Photoshop
Most common editing tool for renderings and quick fixes
Photoshop is best used in architecture for post-processing, quick render fixes, and creating collages that enhance presentation quality. It’s an essential step after exporting renders, allowing for lighting adjustments, material touch-ups, and contextual additions that create personalized, styled renderings ahead of time to strengthen your design narrative.
While powerful, Photoshop can be time-consuming and overly detail-focused for architectural workflows. It’s easy to depend on visual polish instead of improving the actual design, and the Generative Fill tool often produces low-quality or unrealistic results that require extra cleanup. Achieving good color balance and realism takes a lot of practice, since architectural rendering in Photoshop is mostly about collaging different elements together convincingly. It’s easy to start using, but mastering realistic renderings requires time, experience, and a strong eye for composition.
- Image extension & fill
- Needs practice for realism
- Useful for render touch-ups
- Time-saving for small fixes
- Instant background removal
- Build your own rendering style
Quick start "Generative Fill"
Generative Fill is one of the newest and most popular AI tools in Photoshop, and it definitely amazed everyone at first with its ability to generate or extend images instantly. However, it’s far from perfect and requires practice to understand how to get consistent, realistic results. Despite its limitations, it’s still very effective for specific tasks like removing backgrounds, cleaning up objects, or filling in missing areas of a rendering.




** Pricing or Trial title **
- $30/y for Pomona students through the school website
- $19.99/mon for individuals
- Adobe Photoshop
- Generative Fill in Photoshop – The Ultimate Guide!
**Ethical/Copyright Concerns**
- Image Ownership: Using photos, textures, or assets from the internet without permission can violate copyright laws.
- AI-Generated Content: Generative Fill may draw from unknown copyrighted sources, so generated results shouldn’t be claimed as fully original.
- Licensed Materials: Use royalty-free or licensed images, especially for professional or academic presentations.