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How Adobe Photoshop was born.

How Adobe Photoshop was born.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 11, 2007  •  Adobe   Photoshop

Adobe has released the beta version of

Adobe has released the beta version of a program called Lightroom (OS X only), a competitor to Apple's Aperture. Both are pro-level apps for manipulating and organizing digital photos. Here's the story of Lightroom's development from one of its developers. (via df)

By Jason Kottke  •  Jan 9, 2006  •  Adobe   aperture   Apple   lightroom   photography   software

Adobe is planning on combining Flash Player

Adobe is planning on combining Flash Player and Acrobat Reader? As Todd says, "I don't know about you, but I just got an acrid taste in my mouth".

Update: John Dowdell notes that Adobe has clarified their position re: the above combination: "we will continue delivering the Flash Player as a small, efficient runtime for content and applications on the web". (thx, neil)

By Jason Kottke  •  Dec 6, 2005  •  acrobat   Adobe   Flash   macromedia   software   www

Chris Anderson argues that media companies, unable

Chris Anderson argues that media companies, unable to push the piracy rate to 0%, should live with the benefits of "just enough piracy". I've heard that in the (distant) past, Adobe turned a blind eye to piracy of Photoshop because it was getting their product out into the market. Tim O'Reilly's related essay entitled Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution is worth a read as well.

By Jason Kottke  •  Aug 24, 2005  •  Adobe   Chris Anderson   Photoshop   piracy

A timeline of splash screen graphics for

A timeline of splash screen graphics for Adobe Photoshop. I didn't know that Photoshop was developed outside of Adobe and then licensed later. (thx mark)

By Jason Kottke  •  Aug 16, 2005  •  Adobe   Photoshop   software   timelines

GUI: a re-presentation of the Adobe Photoshop

GUI: a re-presentation of the Adobe Photoshop interface within a 3-dimensional space.

By Jason Kottke  •  May 20, 2005  •  Adobe   art   gui   Photoshop

John Gruber's plain English version of the

John Gruber's plain English version of the Adobe/Macromedia Acquisition FAQ. "Please also note that PDF is an excellent format for sending out resumes."

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 21, 2005  •  Adobe   business   funny   macromedia

Whoa! Adobe to buy Macromedia?!!?!?!

Whoa! Adobe to buy Macromedia?!!?!?!. Wow! ??!!?!??!! I don't think there's enough room in my MT database for all the question marks and exclamation points I want to use here.

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 18, 2005  •  Adobe   business   macromedia

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