In 1987 a PhD student at the University of Michigan named Thomas Knoll wrote a program on his Macintosh to display images. It was eventually licensed by Adobe, and the first version of Photoshop was released on February 19th, 1990. The program has transformed how images are seen and how photographs are taken. I began using Photoshop in 1998 and its been a tool used in nearly every artistic or professional project of mine since then. Like many powerful tools, it is most affective when the evidence of its use remains invisible.
Above: how the icon has changed through the years. And Below: the evolution of the tool strip, and a YouTube video showing the interface of Photoshop 1. Also check out this documentary about the early years of the program, by Adobe TV.
Via Petapixel.
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