20 years of Photoshop

[jezza]

Next week, Photoshop is 20 years old, here's a pretty good look at it, though I must confess I haven't read it all

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/02/20-years-of-adobe-photoshop/

[frailer]

Great link, jez. Really put the whole thing in a timeline. What was amazing was seeing Russell Brown's name among the 4 listed for v1.0.7. No wonder the guy's a bit of a whizz.

Oh yeah, the Knolls. Freaky family. Am guessing there was a poor Mrs. Knoll slaving away in the background...'sorry Mum, can't wash-up tonight; got a few routines to write.   :laugh:

[Skryber]

That's neat. I started with Photoshop 4 or 5 in highschool.

[David]

thanks Jez!

cool stuff, although I'm not old enough to remember most of the older versions...

 :laugh:

almost

[frailer]

thanks Jez!

cool stuff, although I'm not old enough to remember most of the older versions...

 :laugh:

almost

Some emerging issues with encroaching old age, david?    :cheesy:

[David]

it's the gray encroaching into my brain, possibly...

that or too much margarita.


 :laugh:

[G_Town]

That's neat. I started with Photoshop 4 or 5 in highschool.

puppy.

[DigitalCrapShoveler]

Remember Image and Color Studio G? How 'bout Photoshop 1? Those were the days, eh? Back when apps came on 2 or 3 floppies instead of 15 dual-layer DVDs.

[frailer]

You guys have a history I don't have. Through the 90s we got all our film in; though we used to bench-combine ads into editorial. Pretty skint through that period, kids little and all. And a Mac+Adobe cost an arm and a leg then, so no homey stuff. Well, a proportionately bigger arm and leg.   :undecided:

[Joe]

Remember Image and Color Studio G? How 'bout Photoshop 1? Those were the days, eh? Back when apps came on 2 or 3 floppies instead of 15 dual-layer DVDs.

YOU are the first prepress person I have ever heard mention Color Studio. You were just made member #1 in Joe's prepress Hall of Fame. Every time I mention Color Studio from the old Mac LC from around 1988 - 1992 everyone gives me the "deer in the headlights" look.

[frailer]

everyone gives me the "deer in the headlights" look.

DCS will give you that look regardless.    :laugh:

[hotmetal]

I'm getting so tired of remembering all this stuff, I hope someday I can actually not remember anything whatsoever about it!



                                 

[youston]

Remember Image and Color Studio G? How 'bout Photoshop 1? Those were the days, eh? Back when apps came on 2 or 3 floppies instead of 15 dual-layer DVDs.

Ahh, installing Quark, Illustrator, Freehand, PageMaker, MS Office and Photoshop off of floppy onto 30 first gen powermacs ... those were the days!

[jezza]

I think I came in at Photoshop 3, i certainly remember the splash screen and I was definitely getting stuff on press with Quark.

I kind of agree with Hotmetal though  :laugh:

[frailer]

I'm getting so tired of remembering all this stuff, I hope someday I can actually not remember anything whatsoever about it!



                                 

I guess the bits I'm lucky I missed are the overnight RIP'ing of PostScript files, that the equivalent job today would take minutes. Maybe 15 years ago. When did it start to get better? I'm curious. It was about CPUs/memory/$$$, correct? How some bureaux got ROI, from the stories I hear, is a miracle, so it seems.