Although there are many great and free alternatives, Photoshop is still the most popular and powerful graphics editor, and the default choice of many designers, illustrators and photographers. If there’s a feature you need, but can’t find in Photoshop, don’t worry – countless scripts and plugins are available to help you extend and improve Photoshop’s functionality.

Photoshop Plugins For Mockups and Layouts

1. WebZap

Price: $19

2.Webbsy

Price: $49, free 14-day trial available

Velositey is an amazing plugin for creating mockups and prototypes. It uses presets and templates to streamline the design process. You can insert pre-made modules and modify them later, and let Velositey generate favicons and mapicons for your project. With Velositey, it’s possible to build an entire mockup in just one minute.

Price: Free

Key Features:

Price: $99 for Personal plan, $199 for Developer plan, free trial available

5. GuideGuide

This plugin helps you create grids and custom guides based on your entire project or just the selected parts. You can also use grid notation to create tables and adjust margins. GuideGuide helps you by calculating most of the dimensions. You can save created grids as Sets (templates) for future use. Guides can be toggled with a click of the mouse, and you can even make a grid inside a grid!

Price: Free

6. Layrs Control 2

This plugin simplifies converting Photoshop layers into CSS3 code. Just create your graphics in Photoshop, select desired layers and wait for the plugin to load the result in your default web browser. Supported properties include size, border radius, inner and drop shadow, inner and outer glow, as well as the usual font properties for text layers.

9. Swatchy

  • Manages swatches and lets you organize them into folders
  • Works on OS X and Windows
  • Requires Photoshop CC and CC 2014

Price: $19; free 15-day trial version available for download

11. FilterForge

Price: $399, free 30-day trial available

Eye Candy 7 by Alienskin is a plugin that lets you choose from 32 effect categories and more than a thousand presets to apply to your graphics. You can use it to create your own effects and instantly preview changes applied to any layer. All effects are applied in a new layer, so your original artwork remains untouched until you decide to change it.

Price: $129, free trial available

Price: $39

14. FlatIcon

  • Gives you access to thousands of free icons
  • All icons are available in fully editable vector format
  • Supports Photoshop CS5, CS6, CC and CC 2014

16. TinyPNG

Price: $40

Descreen is a savior if you often use scanned materials in your design projects. It removes screen and moire (interference) patterns from scanned images using a precise Fourier transform method. Unlike other tools which rely on blurring, Descreen can preserve more details thanks to this approach. Recommended resolution for scans is between 600 and 1200 pixels/inch.

Price: Home Edition €15, Professional Edition €75

Price: $79.95, offers a 30-day trial

  • Lets you convert your designs into 3D product models
  • Offers templates and models
  • Developed for Photoshop CS6 and newer, but can work on CS5, CS4 and CS3
  • Automatic updates

Price: $147 or $247 with 60 designer templates

Price: Starts at $20 per month, offers a free 14-day trial

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