Architects, engineers, and construction professionals
Communicating design concepts and project status to clients, regulators, and colleagues can be challenging. New Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended software delivers powerful tools that can help you communicate detail clearly, articulate complex concepts visually, and save time by automating common tasks.
New 3D compositing and texture editing capabilities, 2D and 3D measurement tools, and support for 3D in Vanishing Point are just a few of the features that enable you to work more efficiently and make a greater impact with all your drawings and designs. Find out more about Photoshop CS3 Extended.
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Software and solutions
Photoshop CS3 Extended
Watch the new Photoshop CS3 Extended feature tour for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals.
Buy Photoshop CS3 Extended.
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
Plug-ins
Aurora, by Digital Element
Aurora helps you achieve true digital nature effects within Photoshop. Faster and more versatile than clip art, Aurora specializes in water, sky, and lighting for outdoor scenes.
Verdant, by Digital Element
Verdant allows users to randomize, rotate, scale, and place plants and trees in Photoshop. A must-have for architects and engineers using Photoshop to visualize design concepts.
imageSynth, by Luxology
This plug-in creates seamless, high-resolution images from existing seed images that you supply.
Developers: Want to create Photoshop plug-ins? Adobe Photoshop Developer Center.
Tutorials and other resources
White papers and tutorials
Architectural and engineering workflows for Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended
(PDF: 7.4M)
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended for AEC professionals
(PDF: 199k)
Engineering and Architectural Workflows for Photoshop
(PDF: 1.2M)
Creating perspective-accurate visualizations with Vanishing Point
(PDF: 273k)
Books
Enhancing CAD Drawings with Photoshop
Architects can learn how to transform CAD drawings into beautiful presentational pieces using Photoshop.
Community
Photoshop User to User Forums
Share questions, suggestions, and information about your Adobe products.
Photoshop organizations
Find information about third-party professional organizations, e-mail lists, message boards, and more.
Success stories
Robert Frank
Leading architectural illustrator Robert Frank uses Photoshop software to create painterly architectural illustrations.
Martha Calderón
Martha Calderón of artchitect.com creates stunning, accurate architectural floor plan illustrations using Photoshop software.
Bill Redmann, Redmann & Associates
Bill Redmann, engineer and head of Redmann & Associates, relies on Photoshop to quickly and effectively communicate product concepts to clients.
Mlodzik Architectural Visualization
David Mlodzik takes architectural visualization to new levels of sophistication using powerful tools in Photoshop.
