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SPLASH SCREEN TIMELINE

Photoshop Splash screens and Icons

throughout the years. In addition to Photoshop,

applications like Adobe Illustrator, InDesign,

Premiere Pro, After Effects, Dreamweaver and

others have also pushed creativity forward for

artists, designers and illustrators.

CREATIVE TRENDS IN 2015

SHUTTERSTOCK HAS RELEASED ITS 2015 CREATIVE TRENDS REPORT,

WHICHANALYSEDALLTHESEARCHESDONEONTHESTOCKMEDIA

COMPANY’S WEBSITE TO FIND TRENDS IN THE YEAR AHEAD

Compiled out of data from all the 2014 downloads

and searches on the more than 47 million images,

video clips, and music tracks on Shutterstock, the

2015 Creative Trends report introduces some very

surprising novelties to look out for in the future.

Global trends include blurred backgrounds which

offer texture and colour without distracting from a

focal point – something that is now used by brands

like Apple and Pinterest. Searches incorporating the

word ‘blur’ have in fact increased by an incredible

144 per cent year on year. Unique perspectives are

also popular – such as the ‘top view’ perspective

first seen in Squarespace’s well-known ad

campaign positioning everything from the point of

view of the maker. Creative professionals are

ever-increasingly searching for these innovative

ways to reposition familiar objects.

visually stunning Photoshop work. They’ll be

monitoring projects that are tagged and will be in touch

with any questions. If you’re a young Photoshop user

who wants to be noticed by Adobe and by the world –

this is an opportunity not to be missed. Enter today to

be part of a list that everyone is looking to see who the

upcoming artistic starts of the next generation will turn

out to be! You have nothing to lose.

Make sure you let the Adobe team see your work or

the work of the other talented young artists you know.

To apply you must be under the age of 25 and use

Photoshop within any aspect of your creative process.

We’re looking for the

most innovative,

forward-looking work out

therethatwillshowtheworld

what the next generation of

Photoshop artists is made of

Lex van den Berge, senior product

manager of digital imaging, Adobe

The Linear style was also frequently revisited,

with searches for line icons alone increasing 921 per

cent year on year. Evolved from flat design, this style

is often used to create rounded, more approachable

looking icon sets.

Meanwhile, global trends specific to the design

industry have also shifted. Popular Shutterstock

searches in 2014 included the use of Double

Exposure, with cyclical trends also allowing vintage

seals, labels and logos to frequently reappear in

design. The Low Poly style, which has roots in

geometric trends and 3D animation, has also been

searched for 431 per cent more year on year. Most

surprising, however, has to be Zentangle – an

impressively detailed hand-drawn aesthetic featuring

neat, almost mathematical patterns. It’s a style many

people have seen, but never heard of.

Blurred Backgrounds: Backgrounds that showcase texture

and colour without distracting from the focal point of an image are an important trend to look out for in 2015

Here’s how to make sure Adobe sees your work:

■ Create a Behance profile

■ Go to Behance.net

■ Enter your Adobe ID or get an Adobe ID

■ Add a project to your profile

■ Tag the project with ‘Ps25Under25’ in the Project

tags section in Step 3: Settings when uploading your

finished project

■ Make sure you publish your project

Learn more about Adobe’s 25 Under 25 campaign,

and what it will take to be noticed, at blogs.adobe.

com/photoshopdotcom/2015/01/25-under-

Unique Perspectives:perspectives is another trend, first Using unique

popularised by the ‘top view’ perspective seen in Squarespace’s

well-known ad campaign positioning everything from the

point of view of the maker

CS2 is released, expanding on a huge

number of tools and features including

an upgraded Spot Healing brush, the

implementation of Smart Objects, and

the Vanishing Point and Image Warping

tools. The File Browser was upgraded

to Adobe Bridge.

CS5 introduces the Content

Aware Fill, Refine Edge, Mixer

Brush, Bristle Tips and Puppet

Warp. CS5 extended also

includes other features such

as 3D and video editing.

Surgeons implant 3D pelvis.

Adobe launches Creative Cloud in May. Photoshop is

now available as part of a Creative Cloud subscription,

the full version of which costs $49 every month.

Features include the new Smart Sharpen, Intelligent

upsampling, and Camera Shake Reduction. Version

14.2 also included Perspective Warp, Linked Smart

Objects, and 3D Printing support.

The first Photoshop Creative

Suite is commercially

released. It features

Shadows and Highlights as

well as Lens Blur support.

CS3 is released, introducing new features such

as the Clone Source palette, Fill Light and Dust

Busting tools. CS3 Extended is introduced. Both

are offered as either a standalone application or

as a part of the Adobe Creative Suite.

CS6 is released,

introduces auto and

background saves. Kodak

files for bankruptcy on

January 12th.

Photoshop CC 2014 adds 3D Printing

support, content-aware tools, two new

blur tools and a focus mask feature which

allows users to select parts of the image

based on whether they are in focus or not.

2003

2005

2007

2010

2012

2013

2014

1990: Photoshop 1.

1994: Photoshop 3.

2000: Photoshop 6.

2003: Photoshop CS

2012: Photoshop CS

1992: Photoshop 2.

1998: Photoshop 5.

2002: Photoshop 7.

2007: Photoshop CS

Extended

2005: Photoshop CS