{{Short description|Raster graphics editor}} '''Aldus PhotoStyler''' was a graphics software program developed by the Taiwanese company [[Ulead Systems|Ulead]]. Released in June 1991 as the first 24 bit image editor for Windows, it was bought the same year by the [[Aldus Corporation|Aldus]] Prepress group.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Marshall|first=Patrick|date=December 23, 1991|title=PhotoStyler moves PC into high-end image arena|magazine=InfoWorld|publisher= IDG|issn=0199-6649|volume=13|number=51|pages=54, 56}}</ref> Its main competition was [[Adobe Photoshop]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Borzo|first=Jeanette|date=December 7, 1992|title=Aldus, Adobe vie for share of Windows pie|magazine=InfoWorld|publisher= IDG|issn=0199-6649|volume=14|number=49|page=3}}</ref> Version 2.0 (late 1993)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Marshall|first=Patrick|date=November 22, 1993|title=PhotoStyler closes in on its competitors|magazine=InfoWorld|publisher= IDG|issn=0199-6649|volume=15|number=47|pages=86, 87, 89}}</ref> introduced a new user interface and improved color calibration.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Simone|first=Luisa|date= February 8, 1994|title= Aldus PhotoStyler: More than Retouched for Version 2.0 |magazine= PC Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=13|number=3|pages= 44}}</ref> PhotoStyler SE - lacking some features of the version 2.0 - was bundled with scanners like [[HP ScanJet]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grunin|first=Lori|date= January 11, 1994|title= Speed Up, Price Down: Newest HP ScanJet Is a Winner |magazine= PC Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=13|number=1|pages= 48}}</ref> The product disappeared from the Adobe product line after [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] acquired Aldus in 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Vadlamudi|first=Pardhu|date=November 21, 1994|title=Goodbye PhotoStyler, Hitchcock Adobe focuses imaging lineup on Photoshop 3.0|magazine=InfoWorld|publisher= IDG|issn=0199-6649|volume=16|number=47|page=33}}</ref>

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== Further reading == *{{cite book |last1=Ihrig |first1=Sybil |last2=Ihrig |first2=Emil |date=1991 |title=Mastering Aldus PhotoStyler|publisher=Bantam Books |isbn=9780553354539}}

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