You can also compute the height, width, area, and perimeter, or track measurements of one image or multiple images. Using the Ruler tool or a selection tool, you can measure any defined area, including irregular areas selected with the lasso, quick select, or magic wand tools.
For example, you can import a photo of an object, enter a known dimension from the object in the photo, such as the width of a slot, and the software will generate measurements of other features of the object, such as its height, width, depth, distance apart, and so forth. You begin by assigning a known measurement to any part of an image or model, then you can automatically obtain other accurate measurements. Using the measurement feature, you can determine the dimensions of an object in a photograph or a 2D or 3D digital model. This new toolset lets you extract real, quantitative information from digital photographic images of any object at any scale. Following is a look at how you can tap this new solution in the mechanical design environment.įor engineers, the most compelling capabilities of Photoshop CS3 Extended are its 2D and 3D measurement tools. It worked quite well - in fact, I was so pleased with the results that I can recommend Photoshop CS3 Extended for similar applications. Adobe claims that Photoshop CS3 Extended can simplify the workflow for professionals in engineering, architecture, medical, and scientific disciplines.Īs a mechanical designer, I wanted to try out Photoshop CS3 Extended for inspecting, measuring, and reconstructing a piston rod for an antique engine via 3D modeling. On top of everything in the standard Photoshop CS3, it includes a new set of capabilities to integrate 3D and motion graphics, image measurement, and analysis. This completely new edition of Photoshop is designed to help creative professionals push the limits of digital imaging. That question was finally answered when Adobe released a turbocharged version of Photoshop just over a year ago: Photoshop CS3 Extended. Over the years I've become comfortable with a lot of aspects of Photoshop and often wondered if and how some of its features could be applied to mechanical engineering and design.
It was one of the first releases of Photoshop for the PC, which had previously been available only for Apple's Macintosh platform. As part of that initiation, I purchased my first version of Adobe Photoshop for the PC. I was interested in the new technology and I wanted to save some money.
With film, I loved processing and printing my shots in the rudimentary darkrooms I had assembled over the years, but the film and processing supplies made it an expensive hobby.Ībout 15 years ago, I got into digital photography. I've been a hobbyist photographer since I was a teenager, first with film and paper, and eventually all digital - somewhat analogous to my path as a mechanical designer.
Photoshop CS3 Extended Measures Up 2 Apr, 2008 By: Jeffrey Rowe Latest version from Adobe makes it easy to collect measurement data for analytical engineering tasks.