History Of   Photo Editing

The first known example of photo editing happened in the 1860s to a photo of President Abraham Lincoln. Before the invention of computers, people had to edit images by hand. Some editing was done by pasting photos together. People also used tools like ink,paint and airbrushes. Enlargers made bigger pictures, and allowed adjustments such as brightening or darkening different parts.

In the 1980s, the photo editing computer programs were released. The first version of Adobe Photoshop was released in 1987. Since then, it has become one of the most popular photo editing programs. In fact, it is so popular that many people now use the word "photoshop" to mean photo editing in general.