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Most game artists rely on Photoshop for their diverse texture pipeline. Whether mapping textures to 3D models, creating concept art or painting environment art, Photoshop is an essential tool. For 3D artists, the 3D features found in previous versions of Photoshop were not robust enough to have a significant impact on the texturing workflow. However, 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.
Other new improvements that have a radical affect on the time you’ll spend in Photoshop include the Adjustments and Masks panels, OpenGL support for much better performance, and the awesome new content-aware scaling feature. Overall, the new version is stronger than ever and the 3D texturing features make me just plain giddy.
Photoshop CS4 Extended is available at an academic discount price of $299.
Photoshop CS4 Extended College Student Edition is available at a student discount price of $199.
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