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- Film, video, and multimedia professionals
- Graphic and web designers using 3D and motion
- Manufacturing and design engineers/medical professionals
- Architects and engineers/scientific researchers
- Graphic designers, web designers, and artists
- Professional and serious amateur photographers
- Photography enthusiasts
- Snap shooters who edit and share photos online
Photoshop® See What's Possible®
Film, video, and multimedia professionals Graphic and web designers using 3D and motion
Discover new dimensions in digital imaging
Enjoy the full complement of tools in Adobe® Photoshop CS4 software, plus the following features.
- 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.
- Edit motion graphics more efficiently with new single-key shortcuts, sync visual effects with specific points in an audio track using new audio syncing controls, and turn any 3D object into a video display zone.
- Create 3D animations by controlling object movement, camera position, render settings, and cross sections, and even animate textures.
Manufacturing and design engineers/medical professionals Architects and engineers/scientific researchers
Discover new dimensions in digital imaging
Enjoy the full complement of tools in Photoshop CS4, plus the following features.
- 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.
- 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 information, to a spreadsheet for further quantitative analysis.
- 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.
- Pass image data directly between Photoshop Extended and MATLAB with the ability to call Photoshop Extended directly from the MATLAB command line.
Graphic designers, web designers, and artists
Create powerful images with the professional standard
- Easily access tools for nondestructive adjustment of color and tone. Quickly adjust specific image areas with easier access to all the tools for creating and editing nondestructive masks.
- Navigate to any area of an image with new, ultra-smooth zooming and panning. Maintain clarity as you zoom to individual pixels and easily edit at the highest magnification with the new Pixel Grid. And use the revolutionary new Rotate View tool to smoothly turn your canvas for distortion-free viewing at any angle.
- Easily create a single image from a series of shots that have different focal points with the enhanced Auto-Blend Layers command, which smoothly blends color and shading and now extends your depth of field, automatically correcting vignettes and lens distortion.
- Experiment without harming your original photo. Visualize different effects and manipulate objects using nondestructive Smart Filters and Smart Objects. Preserve color and tone details as you correct with intelligent Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools.
- Get outstanding prints with superior color management, tighter integration with leading printer models, and the ability to preview out-of-gamut image areas. Support for 16-bit printing on Mac OS offers increased color depth and clarity.
Professional and serious amateur photographers
Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® 2 software work hand in hand, so you can efficiently manage thousands of images — or perfect just one. Together, Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2 provide a complete solution for the post-capture processing and editing of digital photography.
Create powerful images with the professional standard
- Easily access tools for nondestructive adjustment of color and tone. Quickly adjust specific image areas with easier access to all the tools for creating and editing nondestructive masks.
- Easily create a single image from a series of shots that have different focal points with the enhanced Auto-Blend Layers command, which smoothly blends color and shading and now extends your depth of field, automatically correcting vignettes and lens distortion.
- Navigate to any area of an image with new, ultra-smooth zooming and panning. Maintain clarity as you zoom to individual pixels and easily edit at the highest magnification with the new Pixel Grid. And use the revolutionary new Rotate View tool to smoothly turn your canvas for distortion-free viewing at any angle.
- Experiment without harming your original photo. Visualize different effects and manipulate objects using nondestructive Smart Filters and Smart Objects. Preserve color and tone details as you correct with intelligent Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools.
- 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.
Simplify photography from shoot to finish
- Use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to efficiently process large volumes of photographs from a single shoot, and take single photographs to Photoshop only for advanced editing.
- Confidently and easily perform nondestructive photo editing with robust support for more than 190 camera raw file formats.
- Apply batch processing with professional editing tools including white balance correction, exposure, tone curves, and black-and-white conversion.
- Produce high-quality prints, contact sheets, sophisticated online web galleries, and slide shows for client presentation.
Photography enthusiasts
Extraordinary photos. Amazing stories.
- Stay connected with your favorite people and memories with new Photoshop.com Plus membership.
- Make ordinary photos extraordinary with easy-to-use editing and compositing tools.
- Share your stories in beautiful, personalized creations for print and web, including scrapbook pages, photo books, and interactive Online Albums.
- Easily find and view all your photos with visual tags and powerful search options.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 with Photoshop.com Plus membership
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Snap shooters who edit and share photos online
Photoshop.com
Create and learn, get ideas, store photos (2GB free), and share your work — all on Photoshop.com.




