VCFA Chair Ian Lynam had the opportunity to rap with Thomas Knoll, the creator of Adobe Photoshop this week in Tokyo. In the first of this series of micro-interviews with important figures in visual culture, we find out some important stuff!
Thomas Knoll and Ian Lynam. Photo by Luis Mendo.
What’s your favorite color?
Purple.
What’s your favorite tool in Photoshop?
The Stamp tool. No one had created anything like that before—a tool to remove elements from a digital background.
If we could hack the undo command into the human understanding of and interaction with the time/space continuum, do you think it would be a good idea?
No way. That’s a horrible idea.
The Original Photoshop logo.
What do you think the greatest social impact of your software development has been?
The scariest thing is that people can visualize missile attacks on and from places like Saudi Arabia out of thin air.
Can I quote you on that?
Sure!
Thanks, Thomas! Stay tuned for the next installment of “Huh?”! Coming soon!affiliate tracking url | Nike
