Adobe Photoshop release history

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This table charts the Adobe Photoshop release history, starting with the first versions by independent creators Thomas and John Knoll in the summer of 1988. The license to distribute the program was purchased by Adobe Systems in September 1988.

Version	Platform	Codename	Release date	Significant changes
0.63	Macintosh		October 1988
1.0	Macintosh		February 1990
2.0	Macintosh	Fast Eddy	June 1991	Paths
2.5	Macintosh	Merlin	November 1992
	Windows	Brimstone
	IRIX, Solaris		November 1993
3.0	Macintosh	Tiger Mountain	September 1994	Tabbed Palettes Layers
	Windows, IRIX, Solaris [1]		November 1994
4.0	Macintosh, Windows	Big Electric Cat	November 1996	Adjustment Layers Actions (macros)
5.0	Macintosh, Windows	Strange Cargo	May 1998	Editable type (previously, type was rasterized as soon as it was added) Multiple Undo (History Palette) Color Management Magnetic Lasso
5.5	Macintosh, Windows		February 1999	Bundled with ImageReady Save for Web Extract
6.0	Macintosh, Windows	Venus in Furs	September 2000	Vector Shapes Updated User Interface "Liquify" filter Layer styles/Blending Options dialog
7.0	Mac OS 'Classic'/Mac OS X, Windows	Liquid Sky	March 2002	Made text fully vector Healing Brush New painting engine
7.0.1	Mac OS 'Classic'/Mac OS X, Windows		August 2002	Camera RAW 1.x (optional plugin)
CS (8.0)	Mac OS X, Windows	Dark Matter	October 2003	Camera RAW 2.x Highly modified "Slice Tool" Shadow/Highlight command Match Color command Lens Blur filter Smart Guides Real-Time Histogram Detection and refusal to print scanned images of various banknotes[2] Macrovision copy protection based on Safecast DRM technology Scripting support for JavaScript and other languages
CS2 (9.0, 9.0.2)	Mac OS X, Windows	Space Monkey	April 2005	Camera RAW 3.x Smart Objects Image Warp Spot healing brush Red-Eye tool Lens Correction filter Smart Sharpen Smart Guides Vanishing Point Better memory management on 64-bit PowerPC G5 Macintosh machines running Mac OS X 10.4 High dynamic range imaging (HDRI) support (32 bit per channel floating point) More smudging options, such as "Scattering" Modified layer selection, such as ability to select more than one layer.
CS3, CS3 Extended (10.0)	Universal Mac OS X, Windows	Red Pill	April 16, 2007	Native support for the Intel-based Macintosh platform and improved support for Windows Vista Revised user interface Feature additions to Adobe Camera RAW Quick Select tool Alterations to Curves, Vanishing Point, Channel Mixer, Brightness and Contrast, and the Print dialog Black-and-white conversion adjustment Auto Align and Auto Blend Smart (non-destructive) Filters Mobile device graphic optimization Improvements to cloning and healing More complete 32 bit / HDR support (layers, painting, more filters and adjustments) Faster launching
CS4, CS4 Extended (11.0)	Universal Mac OS X, Windows	Stonehenge	TBA	TBA

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