Earliest version of Photoshop with option to set layers to multiply

[Ace Corona]

What I need to know is which version of Photoshop first allowed you to duplicate layers and set to multiply? For my story I'm writing, this allows a comic artist to have a line work layer at the top, then below that, the flats layer. Would that have been available in 2001?

 

[IamSam]

What I need to know is which version of Photoshop first allowed you to duplicate layers and set to multiply?

Errrrr..............pretty much every version ever made. This is one of those trick questions, right?

 

[Ace Corona]

Errrrr..............pretty much every version ever made.

Thank you! So the version that existed in 2001 would have that feature?

 

[IamSam]

So the version that existed in 2001 would have that feature?

Well, what version? 1 through 8 were published between Feb 90' to Oct 2003.

But if I were to hazard a guess, I would say yes!

 

[thebestcpu]

Here is some archived history of PS versions back to the 90s. Version 3 in 1994 definely had Layers at that point
https://gist.github.com/msikma/04bfae8670300a12c55937c3b61d670a

 

[IamSam]

I stand corrected. Layers was first introduced in 1995 in Ps 3.0 !!

Edit: Lol.............posted at the same time!

 

[IamSam]

Photoshop 6.0 released in 2000, saw the introduction of Multi-Layer functions and Blending Options within layers.

 

[thebestcpu]

The original 19 blending modes including multiply were on PS 3.0 in 1994 when Layers were introduced. Here is the link with the info:
https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/blending-modes-explained/#when-blend-modes-added

I also watched a YouTube demo if 3.0 that showed it had the bleeding drop down in the Layers pallets.
Here is a snapshot from the link I gave.
hope that helps
John Wheeler

 

[Ace Corona]

Thank you to both of you! So the guy in my story would need Adobe Illustrator version 10 and Adobe Photoshop version 6? Both were available in late 2001

 

[thebestcpu]

Hi @Ace Corona
You would not have to have a dedicated vector program to do line work and it would not have to have been a program from Adobe.
Turns out PS 3.0 supported Paths/Vectors so could have been done in PS.
Also, it could have been done in raster at high resolution with brushes for the line work.
Not sure one could conclude without more evidence what tool and whether it was raster/pixels or vectors that was used for the line work.
Hope this helps
John Wheeler

 

[Ace Corona]

Hi @Ace Corona
You would not have to have a dedicated vector program to do line work and it would not have to have been a program from Adobe.
Turns out PS 3.0 supported Paths/Vectors so could have been done in PS.
Also, it could have been done in raster at high resolution with brushes for the line work.
Not sure one could conclude without more evidence what tool and whether it was raster/pixels or vectors that was used for the line work.
Hope this helps
John Wheeler

Thank you for responding to my question. The character in the story is doing the original art on Bristol board, then scanning it and coloring it in Photoshop and doing the lettering and word balloons in Illustrator.

 

[thebestcpu]

Thank you for responding to my question. The character in the story is doing the original art on Bristol board, then scanning it and coloring it in Photoshop and doing the lettering and word balloons in Illustrator.

Cool! I think it would have had to been Illustrator Version 9 as Version 10 was introduced in November of 2001.
John Wheeler

 

[Ace Corona]

Cool! I think it would have had to been Illustrator Version 9 as Version 10 was introduced in November of 2001.
John Wheeler

I’ve already done the research on Illustrator, November 2001 version first introduced the Pathfinder palette, that’s important for joining an ellipse with a pen drawn pointer.