creativebits.org — An interesting look back at Photoshop 1.0. Photoshop's developers, Thomas and John Knoll began development on Photoshop in 1987. Version 1 was released by Adobe in 1990. The program was intended from the start as a tool for manipulating images that were digitized by a scanner, which was a rare and expensive device in those days.
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spectre_25gtJun 27, 2006
I'm 22 and I've been working with Photoshop since 5.0
coldfireoniceJun 28, 2006
how much did it cost back in its day?
deadbobJun 28, 2006
got me....turned 30 in May
pseudowatersJul 5, 2006
That's amazing! How much it took to get this far. I wonder how big was the program back then compared to its 200+MB version today?
rajulkabirJul 22, 2006
Hey, the mousetrap is exactly where I snarfed my copy! Used to work there a few hours a week.
mdb31Nov 12, 2006
Version 1 would come on one Mac floppy, and I'm pretty sure these could contain 400KB at the time (maybe 800KB...).
jer2eydevil88Nov 12, 2006
21 and got started on version 4.0 in high school :-D back then lots of us were using pre-56k dial up and getting a copy at home offline was a week long event at best...
jer2eydevil88Nov 12, 2006
Compared to what? The Gimp?
tombagJun 14, 2007
I'm going to try and compile onto my PC every version of Photoshop available for Windows. That's 2.5 through to 10 (CS3) though I currently only have CS2, CS3 and 5 LE. I assume the earliest versions will be the hardest to find... If anyone can lend a hand I'd be grateful.