How John Warnock Created Adobe

The Oxford library hired me to create short award videos for their winners of the Bodleian prize. I got the chance to spend a few unique hours with John Warnock at his home in Palo Alto. John is a completely original thinker for whom there was no “in the box” thinking. I never forgot him and hope that those who enjoy his thinking appreciate this short film.

[@shmookins]

I remember the first time I saw a program called 'Photoshop'. I was at awe- even the concept of it was mind-blowing. I still remember how the name 'Photoshop' was confusing. I thought 'what does a shop that sells photo had to do with this program on a computer?

[@francissreckofabian01]

Good video. He seems like a nice guy. Happy he was successful.

[@bethaniesteph472]

I remember some of those adobe old software boxes. Things have changed so much since then.

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

I remember how Steve Jobs admired Adobe's ability to compete against Microsoft consistently.

[@SouthernOregonCoast]

I would have liked to hear more. I worked with him in the early 70's when at Xerox in Rochester (Henrietta Building 801) before he "moved out west" he was working on ideas for Acrobat even back then. His innovative thoughts were the beginnings of postscript when others were sending ASCII to hard coded character generators. Interesting that his Wikipedia doesn't mention that era.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I understand what you are saying, Jim. I would love to have done more with John. Such a brilliant thinker and a good guy. But my job was to make a three-minute movie and unfortunately, that is all I have.
David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@fintanoclery2698]

Very interesting, what year was this produced?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

About 2004.
David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@cybercab]

Interesting. Adobe is a big deal but this video didn't really mention its role in video or photo world which dwarfs the rest. Interesting story though.