The Ultimate Collection Of Photoshop Custom Shapes.Or has it been ignored? Further Reading on SmashingMag: Of course, Photoshop has been the pioneer in graphic editor development for a long time now, and with each new version has added an endless supply of features and addons, and as a result, perhaps the need for free plugins or filters is no longer required. There is one area that it sadly lacks in, and that is free plugins, filters and panels. The Photoshop community is chock-full of many free resources, tutorials, tips and techniques. Of course, Photoshop has been the pioneer in graphic editor development for a long time now, and with each new version (its current version is CS4) has added an endless supply of features and addons, and as a result, perhaps the need for free plugins or filters is no longer required. There is one area that it sadly lacks in, and that is free plugins and filters. The Photoshop community is choc-full of many free resources, tutorials, tips and techniques.