"All of the changes in Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Extended CS4 add up to a friendlier, more accessible interface (and with Photoshop that’s an accomplishment), with increasingly helpful tools that are much easier to find and use than before."
"If you’ve ever dreamt of dabbling in 3D modeling, Photoshop Extended is a great place to start."
Lesa Snider King, Macworld,
December 22, 2008
"Photoshop CS4 [is] a valuable application for a remarkably broad range of professional endeavors, including CAD, DCC, and visualization projects. …Photoshop CS4 Extended… offers numerous high-end capabilities for design professionals and the professional imaging communities."
"…Photoshop CS4 Extended has much to offer no matter what your specific needs—be they 3D, compositing, photo/image editing, visualization refinement, or complex image analysis. The great depth and flexibility of Adobe Photoshop make it a powerful tool for a broad range of endeavors, and the speed and usability enhancements incorporated in this release make it fasterand easier to accomplish the tasks at hand."
Cadalyst, Ron LaFon,
March 19, 2009
"Photoshop CS4 Extended is a fantastic update brimming with features, tweaks, and improvements that I highly recommend…. It’s a powerful arsenal for all creative artists, and now it’s worth the price premium."
"With Photoshop CS4 Extended, Adobe breaks new ground and introduces new features that really harness the power of current-generation machines. The program contains hundreds of useful improvements, so it's easy for me to recommend Photoshop CS4 as an upgrade for just about anyone who is using any previous version."
Franklin McMahon, Digital Content Producer,
December 1, 2008
"…with Photoshop CS4 Extended, Adobe has finally got its 3D textures features to a point where they are really helpful. The new features allow you to load in a 3D object and paint directly on its surface using the common Photoshop tools. This is a huge leap for Photoshop users that work in 3D.
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"Overall, the new version is stronger than ever and the 3D texturing features make me just plain giddy."
GameDev.net, Kelly L. Murdock,
April 13, 2009
"In Photoshop CS3 Extended, users had to paint each texture map as a flat 2D image. This time, Photoshop allows you to paint right onto the 3D geometry, with access to its complete painting toolset. This is a huge advance, and puts Photoshop CS4 Extended in direct competition with more specialised tools."
"…with the right graphics card, CS4 offers staggering screen draw speeds: something that any artist will find it hard to walk away from."
Lance Evans, 3D World,
February 2009 issue
"With its latest version, Photoshop CS4 Extended, Adobe has completely re-created Photoshop’s user interface and thoroughly modernized the program for users and the Web world. For its AEC users Photoshop Extended has added a completely redesigned, more powerful 3D modeling engine."
"With the new adjustment layer panel out in the open on the main interface, Adobe speeds up workflow and offers best practices via nondestructive adjustment layers transparently."
"Photoshop has long been a notorious memory hog when working with large image files. The problem only got worse when 3D was added in Photoshop CS3 Extended. But by harnessing the power of a computer’s graphics card, Adobe has addressed the resources question and given Photoshop CS4 Extended a real power boost."
Jeff Yoders, Building Design & Construction,
November 2008 issue
"If you are doing 3D animation, then Photoshop CS4 and its massive improvements in this area is a must. If you are a professional photographer or graphic designer, then Photoshop CS4 and its significant improvements to these areas are also a must."
Justin Pugh, MicroFilmmaker Magazine,
January 1, 2009
"...the 3D features in Photoshop CS4 are definitely professional grade, and is a great place to start your adventure in the next dimension."
ASMP NorCal Quarterly, John Jerney,
Spring 2009 issue
"Photoshop has always been a mainstay in various professional circles, but with Photoshop CS3 Extended, for the first time Adobe has reached directly into the technical professions of architecture, medicine, manufacturing, science, and engineering, and it’s a very positive initial step."
Greg Miller, Macworld,
April 23, 2007
"For the ultimate in graphics power and flexibility, Photoshop can't be beat."
Sue Chastain, About.com,
October 23, 2007
"Adobe has taken a tremendous jump ahead in the development of Photoshop CS3."
Paula Sanders, Renderosity,
June 5, 2007
"I honestly can’t think of a reason not to upgrade."
Jeremy Schultz, Designorati,
May 26, 2007
"For video producers, Photoshop CS3 Extended is clearly the star of the CS3 Design Premium Package, but the other programs offer long lists of new features worth checking out."
Franklin McMahon, Digital Content Producer,
July 2007
"Photoshop CS3 Extended contains a host of new and improved features that hold special promise for video producers."
Franklin McMahon, Digital Content Producer,
July 2007
"The software's features offer much to film, video, and multimedia professionals and to graphic and Web designers using 3D and motion in their creations. Manufacturing and medical professionals also will find much of use here, as will architects, engineers, and scientific researchers."
"...with its additional integration with Adobe Lightroom and superb facility with digital images, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended is an exceptional product and a very useful tool for design professionals."
"...the addition of support for 3D and the ability to obtain quantitative as well as qualitative data from images adds great depth and capabilities to this already remarkably capable product."
Ron Lafon, Cadalyst,
September 2007
"Photoshop now lets you easily open, rotate, paint, edit textures for, and save out 3D models to incorporate back into 3D workflows."
