Want to add cartoon bubbles to your photos? Now you can. Digital Anarchy is offering a free Cartoon Bubble plug-in for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. You can vary the size, shape and position of the bubble, as well as the typeface and font size.

Other features include color selection for both the bubble and its edge, a slider control to adjust the bubble’s thickness, and seven preconfigured bubble styles that include basic ellipse, basic rectangle, emphasis, and thought bubble. You can even create and save your own bubble styles. I found using the plug-in to be simple and straightforward.

What’s missing? There’s no undo function inside the plug-in, though there is a workaround. If you use Photoshop to undo the plug-in’s changes and then reload the plug-in, it will automatically reapply all the previous settings, including the text you typed into the bubble.

You do have to provide an e-mail address to Digital Anarchy in order to receive the link for the Cartoon Bubble download. For what it’s worth, I’ve known the company for many years, and they are well regarded among graphics professionals.

Here’s a link for more information.