Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll.
Since then, the software has become the industry standard not only in raster graphics editing, but in digital art as a whole. The software’s name is often colloquially used as a verb (e.g. “to photoshop an image”, “photoshopping”, and “photoshop contest”) although Adobe discourages such use.
Photoshop uses its own PSD and PSB file formats to support these features. In addition to raster graphics, Photoshop has limited abilities to edit or render text and vector graphics (especially through clipping path for the latter), as well as 3D graphics and video. Its feature set can be expanded by plug-ins; programs developed and distributed independently of Photoshop that run inside it and offer new or enhanced features.
Plug-ins expands the Features of the photoshop:
Photoshop functionality can be extended by add-on programs called Photoshop plugins (or plug-ins). Adobe creates some, such as Adobe Camera Raw, but most are developed by third-parties. Some are free and some are commercial software. Most plugins work with only Photoshop or Photoshop-compatible hosts, but a few can also be run as standalone applications.
- Color correction plugins (Alien Skin Software, Nik Software, OnOne Software, Topaz Labs Software, The Plugin Site, etc.)
- Special effects plugins (Alien Skin Software, Auto FX Software, AV Bros, Flaming Pear Software, etc.)
- 3D effects plugins (Andromeda Software, Strata, etc.)
Above Mentioned are some of the examples for the adobe photoshop Plug- ins still there are many of the adobe photoshop plug-ins to be consider.
The first version of the photoshop was released in the year January 1988 and Version was the “version 0.07” and it was, Not publicly released, This demo was the first known copy of Photoshop with any public exposure. another version of the photoshop after this was version, “version 0.87” it was First version distributed commercially (by the scanner company Barneyscan), though distributed as “Barneyscan XP”. After the first version distributed in the year 1998 after this version, till version 0.87, and many version after this version these are only supported by the Macintosh, after the “V-0.87" versions by the adobe photoshops are, “V-1.0, V-2.0” these two are the version released after the V-0.87 and only supported to Macintosh platform.
Till the version V-2.0 all are only supported by the Macintosh, there was another version after 2.0 version, and version was “V-2.5” this version was developed to supported for windows and IRIX, Solaris in the year November 1993 also it was:
- “Deluxe” edition available on CD-ROM
- First version for Microsoft Windows.
- Last release for System 6.0.7.
- 16 bit per channel support.
After these version’ s , coming to latest version among these are (V 3.0 , 4.0 , 5.0 , 5.5 , 6.0 , 7.0 , 7.0.1 , CS (8.0), CS2 (9.0), CS3 (10.0), CS4 (11.0), CS5 (12.0), CS5.1, CS5.1 Extended (12.1.1, 12.0.5), CS6, CS6 Extended (13.0), CC (14.0), CC (14.1), CC (14.2)) these are the some latest versions among all the older version before, where these are supported to Macintosh, Windows (Windows, Windows 2000 / XP, Windows XP SP2 or later, Windows XP SP2 or later, Windows XP SP3 or newer) for windows user only for these versions above photoshop was supported.
After the CC(14.2) there was another version of photoshop it was most adorable and powerful version of adobe photoshop was “CC 2014 (15.0 or 20140508.r.58)”, “CC 2015 (16.0 or 20150529.r.88)” these were the new versions in the year 2014 and 2015.
Also there are some of version were launched for new operating systems, CC(2016), CC(2017), CC(2018), CC(2019), CC(2020) these are like most powerful and fully equipped versions came to market, there was lot of improvised and added more plugins to these versions of Photoshop, and these were only supported for “windows 7 and windows 10” for windows users and these were also supported for MAC OS.
Current applications of Photoshop:
> Bridge is an image organizer and digital asset management app. It features limited integration with other Adobe apps but has no editing capabilities of its own.
> DNG Converter is a tool used to convert DNG files into other file formats.
> Fresco is a mobile drawing and painting app for iOS, developed and marketed by Adobe through Creative Cloud. It presently requires an iPad tablet with Apple Pencil support.
> Lightroom is a creative image organization and image manipulation software developed by Adobe Inc. as part of the Creative Cloud subscription family.
> Lightroom Classic is the offline desktop version of the Photoshop Lightroom photo editing and viewing applications offered by subscription through Creative Cloud.
> Photoshop Camera is an image tool that easily captures and shares photos with your camera.
> Photoshop Elements is a graphics editor for photographers, image editors and hobbyists. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options. The program allows users to create, edit, organize and share images. Originally introduced alongside Adobe Photoshop version 6, Photoshop Elements targets photography enthusiasts and thus lacks many features that make it useful in a proper print production environment.
> Photoshop Fix is a photo retouching app for mobile devices marketed through Creative Cloud. The retouched images can be exported to the desktop version of Photoshop for further work.
> Photoshop Mix is a mobile application designed as a replacement for Photoshop Touch specifically for tablets and touchscreen devices.[76] It includes many of the features of the personal computer version, including layers, selection tools, adjustments, and filters. Edited files could be synced with Creative Cloud.
> Photoshop Sketch is a drawing and painting app for mobile devices marketed through Creative Cloud. Sketches made can be exported to Photoshop. They can also be uploaded directly to the Bēhance social media platform.
Discontinued applications of Photoshop:
> ActiveShare is a discontinued photo-sharing platform distributed by Adobe Systems. The Photoshop Album application replaced ActiveShare in 2003.
> Fireworks is a discontinued raster graphics editor for web designers. It could create interactive contents (e.g. buttons that change shape when the mouse cursor is hovered on) and animations.
> ImageReady is a discontinued raster graphics editor for web designers. It was discontinued on CS2 in favor of Fireworks.
> Photoshop Limited Edition (LE) was a graphics editor for novice photographers and hobbyists. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options. It was instead replaced by Photoshop Elements in September 2000.
> Preview CC is an app for previewing mobile designs.
Above mentioned are some of Applications which are continued and Discontinued of Photoshop…