John Binder, Aerospace America,
June Issue, 2007
"With this new release we see many powerful features for special effects, 3D imaging, and image control. Plus, several of the most beloved features of CS2 have been upgraded to give better performance and more options."
Justin Pugh, MicroFilmmaker,
July 1, 2007
"If you are a high-end user and want the best options for special effects and image manipulation, then CS3 Extended is a must."
Justin Pugh, MicroFilmmaker,
July 1, 2007
"I believe that the release of Photoshop CS3 Extended is a mile marker for this amazing line of software. It has now expanded into being more than just a photo editing and imaging program by giving options that cater to professionals in different lines of visual work."
Justin Pugh, MicroFilmmaker,
July 1, 2007
"The newer Extended edition adds a range of high-end capabilities to the software, including revolutionary support for 3D and video files, turning it into a real media Swiss Army knife."
Lance Evans, 3D World,
October, 2007
"CS3 Extended is a truly standout release of Photoshop and we think most pro shops will opt for this version in a heartbeat.…if purchased as part of the relatively inexpensive Production Premium bundle, Extended becomes a no-brainer."
Lance Evans, 3D World,
October, 2007
“CS3 Extended will allow users to import CAD data and maintain all of the information contained in the
design. CS3 Extended will also allow users to edit textures, and it supports Collada, KMZ and Acrobat‘s
U3D file format. Adobe representatives say there should be almost no data lost in files translated from
U3D.”
John Myers, CATIA,
July 2, 2007
“Adobe Photoshop was already the 800-pound gorilla of the image creation and editing field, but with the recent debut of Photoshop CS3 Extended, this jumbo gorilla just bulked up a bit, which should put the competition even more on edge.”
Tom Carroll, Game Developer,
August 2007
"Overall I highly recommend Adobe's Photoshop CS3 Extended and have only started in on using it. There is a lot there for photo image editing and so many other areas that it will take some time to fully utilize the programs fullest potential."
Jeff Gedgaud, Associated Content,
September 26, 2007
"The new tools are all great, as is the new interface. The video and 3D abilities of Extended are also very welcome.... CS3 Photoshop Extended is a real winner."
Jack Parson and Lance Evans, GFX Review,
July 17, 2007
"Photoshop remains an indispensable tool not only for traditional photographers and designers, but also for industries such as architecture and medical imaging where image analysis is becoming ever more important."
Andre Da Costa, ActiveWin,
August 14, 2007
"Photoshop CS3 Extended [is] a new version of the program with more powerful tools that will allow creative design, engineering, and construction professionals (as well as other users) to get the most out of the digital images they work with."
Jeff Yoders, Building Design & Construction,
April 1, 2007
"Photoshop CS3 Extended marks an important step in the development of the application to make it more focused towards the specific needs and workflows of certain industries, one of them being AEC."
Lachmi Khemlani, AECbytes,
April 30, 2007
"The numerous enhancements made to the base product itself such as Smart Filters, improved Photo merge with automatic layer alignment and blending, improved color correction features, and faster performance already make Photoshop CS3 a compelling upgrade, and I can see architectural firms choosing to upgrade at least a few of their copies to the Extended version in order to take advantage of the new 3D capabilities it has to offer."
Lachmi Khemlani, AECbytes,
April 30, 2007
"While it might overwhelm inexperienced Photoshop users, this enhanced version is a must-have for those who have learned to rely on Adobe Photoshop in years past. Not a bad investment for under a thousand bucks."
Bonnie Bruno, Bonnie Bruno Photography,
August 17, 2007
2009
Cadalyst
Cadalyst Labs Highly Recommended rating - Photoshop CS4 Extended
March 19, 2009
3D World
8 out of 10 rating - Photoshop CS4 Extended
February 2009 issue
MicroFilmmaker Magazine
Award of Superiority - Photoshop CS4 Extended
January 1, 2009
MicroFilmmaker Magazine
9.3 out of 10 rating - Photoshop CS4 Extended
January 1, 2009
2008
PC World
90 out of 100 "Superior" rating
September 24, 2008
Macworld
Macworld 4 out of 5 rating - Photoshop CS4 and CS4 Extended
October 22, 2008
Cadalyst
Cadalyst Labs Highly Recommended rating
March 19, 2009
2007
American Photo
Editors' Choice Award 2007 - Photoshop CS3
July/August Issue, 2007
MacLife
MacLife 5 out of 5 “Awesome” Rating - Photoshop CS3
May 25, 2007
MacLife
MacLife Editors' Choice Award - Photoshop CS3
May 25, 2007
Dingbat Magazine
Bat's Best of the Year Award - Photoshop CS3 Extended
December, 2007
3D World
9 out of 10 rating - Photoshop CS3 Extended
October 2007
Cadalyst
Cadalyst All Star Award - Photoshop CS3 Extended
December 1, 2007
Cadalyst
"Highly Recommended" - Photoshop CS3 Extended
September 2007
Designorati
5 out 5 star rating
May 26, 2007
PC Review Online
5 out of 5 rating - Photoshop CS3 Extended
September 1, 2007
Associated Content
97 out of 100 rating - Photoshop CS3 Extended
September 26, 2007
GameDev.net
4.5 out of 5 rating - Photoshop CS3 Extended
August 17, 2007
ActiveWin
91.6 out of 100 rating - Photoshop CS3 Extended
August 14, 2007
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