• Version 1.0, released in 1986, has a fixed-position user interface with palettes arranged on the left and bottom edges of the screen. Includes
LaserBits 300dpi editing mode and the ability to print in color despite only being able to display in
black & white. • 1.1, released in 1988, included the
SuperConvert app to convert to/from
LaserBits; was bundled with
Microsoft Word 4.0 for Macintosh in 1990. • 2.0, released in 1989, introduced many new features including: AutoTrace,
SuperBits (formerly
LaserBits), freehand Bézier tool, multi-page documents, rich text in text blocks, rotation and transformations,
plug-ins, a multi-palette user interface, custom tools in the paint palette. • 3.0, released in 1991, was a major revision that added many extra features, most notably color support, but also image enhancement functions and texture fills; hotkeys were revamped to simplify the interface; tear-off palettes. • 3.5, released in 1993, brought support for
System 7, copy brush tool, several other new drawing tools including some that are pressure sensitive, expanded importing capability including still frames from QuickTime. This was the final version of the app. Later versions were published by Aldus after their 1990 acquisition of
Silicon Beach Software. The application continued to be sold by
Adobe after their 1994 takeover of Aldus. == Plug-ins ==