Manufacturing and design engineers
When it comes to concept design, visualization, and prototyping, you need tools that allow limitless creativity and experimentation. And when it’s time to promote a new idea to colleagues and clients or to market a product to customers, you need tools that will help you communicate your concepts clearly and effectively. Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 Extended software delivers powerful new features and enhancements to help you achieve your goals.
Supporting a range of common 3D formats, Photoshop CS4 Extended now lets you paint directly on 3D models. With the new 3D engine, you can edit textures, lights, and many other scene properties, plus easily create print- and presentation-quality 2D and 3D composites. Set the scale of an image, take measurements, and export data to a spreadsheet program. And present more effectively thanks to enhanced integration with Adobe Acrobat® 9 Pro Extended software and PDF workflows that help you collaborate more efficiently and manage review cycles. Photoshop CS4 Extended is part of Adobe Creative Suite® 4 Design Premium edition.
- Key features for manufacturing and design engineers
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Revolutionary 3D painting and compositing
Now paint directly on 3D models, wrap 2D images around 3D shapes, convert gradient maps to 3D objects, add depth to layers and text, get print-quality output with the new ray-tracing rendering engine, and enjoy exporting to supported common 3D formats.
Richer painting and drawing toolset
Create or modify images with a wide assortment of professional, fully customizable drawing tools, paint settings, and artistic brushes. Simply drag to resize brushes and adjust for hardness as you paint and preview brush strokes.
Quick Selection tool
Loosely draw on an image area and the Quick Selection tool automatically completes the selection for you. Then use simple sliders to preview and refine your selection.
Improved Count tool
Easily and accurately tally 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. Save even more time by performing multiple counts in a single image. Use separate colors for each count and save your counts in the file.
Quantitative data extraction
Easily calibrate or set the scale of an image, including setting measurements to the scale information in the header of DICOM files. Use selection tools to define and calculate distance, perimeter, area, and many other measurements. Record data points in a Measurement Log and then export the data, including histogram data, to a spreadsheet for further quantitative analysis.
Scale markers
Easily add scale markers to any image or series of images for presentations or publication.
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.
Broad file format support
Import and export hundreds of file formats, including PSD, AI, PDF, NEF, CRW, TIFF, BMP, Cineon, JPEG, JPEG2000, FXG, OpenEXR, PNG, Targa, DICOM, OBJ, KMZ, Collada, U3D, and 3DS (import only).
Better raw image processing
Enjoy superior conversion quality as you process raw images with the industry-leading Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 5 plug-in, which now offers localized corrections, post-crop vignetting, TIFF and JPEG processing, and support for more than 190 camera models.
Industry-leading color correction
Enjoy dramatically enhanced color correction with reengineered Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools that now intelligently preserve color and tone details. Make precise adjustments with Brightness/Contrast and Curves controls, the histogram, color channel lines, and a clipping preview.
Efficient file management with Adobe Bridge CS4
Get instant access to Adobe Bridge CS4 with faster start-up, use new workspaces to jump to the right display for every task, easily create web galleries and PDF contact sheets, and more.
Adobe Community Help
Access the power of an online search engine from within Photoshop CS4, but with more targeted results. Searchable content includes the in-depth Photoshop Help, plus additional Adobe and third-party content chosen chosen by experts at Adobe and in the design and production communities.
- Software and solutions
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Adobe Creative Suite 4
Do you work with other creative tools? Consider Adobe Creative Suite® 4 software products, which combine Photoshop with other powerful Adobe applications to form complete design environments for print, web, and video workflows.
See if Acrobat 9 Pro Extended is right for you
Learn how Adobe Acrobat® solutions can improve the flow of information across all of your manufacturing processes so you can deliver higher quality products at a lower cost.
Photoshop for you
Discover which edition of Photoshop is right for you.
Extend your creativity with plug-ins
Plug-ins add capabilities to Adobe applications, allowing you to be more creative and productive. To automate or customize your production tasks, generate professional effects, or work faster and easier, just plug in!
Developers: Want to create Photoshop plug-ins? Visit the Adobe Photoshop Developer Center.
- Tutorials and other resources
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Community
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