Photoshop Turns 21: We Take a Look Back

27.02.2011

The second version of Photoshop, codenamed Fast Eddy, arrived in June of 1991 bringing with it a whole host of new features, color splash screen included.

Version 2.0 demanded double the RAM of its predecessor, requiring 4 megabytes to run. A brief round-up of the features added in version 2.0 include the path tool, the pen tool. support for CMYK, and EPS rasterization.

Just like version 1.0, the second version was also a Mac exclusive affair. However, this all changed when 2.5 hit the market in November of 1992 - Photoshop had made its Windows debut. The most significant feature added to 2.5 was support for 16-bit file types.

Codenamed Tiger Mountain, 1994's Photoshop 3.0 for both Windows and Mac saw the introduction of one of the programs most fundamental features: layers.