FWIW - From: "Photoshop at 20" - Digital Photo Pro -
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A Brief History Of Photoshop
1987: Thomas Knoll develops Display while a graduate student at the
University of Michigan. Designed to display black-and-white images on a
computer screen, the program was the seedling that would eventually grow
into Photoshop.
1988: The original Display software becomes ImagePro and is distributed
with film scanners by Barneyscan. Adobe licenses the distribution
rights, and the product is renamed Photoshop.
1990: Photoshop 1.0 is released for the Macintosh.
1991: Photoshop 2.0 is released (still Macintosh-only). The key new
feature is Paths, which enables the creation of complex vector shapes.
1992: An update to version 2.5 brings Photoshop to the Windows platform.
1994: Layers is introduced to Photoshop in version 3.0, and tabbed
palettes make their debut. Composite imaging has arrived in Photoshop.
1996: Nondestructive editing is enabled via adjustment layers with the
launch of Photoshop 4.0. Actions are added to enable efficient
processing of large collections of images.
1998: Photoshop 5.0 is released. New features include color management
support, multiple undo via the History palette and the Magnetic Lasso
selection tool.
1999: Photoshop 5.5 gives a nod to the increasing importance of the web,
with the new Save for Web feature and the bundling of ImageReady. The
Extract filter is added as a tool to remove backgrounds behind complex
subjects.
2000: Photoshop 6.0 adds Layer Styles, a Blending Options dialog box, a
Liquify filter and Vector Shapes. The user interface receives a
significant update.
2002: The Healing Brush makes an impact with Photoshop 7.0. A completely
new engine for the painting tools adds power and flexibility. Adobe
Camera Raw is released as an optional plug-in.
2003: Photoshop CS, rebranded as part of the Creative Suite, is
released. Adobe Camera Raw is integrated with Photoshop. New features
include the Shadows/Highlights adjustment, a real-time Histogram palette
and the Lens Blur filter.
2005: Photoshop CS2 is unveiled with an updated Adobe Camera Raw, Smart
Objects, a Spot Healing Brush, a Red Eye tool, Lens Correction and Smart
Sharpen filters. High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging is supported for the
first time.
2007: Photoshop CS3 includes a new Extended version. Features are aimed
at the scientific community, 3D artists and other advanced users. The
new Quick Selection arrives, Smart Filters are added to enable the
nondestructive application of many filter effects, and the Black & White
adjustment layer is added.
2008: The user interface gets another major overhaul with Photoshop CS4,
with
performance and usability enhancements offered by GPU acceleration
support. The Adjustments panel replaces individual dialog boxes for most
adjustment layers.
2010: Twenty years after the release of Photoshop 1.0, photographers
around the world anticipate the next release of Photoshop....
-p
On 4/3/2010 10:19 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:42 PM, P. J. Alling<[email protected]> wrote:
.. To run something like Photoshop 20 years ago you needed a couple hundred
thousand dollar workstation. Very few places outside of scientific
establishments had those kinds of things to mess around on.
1984-1988: I was writing software to do what Photoshop does for me
now. It was a NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and my computer system
was a $30 Million dollar installation based on DEC VAX 780/785
computers.
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Nevertheless, PhotoShop 1, which was released in 1990, was written for Macs. Not, as
Peter said, for "couple hundred thousand dollar workstations." No, it didn't
have anywhere near the capability of later versions, but we were able to use it
effectively to create ads and product brochures.
Paul
Godfrey
godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com
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