OneOne has released a version of Perfect Effects 3 Free. Not the full suite, but quite a few effects.The next generation of PhotoTools 2.6 FreeBased on the popular, new Perfect Effects 3Over two-dozen professional photographic effectsLive, full-screen effect previewsCombine multiple effects to create your own unique lookIncludes Perfect Layers for creating layered filesWorks as a standalone application or directly with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Lightroom or Aperture

OnOne Software has updated it’s perfect Photo Suite to 6.1. It is a free update for 6.0 Users.Here are there updates.Improved Refine BrushRebuilt for improved results, the Refine Brush in Perfect Mask now better recognizes soft edges, like hair and trees, so you can make your edges more defined between your foreground and background.New Color Spill BrushRemove unwanted reflected or transmitted colors with the new Color Spill Brush in Perfect Mask to ensure all areas of your image reflect their true colors.Enhanced Brushing PerformanceExperience faster, smoother and more responsive brushing functionality, including improved opacity control with Wacom tablets and reduced brush stickiness, that allow you to create high-quality and natural looking masks with just a few strokes.Retouch Portraits with Faster ToolsImages and presets now open faster in Perfect Portrait, and the automatic detection of smaller faces has been improved, so you get to the task of retouching your portraits more quickly.  Visual Tips to Get You Started FasterGetting Started tips show you the key tools to use when you open each module, recommending the first steps to take to start realizing your photographic vision.Select Your Performance PreferencesNow you can optimize the Perfect Photo Suite’s memory usage and undo behavior to match the resources of your computer.Additional performance updatesImproved panning speed and responsivenessUpdated Raw processing library, added support for 35 more camerasAbility to change thumbnail size in matrix view on the browserImproved tool tracking when interacting with other controlsImproved speed when using as a Photoshop plug-inImproved preview quality at all zoom levelsAdded mask thumbnail to Stack in Perfect EffectsPerfect Mask Pen Tool greatly improved for classic useBorders in Perfect Effects now scale non-proportionally to fit the image betterI love how this company does business. The 64 bit versions of their plug ins were free, and they keep releasing either free versions of plug ins or making some of them completely free. This is a company that not only loves it’s customers, but knows it’s whole suite is good enough that it is worth giving away stuff for free since it will make enough sales.