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Soviet Image Editing Tool From 1987
nacturation writes "Three years before Photoshop 1.0 was released, computer engineers in the USSR were already retouching photographs using some surprisingly advanced technology. A video shows how the Soviets went about restoring damaged images with the help of rotary scanners, magnetic tape, and trackballs. No word on whether this technology was used to fake moon landings or put missiles in Cuba." Photo manipulation in the USSR (and elsewhere) had a pretty good jump on computers, though.
So THAT is how Kim Jong Il was able to be the doctor doing the delivery at his own birth!
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
In Soviet Russia the team takes one for you?
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
The real story is that the Soviets had clip art collections that made their job easier. This was years before clip-art was widely used in the West.
People doctoring photos could choose from the "Still Popular Heroes of the Bolshevik Revolution" as well as "Accepted Images of our Beloved Leaders: Lenin through Gorbachev".
What was little known at the time is that if you bought both sets, you would also get a free set "Communist Leaders of the world". This set had flattering pictures of Chaiman Mao, Fidel Castro, and Che Guevera.
The Chinese have the lead in a lot of things. And cadmium as well.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Before they collect you.
Well we stole Tetris and made billions on it, so it all worked out in the end.
May the Maths Be with you!
I don't believe it. Next you will try to tell me that Microsoft did not invent spreadsheets word-processors and windowing OSes.