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Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a proprietary raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS. It was created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll. It is the most used tool for professional digital art, especially in raster graphics editing, and its name has become genericised as a verb (e.g., to "photoshop" an image, "photoshopping", and…

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Available in
26 languages
Developer
Adobe
License
Trialware, Proprietary, term
Operating system
Windows 10 21H2 LTSC and later macOS 13 and later iPadOS 17 and later iOS 17 and later Android 11 and later
Original authors
Thomas Knoll · John Knoll
Platform
x86-64, ARM64

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Adobe Photoshop family

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Adobe Photoshop

Nodes127
Edges126
Triples100
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1

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Adobe Photoshop

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has application · 42
Adobe Photoshop → Adobe, Adobe Inc, Adobe Photoshop Express, Adobe's, Android, At, Bridge, Bēhance, Changes, Collage, Creative Cloud, DNG, DNG Converter, Edited, Elements Organizer, Following, Fresco, General Terms, In, In November
related to CS6 (version 13) · 9
Adobe Photoshop → Adobe Photoshop CS6, Color, Content-Aware, Content-Aware Move, Content-Aware Patch, May, New, Photoshop CS6, Upon
related to Adobe Photoshop family · 3
Adobe Photoshop → Adobe, Several, The Adobe Photoshop
Original authors · 2
Adobe Photoshop → John Knoll, Thomas Knoll
Available in · 1
Adobe Photoshop → 26 languages
Developer · 1
Adobe Photoshop → Adobe
License · 1
Adobe Photoshop → Trialware, Proprietary, term
Operating system · 1
Adobe Photoshop → Windows 10 21H2 LTSC and later macOS 13 and later iPadOS 17 and later iOS 17 and later Android 11 and later
Platform · 1
Adobe Photoshop → x86-64, ARM64
Release · 1
Adobe Photoshop → February 19, 1990; 36 years ago (1990-02-19)

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Adobe PhotoshopAvailable in26 languages1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopDeveloperAdobe1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopLicenseTrialware, Proprietary, term1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopOperating systemWindows 10 21H2 LTSC and later macOS 13 and later iPadOS 17 and later iOS 17 and later Android 11 and later1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopOriginal authorsThomas Knoll1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopOriginal authorsJohn Knoll1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopPlatformx86-64, ARM641.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopReleaseFebruary 19, 1990; 36 years ago (1990-02-19)1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopStable release27.9.1 / August 4, 2026; 20 days ago (August 4, 2026)1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopTypeRaster graphics editor1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopWebsitephotoshop.com1.00infobox
Adobe PhotoshopWritten inC++1.00infobox
Adobe Photoshopis aproprietary raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS0.90text

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