graphic design timline

By bruh77
  • Period: 1400 to

    1400-2025

  • The Invention of the Printing Press
    1440

    The Invention of the Printing Press

    By 1440 Gutenberg had established the basics of his printing press including the use of a mobile, reusable set of type, and within ten years he had constructed a working prototype of the press. In 1454 Gutenberg put his press to commercial use, producing thousands of indulgences for the Church.
  • start of images in newspapers

    start of images in newspapers

    illustrations were printed with the use of engravings. The first photograph to be used in illustration of a newspaper story was a depiction of barricades in Paris during the June Days
  • the government starts using propaganda for war

    the government starts using propaganda for war

    The first large-scale and organised propagation of government propaganda was occasioned by the outbreak of war
  • advertisment on television

    advertisment on television

    The money was in selling TV sets. But once most homes had one, the model had to pivot. The first TV ad ran before a game between the then-Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • superpaint

    superpaint

    the first image editing program emerges.
  • first photoshopping website

    first photoshopping website

    Photoshop 1.0 was released on February 19, 1990, for Macintosh exclusively. The Barneyscan version included advanced color editing features that were stripped from the first Adobe shipped version

  • todays photoshopping world

    many more things will be created that will change and improve graphic design