History of Adobe

Adobe Systems is a software company that is based out of California that creates software for design and multimedia use. Adobe was originally founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. One of the first softwares that Adobe created had to do with different type fonts in order to compete with Apple's typography. When the 1980's hit, Adobe started making software directed towards graphic designers, such as Adobe Photoshop, which enhances and manipulates pre-existing photos. Before Photoshop,  Adobe Illustrator was created, which allows the user to create customized shapes and figures which can be transformed later into fully transformed characters and objects. In 1993, Adobe created the PDF, which allowed for documents to be downloaded on a specific type of file. PDF is probably Adobe's most successful piece of software, as it is now used universally as a medium for technological documents. Another release made by Adobe was InDesign, which allows the user to create different pamphlets and books and separate pages all on the same page. Adobe's software creations have allowed graphic designers to reach an entirely new level of work that they are able to achieve. It is also amazing because it is user-friendly and almost anyone can get the hang of the systems once they have worked with it long enough. The software that Adobe has created has been the roots to many jobs that are available today that would not have been made had the software not been created. Hats off to you, Adobe!