Premiere 1.0 for Windows emerges in September 1993, although its features are minimal compared with the Mac version's.ġ994: Photoshop 3.0 adds layers, possibly Photoshop's biggest single innovation apart from plug-ins. Premiere 2.0 is released, with QuickTime support, SMPTE time code and 16-bit audio.ġ993: Premiere 3.0 emerges, with enhanced preview capabilities and support for up to 99 audio (and 97 video) tracks. John Knoll's 'effects' for the program are moved out into separate add-ons, referred to as 'plug-ins.'ġ991: Photoshop 2.0 is released, featuring CMYK color support - crucial to its eventual adoption as a print and photography cornerstone.ġ992: Photoshop 2.5 comes out, with some stability fixes, support for 16-bit color and - most important - support for Windows 3.1. Adobe Photoshop 1.0 for the Mac is released in February. Adobe Photoshop 1.0 for the Macġ990: After being turned away by Mac software makers Aldus and Supermac, the Brothers Knoll license Photoshop to Adobe. Illustrator 2.0 is released for both Mac and Windows, but the Windows version develops along a different path until Version 7. 1989: 200 copies of an early version of Photoshop called Image Pro ships with scanners made by Barneyscan (now defunct).

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