
A Visual History of Design Tools
a visual history of design tools (since computers) 1984 1992 1999 2005 2010 Current Day The Apple Macintosh is introduced, along with MacPaint. xRes by Fauve Software introduced the concept of layers in image editing Adobe transitions from PageMaker to InDesign to take on DTP market leader QuarkXpress. Adobe Aquires Macromedia and takes The iPad is released and tablet-based control of it's line. drawing gains mainstream appeal software. Freehand is dicontinued. 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2011 MacPaint MacPaint 1984 - 1988 Microsoft Paint 1985 - Current Ai Adobe Illustrator 1987 - Current Macromedia Freehand 1988 - 2003 Fw Adobe Fireworks 1998 - Current Ps Adobe Photoshop 1990 - Current pse xRes Adobe Photoshop Elements 2001 - Current 1992 - 1997 Corel PaintShop Pro 1992 - Current BARCO Pixelmator 2007 - Current Barco Creator 1988 - 1999 GIMP 1996 - Current Aldus Photostyler 1992 - 1994 Artweaver 2002 - Current. Serif DrawPlus <1996 - Current Serif PagePlus 1990 - Current QuarkXPress 1987 - Current Adobe PageMaker 1986 - 2001 ID Adobe InDesign 1999 - Current ArtRage 2004 - Current SketchBook 2004 - Current iDraw 2010 - Current The dates stated for discontinued products are the release dates of the first and last known versions of the software. Information obtained from various online sources including: wikipedia.org, trueknowledge.com, downloads.cnet.com, forums.serif.com.
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