Watch Photoshop Experts Wrestle with Photoshop 1.0

March 13, 2015

By Laura Brauer

Adobe’s flagship photo editor, Photoshop, turned 20 last month (I know, it doesn’t look a day over 15).

To celebrate, Creative Live took a bunch of contemporary Photoshop gurus and dropped them in front a computer running the original Photoshop. This is what happens:

It’s funny, when you think about it. Lots of photographers relish retro designs in their cameras or shoot film for the love of the craft. When it comes to outdated software, though, it’s not very hip or artistic to struggle your way through outdated tools. Or maybe that’s the next trend.