Boost your productivity with a streamlined interface!
Ideal for film, video, and multimedia professionals and graphic and web
designers using 3D and motion, as well as professionals in engineering and
science, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software delivers everything in Photoshop
CS3 and more. Render and incorporate 3D images into your 2D composites. Stop
time with easy editing of motion graphics on video layers. And probe your images
with measurement, analysis, and visualization tools.
Edit 3D and motion-based images
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended includes key new capabilities that let you
incorporate 3D and motion-based content into your image editing workflow. Now
you can render 3D content into your 2D composites, edit existing textures on 3D
models, and embed your edited models into Adobe PDF files for easy collaboration
with colleagues. Plus, you can animate video frames, paint and clone over
multiple video frames, and import and export video files in a wide range of
formats.
Analyze images with precision
Photoshop CS3 Extended helps professionals in manufacturing, medicine,
architecture, engineering, and scientific research gain more insight from
images. Measurement and counting tools enable analysis of 2D and 3D images.
MATLAB users can pull image data from Photoshop Extended into MATLAB and
visualize results of MATLAB algorithms back in the software. And medical
professionals can correct, annotate, and analyze DICOM files.
Work more productively
With improved performance throughout the editing workflow, Photoshop CS3
Extended helps you work more productively--even when editing the most
specialized images. Experience native performance on both Intel and PowerPC
based Macs and on Microsoft Windows Vistaª systems. Maximize your workspace
with a streamlined interface, process raw images with increased speed and
quality, and manage assets more efficiently in the revamped Adobe Bridge CS3.
Composite and edit with unrivaled power
Leverage the power of the industry standard for the utmost creative control in
image editing and compositing. Now you can apply filters nondestructively,
manage and correct color more easily, convert color images to rich
black-and-white with one click, and retouch images with more powerful cloning
and healing tools. Plus, you can enjoy advanced compositing with breakthrough
tools for aligning and blending layers automatically and making image selections
with one brush stroke.
- Experience smooth handling of 3D and motion-based content.
- Gain deeper insights from your images with new measurement and analysis
tools.
- Boost your productivity with a streamlined interface, enhancements to
raw-image processing and asset management workflows, and more.
- Achieve your vision with unrivaled power to edit, composite, and
experiment.
Film, video, and multimedia professionals and graphic and web designers
using 3D and motion--With Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software, you can now
leverage the power of the Photoshop image-editing toolset and paint engine when
editing 3D and motion-based content for film, video, the web, and mobile
devices.
Manufacturing and design engineers--With Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
software, you can easily import, rotate, and create different rendering modes
and edit existing textures on 3D models to enhance 3D content or create
compelling composites of 2D and 3D content.
Medical professionals--Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software helps you
improve patient care with powerful tools for documenting and analyzing treatment
and visualizing potential outcomes.
Architects and engineers--Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software helps
you communicate your vision clearly and make an impact with all of your drawings
and designs.
Scientific researchers--Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software delivers
new tools for analyzing and extracting data from images, and offers powerful
presentation capabilities to help you communicate your discoveries.
Students and educators--With features designed for professionals in
video and motion graphics production, manufacturing, medicine, architecture,
engineering, and scientific research, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software is a
key new tool for students pursuing careers in these fields, and for their
instructors.
Product overview
Get everything in Adobe Photoshop CS3 software and more with Photoshop CS3
Extended, which enables you to edit 3D and motion-based content and perform
image analysis.
3D image editing
3D compositing and texture editing
Easily render and incorporate rich 3D content into your 2D composites--even edit
textures on 3D models directly within Photoshop Extended and immediately see the
results. Photoshop Extended supports common 3D interchange formats, including
3DS, OBJ, U3D, KMZ, and COLLADA, so you can import, view, and interact with most
3D models.
Integration with Adobe Acrobat 8 software
Create, modify, and collaborate on 3D content more easily through tight
integration between Photoshop CS3 Extended and Acrobat 3D software. Convert
myriad 3D CAD formats to the robust U3D interchange format, enhance models and
create composites with Photoshop Extended, and easily embed 3D models created in
Photoshop Extended into PDF files to distribute for review.
Enhanced Vanishing Point with 3D support
Edit in perspective on multiple surfaces--even those connected at angles other
than 90 degrees--with the enhanced Vanishing Point, which also lets you measure
in perspective; wrap graphics, images, and text around multiple planes; and
output 2D planes as 3D models.
