The cost of such software is negligible compared to my time. However, at the point I'm at in photography, if some piece of SW saves me time and money or increases the quality of my images at a reasonable cost, there's no question - I just buy it and use it.
I've preached that policy for probably over a decade, ie, from when plugins first became widely available/popular. I'm all in favor of knowing the basics incredibly well and teaching the basics before you turn someone loose with plugins.
#Eye candy plugin shadow perspective manual
"Nothing wrong with plugins, but always have back-up manual skills in case you are without them." You can download and try out the plugin for a trial here: Eye Candy comes with a whole bunch of other simulation/textures features, but this is my favourite. This is just a stock setting, but you can adjust settings to get the bevel/colour/reflection map/curve qualities you are looking for. Many of you will know of this plugin set, but some of the beginner PSers won't. In terms of speed and realism, there is simply no substitute for the chrome effect in the Eye Candy plugin by Alienskin. I don't mean brushed metal, or the popular faux metal effect using gradients, I mean convincing polished chrome. While I'm generally not a fan of filters outside of the default PS features as they can leave a gap in your skills if they become corrupted, or you're using a copy of PS without them installed and you haven't bothered to learn to create the effect manually, there are some effects which can only be achieved at a very high quality with plugins, unless you wish to devote most of the day to achieving them manually.
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