SuperPaint was one of the earliest graphics software applications, first conceptualized in 1972 and achieving its first stable image in 1973 Fauve Matisse (later
Macromedia xRes) was a pioneering program of the early 1990s, notably introducing
layers in customer software. Currently
Adobe Photoshop is one of the most used and best-known graphics programs in the Americas, having created more custom hardware solutions in the early 1990s, but was initially subject to various litigation.
GIMP is a popular open-source alternative to
Adobe Photoshop. == See also ==