VERDICT More power for 3D users, but little for anyone else.

Photoshop Extended was the surprise introduction and, in many ways, star of the CS3 premium suites with its eye-popping introduction of 3D and video layers and a worthy new role in scientific image analysis. It’s a hard act to follow so how has Adobe extended Photoshop Extended?

Adobe Photoshop / Extended CS4 review

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VERDICT An excellent release that reworks Photoshop’s core colour correction capabilities making them even more productive and powerful.

Adobe Photoshop is universally recognized as the most powerful photo-editor available, but Adobe isn’t resting on its laurels. With Photoshop CS4, Adobe is determined to make the best even better.

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VERDICT: Non destructive image processing and creative filters lead the feature list in a comprehensive upgrade to the market leader.

Photoshop entirely dominates the world of professional photo-editing which makes it the must-have tool for designers and gives it a central role as the flagship for Adobe’s new CS3 releases...

With no real competition Adobe could have taken its foot off the pedal, but this latest version again pushes forwards on all fronts.

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VERDICT: Photoshop moves beyond photo editing to conquer completely new territory.

My first reaction to the news that a new enhanced version of Photoshop was being introduced was deeply cynical...

Tom Arah explores the vector and bitmap capabilities in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop and how to make the most of them.

Photoshop and Illustrator are the twin graphical pillars of Adobe’s Creative Suite. As standalones they each offer their own unique mix of state-of-the-art vector and bitmap-based handling but, for maximum creative power, their respective strengths can also be pooled.

Tom Arah looks at some recently released creative add-ons from Alien Skin and Twisting Pixels that could help make your work stand out

With all creative professionals using Adobe Photoshop it’s difficult to make your work stand out. The solution is to extend your creative arsenal by choosing from the wide selection of Photoshop plug-ins.