Photoshop 4.0 came out in 1996 and included Actions and Adjustment Layers. In 1994, Photoshop 3.0 came out, and Thomas Knoll added what might be the most iconic feature of the programs: layers! As we all know now, layers allow designers to separately edit images in the same project, such as separately adjusting the background and the subject. Why the massive time delay? Because it actually took that long to re-write the code for Windows! This version included 16-bit per channel support and a dedicated toolbar was added for Filters. Photoshop 2.5 came in 1993, and was the first Photoshop version that was available on Windows. The software also included support for CMYK and EPS rasterization, also features that still ship with Photoshop today.

This was added by Mark Hamburg, only the second engineer to work on the product, after Thomas Knoll. It offered a ton of new features, including paths, something that is still in use today. Just a year later in 1991, Adobe released Photoshop 2.0. So, the next version of Photoshop releases was Photoshop 1.0 and was officially branded as an Adobe product, in 1990.

After meeting with Adobe, the company was so impressed that they offered a licensing deal. This was a great start to the software, but it would only get better from here. This was notable because it was the first image editing software released to the public. They worked out a deal with scanner company Barneyscan, who distributed 200 copies of Photoshop with purchases of their scanners. Which version of Photoshop did you start with? Leave a comment below to share.īefore Adobe purchased the software, brothers Thomas and John tried to market the software as best as they could. Here’s an interesting infographic from Adobe showing all versions of Photoshop over the years.

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