Appendix B. A Quick Walk on the Extended Side

Photoshop CS4 is a big program—really, really big. It can do a lot of cool things. In fact, it has so many neat tricks that Adobe decided that the best way to wrangle all those features was to release two different versions: Photoshop CS4 Standard and Photoshop CS4 Extended. The Standard program is Photoshop as we know and love it, and that’s what we’ve talked about for the last 24 hours. But there’s more to love, and that’s what Photoshop Extended is all about. Here’s a look at what you’ll get if you decide to shell out the extra bucks and go Extended.

Working in 3D and Video

Among its hot new features, Photoshop Extended includes tools targeted at 3D designers and videographers.

In the 3D realm, Photoshop ...

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