Over the course of the coming year, Filter Forge will release seven free Photoshop plug-ins named Filter Forge Freepacks, with each plugin centered around a different theme. The freepacks are based on the technology used in the company's flagship product, Filter Forge, a Photoshop plug-in allowing users to create their own filters in a visual editor. Each freepack will be capable of generating tiled textures with professional-grade anti-aliasing, and will take full advantage of modern dual-core processors.

The theme of the first Filter Forge freepack is metals -- the plugin comprises seven filters that produce realistic metal textures and effects. Alien Metal produces a sci-fi texture of an alien-looking metallic surface; Brushed Metal generates a texture of brushed aluminum; Foil produces a texture of crumpled aluminum foil; Diamond Plate creates a texture of an industrial diamond plate floor; Metal Panels generates a metal plating texture; Metalizer produces a smooth metallic surface based on the brightness of the source image; and Rust renders patches of corrosion over the darker areas of the source image. All textures generated by the plug-in are tiled and can be immediately used as a web background or a game texture.