The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) project cycle is designed to manage extremely complex and detailed projects. These projects usually require an equally complex and detailed documentation set, which may include spreadsheets, CAD drawings, documents, forms, and schedules. You can use many tools Photoshop offers to strengthen the visual presentation as well as your project’s records.

Photoshop CS2, like earlier versions, includes a range of tools you can use to correct and edit images. There are also as a number of exciting new features, such as Vanishing Point, that lets you edit images in perspective to quickly illustrate a concept, such as adding floors to a building. Photoshop offers ways to enhance, demonstrate, and anno- tate aspects of a design or product component. Regardless of what you are illustrating, the end result is improved communication and both time- and cost-savings in the project’s development.

You can use tools from Photoshop to enhance any stage from concept to final docu- mentation. With Photoshop you can create an Adobe PDF image with password security to protect its integrity, or build demos and slideshows, or annotate images. As you approach each stage of your project, ask yourself two key questions: