The Evolution of the Photoshop Splash Screen

Display .07 (Photoshop precursor)

Photoshop .87 Splash Screen
(Barneyscan XP)

Photoshop .87 Alt Screen

Photoshop 1.07 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 1.0 ship date: February 1990.

Photoshop 1.07 Alt Screen

Photoshop 2.0.1 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 2.0 ship date: June 1991, 2.01 release: December 1991.

Photoshop 2.0.1 Alt Screen

Photoshop 2.5 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 2.5 ship date: February 1993, version 1.5.1 update: July 1993.

Photoshop 2.5 Alt Screen

Photoshop 3.0 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 3.0 ship date: September 1994, 3.05 update released June 1995.

Photoshop 3.0 Alt Screen by Mark Hamburg

Photoshop 4.0 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 4.0 ship date: November 1996, 4.01 update released April 1997.

Photoshop 4.0 Alt Screen by Joseph Kelter

Photoshop 5.0 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 5.0 ship date: May 1998, 5.01 update released June 1998.

Photoshop 5.0 Alt Screen by Jeff Schewe

Photoshop 5.5 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 5.5 ship date: July 1999.

Photoshop 5.5 Alt Screen by Jeff Schewe

Photoshop 6.0 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 6.0 ship date: October 2000, 6.01 update released February 2001.

Photoshop 6.0 Alt Screen by Mike ‘The Cigarette Smoking Man’ Shaw

Photoshop 7.0 Retail Release Splash Screen. Version 7.0 ship date: April 2002, update 7.01 released July 2002.

Photoshop 7.0 Alt Screen Mike ‘Tabletmeister’ Shaw

Photoshop CS (8.0) Retail Release Splash Screen. Version CS (8) ship date: October 2003.

Photoshop CS (8.0) Alt Screen by Jeff Tranberry

Photoshop CS2 (9.0) Retail Release Splash Screen. Version CS2 (9) ship date: late April 2005 (was supposed to be May, but Photoshop CS2 shipped to users early).

Photoshop CS2 (9.0) Alt Screen by Chris Smith.