Photoshop
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Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop CS3 Extended running on Mac OS X
Developed by
Adobe Systems
Latest release
CS3 and CS3 Extended (10.0.1) / November 15, 2007, 159 days ago
Written in
Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Genre
Raster graphics editor
License
Proprietary [1]
Website
adobe.com
Adobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the current market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation, and is the flagship product of Adobe Systems. It has been described as “an industry standard for graphics professionals”[1] and was one of the early “killer applications” on Macintosh.[2]
Photoshop CS3, the current tenth iteration of the program, was released on 16 April 2007. “CS” reflects its integration with other Creative Suite products, and the number “3” represents it as the third version released since Adobe re-branded its products under the CS umbrella. Photoshop CS3 features additions such as the ability to apply non-destructive filters, as well as new selection tools named Quick Selection and Refine Edge that make selection more streamlined. On April 30th, Adobe released Photoshop CS3 Extended, which includes all the same features of Adobe Photoshop CS3 with the addition of capabilities for scientific imaging, 3D, and high end film and video users. The successor to Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS4, will be the first 64-bit Photoshop.[3]
References
^ “Adobe in Photoshop freebie”, CNN.com, 2007-03-01. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
^ Christopher Null (2007-04-02). The 50 Best Tech Products of All Time. PC World.
^ PC World – Adobe Announces Creative Suite 4
^ a b Schewe, Jeff (2000). Thomas & John Knoll. PhotoshopNews. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.