On: Ask HN: Examples of desktop software with 20+ years of longevity?

[adamredwoods]

Adobe Products:

Photoshop, the grand-daddy, released in 1990: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop

After effects was Aldus in 1993: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_After_Effects

3D software:

Cinema4D was released for the Amiga in 1993: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_4D

Lightwave 3D started in 1990: https://www.lightwave3d.com/

Poser was started in 1995: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poser_(software)

3DS max in 1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max

Maya was released in 1998: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Maya

Fusion compositing software has been around since 1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmagic_Fusion

OmniGraffle started in 2001: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OmniGraffle

[risingsubmarine → adamredwoods]

Blender and Houdini are also long-timers.

[HeyLaughingBoy → adamredwoods]

Is PageMaker (also Aldus) still around?

[ss48 → HeyLaughingBoy]

Aldus was purchased by Adobe. PageMaker was discontinued in favor of InDesign and QuarkXPress, which are both still in development today.

[detaro → ss48]

And QuarkXPress launched in 1987