A good photoshop software

[Anonymous]

Hi, I am wondering what is a good photoshop software to use with revit and autocad? I am still fairly new to both softwares but I want to make my renderings look more realistic and I am also putting together a portfolio for job interviews and would like to have something extra for my renderings to really make them pop! Any suggestions I appreciate it, thank you! Also, I'm an architecture student so I don't have a big budget so I would like to try and keep the price range under $150 if that is even possible.

[rosskirby]

You could spend some time working with the built-in rendering features in Revit.  If that's not enough, you could use 3DS Max, which is normally included in the Building Design Suite (not sure if that's a part of the student packages).  If that's too complicated, Lumion is fairly cheap, but not free.  And I believe its educational licenses have to be ordered by the administration, not by individual students.

There are several free rendering programs available, though the learning curve can be somewhat difficult if you're new to rendering.  Kerkythea comes to mind, though I'm sure a quick google search would produce a handful of others.

As it is, you're probably best off sticking with the built-in rendering in Revit.

[dbroad]

Gimp is free.  It has most of the capabilties of Photoshop.

[california20897]

What you want!There are more than a dozen analogs and there are free options.Here is an article about Skylum https://skylum.com/blog/guide-to-the-best-free-lightroom-alternatives with a review of such programs