20 years with Photoshop
So the first version of Photoshop was released on the 19th of February 1990, which makes photoshop a good looking 20-year-old.
A quick history
Born from the collaborative work of two brothers, Thomas and John Knoll, it’s birth dates back to late 1987, when Thomas Knoll was working as a PhD student on producing a program on his Macintosh Plus to display grayscale images on a monochrome display. This later caught his brother’s attention and together they started created a software, which could enable photo editing at a higher level. Eventually, this came to Adobe’s attention, that then decided to purchase the licence late 1988.
To read more about its history, check out the Adobe Photoshop page on Wikipedia.
20 years of evolution
The software has gone through a huge amount of changes since its early start in the 90ies, and it’s now a powerful tool used around the world, from amateurs to high-caliber designers.
Personally, I first used Photoshop around 1998 and I used it to put my friend’s face on Jennifer Aniston body (and I did a great job at it) for a birthday card.
So the question that I have for you all is ” when did you first use it and why did you use it for?” Only if you can remember.
Happy Birthday Photoshop!
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