Photoshop turns 25: Adobe senior product manager recounts a proud creation that’s always on the lookout

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by Sindy Cator on February 19, 2015 at 5:01 am

Photoshop, 25 years old today, is unquestionably the top dog as a design and image editing tool but despite that, it spares no effort in maintaining the lead position. On February 19, 1990, Adobe software engineers and brothers John and Thomas Knoll launched a tiny software package to bundle with a scanner. It was called Photoshop. Who could foresee the behemoth it would become, serving as both the launching pad and the anchor of the company’s creative empire? Photoshop was not Adobe’s first app — Illustrator was — but Photoshop was the software that formed a lasting connection with the public and spoke…