Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

• License:

  Free to try; $999.00 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 369 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  11,068,430

• Requirements:

  Windows XP/Vista, QuickTime 7

• Limitations:

  30-day trial

• Date Added:

  June 21, 2007

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Publisher's description of Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended is ideal for film, video, and multimedia professionals and graphic and Web designers using 3D and motion, as well as professionals in engineering and science, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended software delivers everything in Photoshop CS3 and more. Render and incorporate 3D images into your 2D composites. Stop time with easy editing of motion graphics on video layers. And probe your images with measurement, analysis, and visualization tools.

Version CS3 adds smart filters, 2D and 3D measurement tools, and Refine Edge tools.

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Editor's review of Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

• 5.0 stars

• "Photoshop CS3 improves help and video support"

Photoshop is the professional standard in digital imaging, with an endless selection of drawing tools, filters, and color-adjustment capabilities for manipulating items in almost any way. Originally designed for bitmap images, Photoshop lets you create eye-catching typography by placing text on paths or within shapes, perform shadow and highlight correction, explore expanded color-matching features, parlay efficient layer comps, and preview, search, and share images. Oh, and it's also the premiere program for managing home digital printing.

CS3 Extended includes support for rendering and integrating 3D images into 2D composites and video layer editing. There's also a greatly modified help menu to take the edge off your learning curve, with built-in how-to's on Preparing Art for Other Applications, Printing Photos, Working with Color and Type, and more. From simply lightening dark photos to improving color and contrast, to adding objects or people that weren't originally in the picture, Photoshop is an excellent tool whose innovative features meet any professional need.

Though it's an excellent software tool, the trial version demands a lot of download time, hard drive space, and RAM for rendering and other heavy tasks. However, the trial is fully functional, letting you edit, save, print, and export files, making it easier to assess this expensive product. Keep in mind that Photoshop has a steep learning curve, so great results take time and training.

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• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 369 votes
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• 3 stars

  16 out of 19 people found this review helpful

  Version: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

  "I was very disappointed."

  by JoyceNgo on August 3, 2007

  Pros: I was very amused of this software so I gave it a try and uninstalled CS2. Apparently it;s good in for designing, and I was amazed by the new features that it has given plus more capabilities to those who do photography, etc.

  Cons: I was disappointed becasue:

  1) It came with a bunble of "special feature" that even the regular version of CS3 gives and I did not see any uninstaller for any of them. I personally have no use for most of their added features like Adobe Bridge, Stock Photos, ExtendedScript Toolkit, etc.

  2) This seem to have gotten more complicated. I've notice they retired ImageReady and merged animation and slicing capibilities to Photoshop.

  3) They menus have been more complicated. I tend to do trial&error a lot when designing a banner, and now the history & actions is moved to a side panel menu.. this makes things less convenient.

  4) When you start a new project, I usually just ise 640 x 480 for random stuff, and apparently now, they categorized the image sizes and it takes longer to find now.

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• 4 stars

  3 out of 9 people found this review helpful

  Version: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

  "Great program but priced way too high!"

  by FloridaSwamp on August 27, 2007

  Pros: It is an essential program to have if you're a graphic artist. Which is probably why it costs an arm and a leg. It has gotten a bit easier to use over the last two versions.

  Cons: price, price, price.

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• 5 stars

  6 out of 9 people found this review helpful

  Version: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

  "Best Version ever"

  by chemicalrubber on July 6, 2007

  Pros: Fast loading, packed with features, gets your job done quickly. Lots of new features including mesh, nice interface

  Cons: Slightly too expensive. Some other tools can do almost as good for less money.

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 7 people found this review helpful

  Version: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

  "BEST for price and Brilliant Features!"

  by Rama Yudhistira on August 25, 2007

  Pros: Excellent features and good price for me.

  I like all features and I can edit videos.

  Good job, Adobe!

  Cons: Bug with WindowBlinds 5.5

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• 2 stars

  2 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended

  "the highest price around"

  by tester428 on March 10, 2008

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