Adobe and February 19th
Jeff Schewe is a Photoshop consultant and historian. His posting MOST IMPORTANT DATE IN DIGITAL IMAGING HISTORY? on Photoshop News looks at why February 19th seems to be a special day for Adobe.
Here’s the significance of this date:
(From: Photoshop News)
Jeff sums it up most eloquently
So, now we must come to the conclusion that the day, February 19, 2008 does have some real significance. It’s Photoshop’s 18th birthday, Camera Raw’s 5th birthday and Lightroom’s 1st birthday. One might wonder if some elf at Adobe has done this on purpose…well, I’m here to tell you that ain’t so. Adobe is always worried more about the “next version” and rarely, if ever, marks the passing of some distant milestone…even if it does have great significance.
About all I can say is, thanks Thomas (and John) for getting hooked up in the first place to write a little application that Adobe thought would sell a few hundred copies a year (and turned into a pivotal point in the history of the digital imaging industry).
If you have any interest in Photoshop, you’ll enjoy reading the article. Also, Jeff provides some links to Photoshop and Lightroom lore.
…John
