Apr
26
- by Jori Curry
For many of us, Photoshop is a lifestyle, not just a software application. Shockingly enough, Photoshop turns 20 this year making those memories of days without layers a far-off memory (or nightmare). Now in 27 languages, Adobe Photoshop touches the globe.
In 1987 Thomas and John Knoll started coding an application because his Mac Plus had a 1 bit b/w display and couldn’t display grayscale images. The early Adobe Photoshop (called Display) solved the problem and simulated a grayscale image.
In 1998, Thomas and his brother John, who worked at Industrial Light and Magic, began shopping it in Silicon Valley, where it didn’t receive a warm audience, since PixelPaint was already on the market. A company called BarneyScan decided to give it a very small chance, and bundle “Photoshop” with their scanners. Once September 1998 rolled around and the Knoll brothers showed Photoshop to Adobe, and thought it was an excellent companion to the new application “Illustrator.” Adobe had primarily been involved in the print industry until this point,
Photoshop Version 1.0 required a 8MHz Mac and at least 2 MB of RAM. The cost of the first Adobe Photoshop was $1,000. So thank you to Adobe and Russell Brown for having the vision to create a beautiful pixel based world!
Photoshop Version 1 Install Disk
Photoshop precursor .07. On the radio: George Michael - "Father Figure"
Photoshop .87. On the radio: Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
Photoshop v. 1.0.7 released 1990. On the radio: Janet Jackson - "Escapade"
Photoshop 2.0 Alt Screen
Photoshop 2.5 released 1992. On the radio: Whitney Houston-I Will Always Love You
Photoshop version 3.0 released 1993. On the radio: Stereo MC's - "Connected"
Photoshop 4.0 released 1996: On the radio: Los Del Rio - "Macarena"
Photoshop 5.0 released 1998. On the radio: Will Smith - "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
Photoshop 6.0 released 2000. On the radio: Train - "Meet Virginia"
Photoshop Version 7.0 released 2002. On the radio: Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
Photoshop CS released 2003. On the radio: Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
Photoshop CS2 released 2005. On the radio: The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Photoshop CS3 released 2007. On the radio: Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
Photoshop CS4 Alt Splash Page released 2007. On the radio: Kid Rock - "All Summer Long"
Photoshop CS4 released 2008. On the radio: Katy Perry - "Hot 'n Cold"
Photoshop CS5 Alt Splash Page released 2010. On the radio: Lady Gaga - "Alejandro"