In this article, we explain why Adobe Flash matters and why you, as a Mac user, should care about its inevitable demise.Īdobe Flash started its arduous life in the 90s, when its precursor, named SmartSketch, was published by FutureWave Software.
The rising popularity of the internet at the time made FutureWave Software realize that their vector drawing application had had the potential to challenge Macromedia Shockwave, a multimedia platform for building interactive multimedia applications and video games. In 1995, FutureWave Software approached Adobe Systems and offered SmartSketch for sale. Adobe Systems, however, declined the offer, which led to FutureWave Software getting acquired by Macromedia and its subsequent rebranding to Macromedia Flash 1.0. Under Macromedia’s patronage, Flash quickly gained both market share and new features, including scripting and data access capabilities. In 2005, Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems for approximately $3.4 billion. Photoshop is arguably the most widely used, most popular and most powerful photo-editing software in the world and although many of today's Photoshop users probably can't imagine a world without the application, it's important to remember that Photoshop has only been around for a measly 25 years. Today, Photoshop is an extremely powerful piece of software but it hasn't always been this way. If you rewind 25 years, Photoshop didn't exist at all and even when the application was initially created, it was a far-cry from the hugely powerful application that we know and love today. Photoshop is now used by amateurs and professionals alike for everything from simple image retouching to website design. The software has truly changed the world of photography and design but we mustn't forget, it took 25 years of constant improvements to get to this stage.īelow, we'll be exploring how Photoshop came to be what it is today. We'll look at how the application excelled and improved with each new release in a detailed timeline of the software's release history. We'll also be looking at who created the software, why they created it and why they were so awesome.
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