios.net/blog/weblog.php Tina H

I would love to win this! I have their free filters and love them. I can’t afford to buy the full package..I wish I could!
http://www.mindseyewebdev.com Anthony

Looks Awesome! ty for this contest.

http://twitter.com/XGCommander/status/28051515936
Jean

I would love to experiment with Filter Forge: It looks great!
http://www.jeffkesdesigns.com Jeff Kes

I am just starting to use Photoshop and would love to add this Awesome filters to my tool box.
http://www.curtisscott.com Curtis Scott

Filter Forge Rocks!!

I would love to own a copy *fingers crossed.
http://underconstruction Stacey

Wow, this really looks like an amazing set of filters! I would love to put them to good use! My site is under construction, but I can see how these would really enhance & make it come alive! I would love the opportunity, to make them part of my site or blog on design. Whoever gets them, will be very lucky :)
vinzento

I really must have those Photoshop plugin from Filter Forge 2.0.
Justinph5

Filter Forge looks awesome.
Miguelito

Filter Forge filters look awesome. This would help with my site re-design (Crossing fingers)
Evan

I would love to try filter forge!!
Shawn

Wow! Filter forge looks like a pretty powerful tool! I like that it allows you to create your own filters.
http://www.sparkyrose.com sparky

I’m impressed! Would love to win!
http://zackesgar.com Zack Esgar

i wanna win
Miguel

Filter Forge looks amazing, would love this
Igor

Definetly another great resource to add in photoshop
Kat

would be interesting to try out Filter Forge :)
Abbey

I’d love to give Filter Forge a go!
http://ricnunez.com ric nunez

This looks pretty interesting, is a large filter it should be pretty useful.
http://www.cgartists.eu Wojtek

Seems like a great tool I could use in my work!
Tommie82

Hmm Filter Forge has such a Huge libary that I can not choos waht to use !!
http://pixelrider.deviantart.com/gallery piXelRider

Oh my… so many filters! :D I think I would spend whole weekend just testing Filter Forge awesomness :D
http://www.ergenius.de ercn1903

This is so gorgeous! Hope to be the lucky one!
http://www.slo-villa.com Matjaz Mikuletic

fantastic filters
Jason Witt

Love it, want it.
Moosey

WOW…Filter Forge is AWESOME! I would love to have 2.0 :D
Mário Almeida

Me want one! :-)
http://obviouslyclever.com Adam Haynes

Filter Forge sounds great. I could definitely make use of it.
Peter

I would like a license. Might help jump-start my web-design and graphic design.
Hannes

Amazing effects! I’d love to have this.
http://gauravmishra.com Gaurav Mishra

Luck stay !
http://twitter.com/sulcalibur Suleiman Leadbitter

I’m a graphic and web designer so this would be of great benefit to myself. Looks like a superb product.

http://twitter.com/#!/Sulcalibur/status/28488145613
Tim

Filter Forge for the win!
http://cargocollective.com/mfigueras/ Miriam

I didn’t really knew about filter forge but as a graphic designer, I am really looking forward to learning more about it and using it.

Thank you very much!
http://www.thesulac.nl Robbert Brummel

Would love a copy of it. From what i’ve seen of it, it has amazing stuff, which i could use in some designs.
Matteo

FTW! Filterfore for The Win!
Becky S.

My husband is a web designer and I’m a graphic designer. Filter Forge seems like it’d be a great tool for both of us!
Nic

great contest, hope i win
http://www.binacreations.com Sabrina C

Yay! Filter Forge looks so exciting. This would really help out on many projects. Thanks for having this contest.
Muhal

Looks cool ;)
Román

Im in too :)
http://mcclanegames.com ev149

Awesome, I’d love a license! Can’t wait to see who wins.
dinobib

Filter Forge seems very interesting.
Will love to experiment things with it
have tweet it http://twitter.com/#!/dinobib/status/28639699733
Hoping
http://tesgo.co.uk Tes

If I had Filter Forge, I would use Photoshop a lot more for my design projects.
http://www.animhut.com/ SriGanesh.M

i tried the free version of the forge. and it was amazing. i love to grab a copy of this. thank you once again for the giveaway.

My Twitted link :
http://twitter.com/animhut/status/28672308049

” Hope I win ;) “
Kelly

Filter Forge looks amazing, I definitely want it.
http://aljiro.com Aljiro

FilterForge has got to be the most innovative plugin out there. This is a must win for sure.
Austin

I’ve long had the trial of this sitting on my hard drive…nice bit of filters btw…would love to have the licensed one!
http://hallmarkink.com erin

I would LOVE to win this!
http://fffdesign.com.br Fernando

Looks like it (Filter Forge!) will not only save my time but also improove the quality of my work! Would love to win!

Thanks!
Alex

Nice! I want one! :D
Rhett

http://twitter.com/#!/crushcalamity/status/28762299563
DrDreMYI

Long time reader, never poster. Couldn’t resists the lure of Filter Forge though. Looks like a top product and very very useful.
http://www.camionetica.com Dan

I get horny just thinking what I could do with those filters!
Yola

I’m user from FF Demo and I love Filter Forge !! Is Amazing
Unfortunately my demo expires at the end october :(
Would love to win Filter Forge

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