Video and Animation Design
Movie Paint
Enhance video directly within Photoshop Extended. Now you can paint, add text,
and clone over multiple frames of an imported video sequence.
Smooth animation workflow
Easily create animations from a series of still images or video frames with a
new Animation palette that enables onion skinning.
Broad video format support, including QuickTime
Import QuickTime movies and most AVI and MPEG files, and output video and
animations to MOV, AVI, MPEG-4, FLV, 3G, FLC, H.264 (iPod), and DV Stream.
Video layers
Create and edit images for video with maximum quality and a broader range of
color models. Edit and enhance grayscale, RGB, CMYK, and LAB models at 8-, 16-,
and 32-bit depths with color management.
Analyze Images With Precision
Measurement, counting, and edit-tracking tools
2D and 3D measurement tools
Extract quantitative information from images with new measurement tools. Easily
calibrate or set the scale of an image, and then use any of the Photoshop
Extended selection tools to define and calculate distance, perimeter, area, and
other measurements. Record data points in a measurement log and export data,
including histogram data, to a spreadsheet for further analysis.
Scale Marker
Show scale in images destined for presentation or publication using the Scale
Marker, which lets you easily add a scale graphic to any image.
Count tool
Easily and accurately count objects or features in scientific images with the
Count tool, which eliminates the need to perform manual calculations or rely on
visual assessments of changes from image to image.
History palette and Edit History log
Undo and redo any set of editing steps in an open image with the History
palette, and automatically track all editing steps within your files with the
Edit History log. Export steps to a text file or save them as part of image
metadata for easier documentation of your work, file audits, and more.
Support for Manufacturing, Medical, and Scientific
Workflows
Image Stacks
Quickly combine a series of related images and render them into a single view
using a wide variety of rendering options, such as median and maximum. Photoshop
Extended automatically analyzes and combines the images while preserving the
originals. Image Stacks are extensible, so third parties can write their own
render modes.
DICOM support
Use the comprehensive Photoshop Extended toolset to import, correct, annotate,
analyze, and create animations from DICOM images. Even automatically remove
patient information from DICOM metadata and batch save JPEG files for
presentation purposes.
MATLAB support
Pass image data directly between Photoshop Extended and MATLAB with the ability
to call Photoshop Extended directly from the MATLAB command line. Visualize
results of MATLAB algorithms in the software, and combine MATLAB processing with
Photoshop Extended image editing to render, test, and refine algorithms for
image processing, analysis, and more.
Work More Productively
Efficient and flexible work environment
Streamlined interface and palette management
Maximize screen space for editing while keeping essential tools accessible.
Palettes are now arranged in convenient, self-adjusting docks that can be
widened to full size or narrowed to icons or even a thin, self-revealing strip
at the edge of your monitor.
Faster, more flexible asset management with Adobe Bridge CS3
Organize and manage images more efficiently with next-generation Adobe Bridge
CS3 software, which now delivers improved performance, a Filter panel for easier
searching, the ability to group multiple images under a single thumbnail, the
Loupe tool, offline image browsing, and more.
Custom menus, shortcuts, and workspaces
Set up and save custom menus, keyboard shortcuts, and workspaces for quick
access to what you need.
Streamlined Workflow
Better raw-image processing
Process raw images with increased speed and superior conversion quality using
the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in, which now adds support for JPEG and TIFF
formats; new tools including Fill Light and Dust Busting; compatibility with
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software; and support for over 150 camera models.
Enhanced PDF support
Work more easily with Adobe PDF-based content. Precisely control the size of PDF
pages opened in Photoshop Extended; add security controls and metadata, such as
copyright and exposure details, to images within PDF presentations; and create a
richer image display in PDF presentations and documents.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Jump from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software to Photoshop CS3 Extended in one
click for advanced editing of your digital images. Lightroom (sold separately)
offers an efficient, powerful way to import, manage, and present large volumes
of digital images.
Improved printing experience
Experience better control over print quality with color management, a larger
print preview window, and more controls in one place so you can print in fewer
steps. Improved printing controls, co-developed by Adobe and HP, make printing
easier and more predictable, and streamline setup options via integration with
select printers from HP, Epson, and Canon.
