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Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop CC icon.png
Adobe Photoshop screenshot.png
Adobe Photoshop CC (14.0) running on Windows
Developer(s) Adobe Systems
Initial release 19 February 1990; 26 years ago (1990-02-19)
Stable release
CC 2017 (18.0.0) / 2 November 2016; 2 months ago (2016-11-02)
Development status Active
Written in C++; formerly Pascal (v1.0.1)
Operating system Windows and Mac OS
Platform IA-32 and x86-64
Available in 26 languages
Type Raster graphics editor
License Trialware, SaaS
Website adobe.com/photoshop
Photoshop document
Filename extension .psd
Internet media type image/vnd.adobe.photoshop
Type code 8BPS
Open format? no
Website https://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml

Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems for macOS and Windows.

Photoshop was created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, it has become the de facto industry standard in raster graphics editing, such that the word "photoshop" has become a verb as in "to Photoshop an image," "photoshopping" and "photoshop contest", though Adobe discourages such use. It can edit and compose raster images in multiple layers and supports masks, alpha compositing and several color models including RGB, CMYK, Lab color space, spot color and duotone. Photoshop has vast support for graphic file formats but also uses its own PSD and PSB file formats which support all the aforementioned features. In addition to raster graphics, it has limited abilities to edit or render text, vector graphics (especially through clipping path), 3D graphics and video. Photoshop's featureset can be expanded by Photoshop plug-ins, programs developed and distributed independently of Photoshop that can run inside it and offer new or enhanced features.


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