Adobe removed the "Extended" 3D features from modern Photoshop entirely. So, if you need to edit 3D textures inside Photoshop, CS5 Extended is actually superior to the 2025 version.

Modern Photoshop (via Creative Cloud) is objectively superior in every metric: Neural Filters, AI Remove Tool (which makes Content-Aware Fill look primitive), cloud documents, and automatic sky replacement. However, CS5 was the last version that felt like owned software . You bought it once. You installed it. No cloud login. No generative credits. No forced updates that break plugins. Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended Full version