…e sì, uno dei nostri cari compagni di lavoro compie 20 anni. Auguri! Ecco un articolo comparso su webdesignerdepot che racconta come è nato e si è evoluto questo programma. Enjoy it!
Photoshop has been a part of every web designer’s life since they picked up their first mouse.
On February 10th, 2010, Photoshop turns twenty. To mark this anniversary, we’ve come up with an article that takes you through the evolution of Photoshop from its modest beginnings as a bundled program sold with scanners to its current version.
For each version and major feature listed, we couldn’t help but think “did Photoshop ever exist without that feature?”.
Some of the minor details are fun too, such as the one-liner Easter Eggs that Photoshop developers hid in some versions and the fact that the most current versions of Adobe Photoshop CS are equipped with anti-counterfeiting measures for multiple world currencies.
Please join us in thanking the Knolls and Adobe for making all of our lives more awesome, every day.
Photoshop: Origins
One of the most impressive things about the company is the fact that one gifted family, consisting of an engineering prof, a PHD engineering student, and a talented special effects whiz working at Industrial Light and Magic came up with the core idea of Photoshop.
Thomas Knoll, the PHD student, is still heavily involved with Photoshop years later.
Glen Knoll was a college professor with two sons and two hobbies; computers and photography.
He had a darkroom in his basement, and an Apple II Plus that he was allowed to bring home from work.
Thomas Knoll adopted his father’s photography habit throughout high school, while his brother, John Knoll, purchased one of the first Macs available to the public.
Fast forward to 1987: Thomas Knoll was a PHD student studying Engineering at the University of Michigan. His brother was working at Industrial Light and Magic.
Thomas Knoll wrote a subroutine for a program to translate monochrome images on his monitor to grayscale.
The successful subroutine led Knoll to create more and very soon he had a number of processes for achieving photographic effects on digital images.
After his brother John saw what Thomas was doing, he recommended that Thomas turn what he was doing into a full-featured image editor.
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