Today is especially important for designers and PhotoShop enthusiasts  – PhotoShop, one of the favorite tools of millions of designers in the world, will turn 20 years old. Designed by brothers John and Thomas Knoll, PhotoShop actually began in 1988 under the name Image Pro, with a modest production of 200 copies for the company Barneyscan, the Knoll brothers and their journey began, but it was not until two years after who managed to draw attention to launch Adobe Photoshop 1.0.

Photoshop 1.0

1. Released in 1990
2. Units plug-ins to the improved Pro Image
3. Exclusive to MAC

Photoshop 2.0

1. Released in 1991
2. CMYK Support
3. Raster files
4. We offer the first Windows version (2.5)
5. The version 2.5.1 that “patches” a bug in the Windows version

Photoshop 3.0

1. Released in 1994
2. Layers appear
3. Tabs appear or floating blinds

Photoshop 4.0

1. Released in 1996
2. Macros and adjustment layers
3. Unification of its interface with other Adobe products (the first steps towards the Creative Suite)

Photoshop 5.0

1. Released in 1998
2. Undo multiple actions in the dispersion History
3. Color Management
4. Magnetic Lasso tool appears

Photoshop 5.5

1. Released in 1999
2. His greatest contribution was the command Save for web
3. Image Ready makes his debut for the purpose of editing images for the web

Photoshop 6.0

1. Released in 2000
2. Vectorized figures appear
3. It adds a custom palette for vectorized figures
4. Features multi – layer
5. The crop tool (crop tool) becomes a separate command

Photoshop Elements

1. Released in 2001
2. It is a spin-off of Photoshop for simple tasks such as cropping, resizing, or adjusting brightness to images.

Photoshop 7.0

1. Released in 2002
2. Enter a new file manager that includes the role Renowned batch (Batch Rename)
3. Changes are made to the palette of Brushes, including the Healing Brush and Patch tool
4. Spell-checking is added and search functions and replace text

Photoshop CS

1. Released in 2003 as part of the Creative Suite
2. CDS technology is added to prevent its use in the duplication of paper money
3. Support various scripting languages including Javascript
4. Layer Group command appears (layer groups)
5. It improves support for long filenames

Photoshop CS 2

1. Released in 2005
2. The removal tool Red Eye goes from being an element of Photoshop Elements to a tool of the new version
3. Editing images in perspective
4. Move the paint bucket tool and is placed under the gradient tool causing initial confusion and hassle for many users.
5. Smart Object feature appears to scale a layer without loss of quality

Photoshop CS 3

1. Released in 2007
2. Adjustments to more traditional tools
3. Optimizing graphics for mobile devices
4. Adobe Updates Camera Raw, significant modifications to the Quick Selection tool, Brightness and contrast and black and white conversion
5. Appears in two versions, the standard for the regular user and extended for scientific applications and video editing.
6. It includes improvements for Intel-based Mac
7. It improves the Clone Stamp tool with the addition of Pattern Stamp (Source Clone Stamp)
8. The Creative Suite Design Premium is subdivided into (for the typical graphic designer), Web Premium (web oriented), Production Premium (favoring the video and audio editing) and Master Collection (All applications together)

Photoshop CS 4

1. Released in 2008
2. Improvements to the zoom tool
3. Add the settings panel and Masks
4. The Color Correction tool undergoes changes for better
5. The complete interface changes dramatically, supporting documents tabs
6. Added some basic tools and of much use in the menu bar

Photoshop has changed a lot since that humble program that was sold along with a scanner. To the delight of its users, each new release always brings new and interesting things to know, use and learn. Do not forget that even the CS version 5 is already in the hands of a privileged few and that very soon we will have millions of blogs, forums and communities talking about it.

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