Presets
Make sophisticated color adjustments automatically with one-click presets in
Curves, the Channel Mixer, and the new Black and White conversion dialog box.
Peak performance
Experience native performance on Intel and PowerPC based Macintosh computers,
and on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vistaª systems.
Automated production
Automate common production tasks in a variety of ways. Set up event-based
scripts, record a series of steps as an Action for efficient batch processing,
and design repetitive graphics faster with Variables.
Wide range of supported formats
Import and export an even greater range of file formats, including PSD, BMP,
DICOM, Cineon, JPEG, JPEG2000, OpenEXR, PNG, Targa, and TIFF.
Adobe Device Central CS3
Visually emulate how your dynamic content will render on mobile devices using
the built-in Adobe Device Central CS3.
Zoomify export for high-resolution web display
Take advantage of Adobe Flash and Zoomify technology to export high-resolution
images to the web for viewing through Adobe Flash Player software. Flash Player
displays your images quickly and efficiently, letting viewers zoom in on details
with minimal delay.
Improved integration with other Adobe tools
Enjoy better support for Photoshop files in your other Adobe software
applications (sold separately). Copy and paste Photoshop files directly into
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 software projects, import them into Adobe Flash CS3
Professional software with high fidelity, and preserve layer effects and video
layers when you import them into Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional software.
Third-party solutions and resources
Take advantage of a wealth of additional resources--including software plug-ins,
books, and training--from the longstanding community of expert Photoshop
developers, authors, and trainers.
Composite and Edit With Unrivaled Power - Nondestructive
editing
Smart Filters
Add, adjust, and remove filters from an image without having to resave the image
or start over to preserve quality. Nondestructive Smart Filters allow you to
visualize changes without altering original pixel data.
Smart Objects
Perform nondestructive scaling, rotating, and warping of raster and vector
graphics with Smart Objects. Even preserve the editability of vector data from
Adobe Illustrator software.
Professional Color and Tone Control
Color-correction enhancements
Take advantage of precision color correction made faster and easier.
Brightness/Contrast now provides better results from the same intuitive
interface, and enhanced Curves controls let you make automatic adjustments with
included presets or those you create; convert to black-and-white with point
sliders; and use a histogram, color channel lines, and a clipping preview.
Black-and-white conversion
Easily convert color images to rich black-and-white and adjust tonal values and
tints with a new tool. Experiment with the included black-and-white presets, or
create and save your own custom presets to achieve the best results.
Improved Channel Mixer
Take advantage of new functionality and a host of presets that make the Channel
Mixer easier to use for black-and-white conversion.
Enhanced 32-bit high dynamic range (HDR) support
Create and edit 32-bit images and combine multiple exposures into a single,
32-bit image that preserves the full range of a scene--from the deepest shadows
to the brightest highlights. New image-processing and alignment algorithms
deliver superior results. And with Photoshop CS3 Extended, you can even edit
32-bit images using brushes, filters, blending modes, transformations,
selections, tools, aspect ratios, and more.
Intelligent Image Editing and Enhancement
More powerful cloning and healing tools
Experience greater control when retouching images with cloning tools and the
Healing Brush. Clone images over time; see source pixels under your tool or
brush for more precise positioning; preview changes to source content live; and
set multiple source points, scale, and rotate in the new Clone Source palette.
Rich painting and drawing toolset
Create or modify images with a wide assortment of professional, fully
customizable paint settings, artistic brushes, and drawing tools.
Easy Compositing and Selecting
Advanced compositing
Create more accurate composites by automatically aligning multiple Photoshop
layers or images based on similar content. The Auto-align Layers command quickly
analyzes details and moves, rotates, or warps layers to align them perfectly,
and the Auto-blend Layers command blends the color and shading to create a
smooth, editable result.
Improved Photomerge technology
Take advantage of refined Photomerge technology, which uses new layer-alignment
and layer-blending capabilities to let you automatically stitch horizontal or
vertical photos into seamless panoramas.
Quick Selection and Refine Edge tools
Make selections in a snap. Loosely draw on an image area, and the Quick
Selection tool automatically completes the selection for you. Then preview and
fine-tune your selections with the Refine Edge tool.
Flexible layers
Composite images, text, and effects on hundreds of layers for extraordinarily
sophisticated results. Organize layers with up to five levels of nesting, and
save them in different combinations as layer comps.
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