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rted in 1987, when one American Ph.D. engineering student of the University of Michigan, Thomas Knoll wrote a graphic applications subroutine on a Macintosh Plus computer.
orated in 1988 that was not publicly released. This demo was the primary far-famed copy of Photoshop with any dissemination.


John Knoll, brother of Thomas Knoll
From the very childhood, Thomas Knoll was very keen on Photography. He had his own darkroom for development in his basement. Most of the time he used to work on photos. One day Thomas Knoll was writing a computer program on his Macintosh Plus so that he can display grayscale images on a monochrome display.

This program called Display instantly grabbed the attention of his brother John Knoll who suggested that Thomas should turn it into a full-fledged image editing software. Then both brothers collaborated on the idea. And finally, they coded it and were able to make the first photo editing software(with a little help from their father).

Some Fun Facts:
1. The First Photoshop image was John’s wife on the beach taken from a trip to the Hawaiian Islands.


Jennifer in Paradise, the first Photoshop image of John Knoll’s wife taken by John Knoll in 1987

Photoshop: The First Demo
2. Photoshop 1 was released on the 19th February 1994 Macintosh exclusively.

3. Photoshop naming scheme was initially based on version numbers Adobe published 13 versions before the October 2003 introduction of Creative Suite branding.

4. Adobe gave the source code of the 1990s 1.0.1 version of Photoshop to the Computer History Museum in February 2013.

5. Photoshop is available in 26 languages

6. Thomas and his brother John won an award on Scientific and Engineering Award for the original architecture, design, and development of Photoshop at the 2019 Oscars.

7. Versions were started as Photoshop, Photoshop CS, Photoshop CC

8. All the versions of Photoshop Logo


Logo Evolution: Adobe Photoshop
8. Here you can see all the versions of our favorite Photoshop from beginning to now.

1988 – 1989
Adobe Photoshop 0.63


1988: Adobe Photoshop 0.63
1989 – 1990
Adobe Photoshop 0.87


1989: Photoshop 0.87
1990 – 1991
Adobe Photoshop 1.0


Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Splash Screen (1990)

Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Workspace and Image Menu (1990)

Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Black and White Workspace (1990)

Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Airbrush Options (1990)

Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Color Picker (1990)

Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Brightness and Contrast Dialog (1990)
1991 – 1992
1991: Adobe Photoshop 2.0


1991: Adobe Photoshop 2.0
1992 – 1993
1993: Adobe Photoshop 2.5


1993: Adobe Photoshop 2.5

Adobe Photoshop 2.5 for Windows Hue/Saturation Dialog (1992)
1993 – 1994
Adobe Photoshop 3.0


Adobe Photoshop 3.0 for Windows Splash Screen (1994)
1994 – 1996
Adobe Photoshop 4.0


1996: Adobe Photoshop 4.0
1996 – 1998
Adobe Photoshop 1998


1998: Adobe Photoshop 5.0
1998 – 1999
Adobe Photoshop 5.5


1999: Adobe Photoshop 5.5
1999 – 2000
Adobe Photoshop 6.0


2000: Adobe Photoshop 6.0
2000 – 2001
Adobe Photoshop Elements


2001: Adobe Photoshop Elements
2001 – 2002
Adobe Photoshop 7.0


2002: Adobe Photoshop 7.0
2002 – 2003
Adobe Photoshop CS


2003: Adobe Photoshop CS
2003 – 2005
Adobe Photoshop CS2


2005: Adobe Photoshop CS2
2005 – 2007
Adobe Photoshop CS3


2007: Adobe Photoshop CS3
2007 – 2008
Adobe Photoshop CS4


2008: Adobe Photoshop CS4
2008 – 2010
Adobe Photoshop CS5


2010: Adobe Photoshop CS5
2010 – 2012
Adobe Photoshop CS6


2012: Adobe Photoshop CS6
2012 – 2013
Adobe Photoshop CC


2013: Adobe Photoshop CC
2013 – 2014
Adobe Photoshop CC 2014


Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 Splash Image (2014)
2014 – 2015
Adobe Photoshop CC 2015


Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Splash Image (2015)

Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Splash Image (2015)
2015 – 2016
Adobe Photoshop CC 2016


Adobe Photoshop CC (2016)
2016 – 2017
Adobe Photoshop CC 2017


Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 Splash Image (2017)
2017 – 2018
Adobe Photoshop CC 2018


Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 Splash Image (2018)
2018 – 2019
Adobe Photoshop CC 2019


Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Splash Image (2019)
2019 – 2020
Adobe Photoshop 2020


2020 Adobe Photoshop
2020 – Present
Adobe Photoshop 2021


2021 Adobe Photoshop

New Feature: Sky Replacement, Adobe Photoshop 2021

New Feature: Pattern Preview, Adobe Photoshop 2021

New Feature: Modern Duo-tone, Adobe Photoshop 2021

New Feature: Automatically Colorize Photos, Adobe Photoshop 2021

New Feature: Adjust Facial Features, Adobe Photoshop 2021
Conclusion:
Looking back in Photoshop we can see how a simple idea can evolve into a useful and impacting tool and it would not be possible without Knoll’s Display. We would not have our favorite magic photo editing software right!

Undoubtedly, Photoshop is a gem on the crown of Adobe. Its development is closely guarded.

Thomas Knoll is still making his hand dirty on making plugins coding and he will be remembered forever for his awesome work.

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C. Karmakar
First comment… What we can learn from this article is that a small idea can make a big difference.

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True… I agree 👍

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Really, you did a good work. You offered me a chance to look the photoshop history back through your article. It enhanced my knowledge on photoshop. In one word, just awsome work you have done! Thank you so much. Hope you will gift us such interesting and helpful article in near future. Thanks🙏

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