![]() ![]() had a dark room set up in the basement, where he developed and processed his own photography. Thomas was more fascinated with his father's other hobby: photography. Fascinated by this new machinery, John soon started mastering the computer, which later proved very useful, getting him a job with the famous special effects studios ILM (Industrial Light and Magic), part of Lucas Films, a company owned by Hollywood director George Lucas. Their father, renowned college professor at the University of Michigan in the Department of Engineering's Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, was the one that developed their love for photography and computers.īack in 1978, he bought an Apple II Plus computer, which he used for his researches. The two people responsible for Photoshop's birth are Thomas and John Knoll from AnnArbor, Michigan USA. To celebrate Photoshop's two-decade anniversary, we'll present a short history of how the product came to be, starting with its early days in the '80s with the Knolls and reaching its pinnacle of glory in the 2000’s with the CS series. Many of its users are willing to pay such a hefty price, either from the real value to their business, or just because of the irreplaceable knowledge they have gained during their career in Photoshop usage, not translatable in other image editors.Īs a product, Adobe Photoshop is now a top of the line software program, a trend setter in interface design and image manipulation. They are industry standards.Įven if some user polls have piracy rates at about 60%, and 68% of users seem to be willing to pay between $50 and $200 for a Photoshop license, Adobe continues to market it at price ranges between $600 and $1,000. ![]() While in many cases, proprietary software licensed at a high price as Photoshop is being replaced in many companies with less costly products or with freeware, Adobe Photoshop has managed to prove that its unique features and high-performance tools are more than irreplaceable. From web design to digital photography, from the print industry to art schools, its adoption was complete and without any regrets. First released under Adobe in 1990, Photoshop has obtained cultural status in numerous domains. The most popular image editor in the world turns twenty years old at the start of February 2010. ![]()
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