Adobe Photoshop has long been the standard for any kind of photo editing or image creation in the industry. It has set the bar for all similar programs to follow and has many different incarnations for different operating systems. The current most widely used version is CS3 and while CS4 is out more people prefer to use CS3 simply because they are more familiar with it. Photoshop CS3 and CS3 extended are designed to work with older, current, and future operating systems. While compatibility with Windows 2000 is not guaranteed both items are compatible with the almost decade old Windows XP. Windows Vista and Windows 7 are also both fully compatible with the program. Despite this however many still prefer to use XP and are distrustful of Vista and 7.
Photoshop CS3 Extended is an add-on to Photoshop but it also works as a standalone program. It allows you to work with film and even 3D models which gives the user a greater amount of flexibility in their work. It also gives those of us in the film and 3D modeling areas additional tools to work with. Ease of use and creativity have always been the focus points with Photoshop and this new add-on follows this philosophy.
It is unclear if Adobe Photoshop CS4 will offer this as an integrated feature or as an additional download but its success with CS3 users is apparent. Most love the added features and self styled artists enjoy being able to alter their models and images with ease. The results of this type of editing have lead to some truly beautiful 2D and 3D composite images. For those that don’t make 3D models or animations a little bit of explaining is required.
When making a 3D image most rendering programs allow you to make your model as complex as needed and then texture it. Texturing is essentially painting the model to give it all those nice shinny bits. Unfortunately not all programs render these textures as their artist’s desire. Before an artist would have to render an image then import it into a program such as Photoshop for editing. Now artists can import certain 3D file types and edit the textures of their models before doing a render. This allows for more realistic and satisfactory images to be made from models or animations.
Adobe Photoshop is available for both PC and MAC making it very versatile. You can run it on a netbook, laptop, or a desktop computer. Aside from making images for personal art Photoshop has found extensive use in all aspects of the industry. Everything from texturing in state of the art CG films to making concert advertisements for local band events has been done with the program. Photoshop is very easy to learn and even a beginner can create some good looking images. Add to the fact that the amount of layer editing options has increased with each release and you can pull of some impressive effects with just a few clicks of a button.
Remember that whether your operating system is the aged but reliable Windows XP, or the new and unproven Windows 7, Photoshop will work for you. It has various features that allow for immense editing and Photoshop Extended is both an add-on or standalone program. It is available for PC and Mac which means that no matter your preferred hardware you will always have it at your finger tips.
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