Scientific researchers
While advances in digital imaging are bringing newfound benefits to scientific research, new challenges have also arisen. Extracting information from growing volumes of digital images, maintaining an efficient workflow, documenting visuals for regulatory reasons, and communicating your insights and ideas can be difficult. New Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended software now offers more powerful tools that help you see detail more easily, articulate complex concepts visually, and save time by automating common tasks.
New measurement and analysis tools, enhanced support for 32-bit images, and support for open standards and MATLAB are just a few of the features that enable scientific researchers to capture, interpret, and disseminate information more efficiently and effectively. Find out more about Photoshop CS3 Extended.
Software and solutions
Photoshop CS3 Extended
See a list of top features for scientific researchers.
Buy Photoshop CS3 Extended.
Plug-ins
ClearID, by Ocean Systems
Expand the functionality of Photoshop with tools such as an automated pattern remover, multiple Fourier filters that work in color, and improved Color Safe Levels and Curves that can be adjusted without affecting image saturation.
Fovea Pro, by Reindeer Graphics
Turn Photoshop into a high-end scientific image analysis software package. Fovea Pro lets you automatically process folders that contain batches of images, yielding data files ready for further interpretation in spreadsheet or statistics programs.
FITS Liberator, by the European Space Agency, European Southern Observatory, and NASA
Craft beautiful astronomical images with this free plug-in, which makes astronomical images and spectra from famous telescopes accessible to astronomy enthusiasts.
Developers: Want to create Photoshop plug-ins for scientific and medical imaging? Visit the Adobe Photoshop Developer Center.
Success stories
David Malin Images
World-renowned astrophotographer brings objects in the universe to light using Adobe Photoshop software.
Puzzle masters
Researchers piece together early Buddhist manuscripts using Adobe Photoshop software.
West Semitic Research Project, USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
University of Southern California researchers trained in the study of ancient inscriptions use Photoshop to bring history to light.
Tutorials and other resources
Books
Quick Photoshop for Research: A Guide to Digital Imaging, by Jerry Sedgewick
With this step-by-step guide, scientists can use Photoshop to make publication-quality scientific images.
Photoshop for Astrophotographers, by Jerry Lodriguss
This guide offers basic digital correction tips and advanced enhancement techniques for working with astronomical photos in Photoshop.
Community
Photoshop organizations
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