Photoshop for product design

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Is photoshop a smart purchase for creating a working prototype

[Derek Cross]

A working prototype of what?

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Im designing a specialiazed face mask with bluetooth capabilities

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I need to know if it will allow me to create a custom shape and a final finished product

[Derek Cross]

If you have the skills you could design a face mask with Photoshop (or Illustrator) and produce a cutting pattern.

I don't see how you could use Photoshop to incorporate electronics like Bluetooth though.

[JJMack]

If you are manufacturing Face Masks with bluetooth built in. That is not and image.  If you want to place is different design into a Face Mask, You may be able create a product mockup template of a mask that can be populated automatically with your Design and images saved  of you Mask product with your various design populated.

[ellie 918273]

The simple answer is no, coming from a product designer.

Photoshop is an image manipulating software, if you are planning to make a sketch/drawing of the product, it will be useful. If you are looking to create a model for your product you will need a 3D modeling or prototyping software and after that, you can create your presentations and clean the renders through photoshop.

[rayek.elfin]

If you mean to create a digital interactive prototype: No. Not possible. 

Look at Figma, for example, for this. You could still use Photoshop to create the visual assets, though.

A much preferred approach would be to create a physical prototype, meaning: actually building it with real materials and electronics. This would help you understand what you are making a million times more.