Short technical snapshot

Adobe Photoshop CS1 was a game-changer in several ways:

: If you are finished editing, you can flatten your layers to reduce file size, though it is recommended to keep a layered .PSD version for future edits.

For digital historians, CS1 marks the exact moment when Photoshop stopped being just a photo retouching program and became a .

Here’s a story of how CS1 helped creators work their magic: The Photographer's New Best Friend

Photoshop CS1 introduced several "modern" tools that remain staples of the software more than two decades later: