In 1987, brothers John and Thomas Knoll started developing a computer program that would focus mainly on imaging and photography using the computer. Little did the brothers knew by that time that they would come to develop one of the computer world’s most sought after software—the Adobe Photoshop.
When the program was initially developed, the Knolls established a firm called the Adobe Systems. The history of the company is equally interesting as the Photoshop itself. You might be wondering where the name Adobe was derived.
The word is obviously not a family name of the company’s founders, but is a name of a creek located at the back of the house of the Knolls. There must be something special about that creek, perhaps good photographic scenery that helped the brothers take inspiration in developing the Photoshop.
The first version of the Adobe Photoshop was released in 1990. Since then, many modifications have been made. Now, Adobe Photoshop is the market pioneer and leader in image manipulation using the computer. The software is very great help to newspaper layout people and photographers, who strive to create good packaging of content...