Adobe Photoshop CS, also known as version 8.0, was a landmark release for Adobe when it launched in October 2003
Photoshop CS shipped with a plugin called Camera Raw 1.0, which supported raw files from roughly 10 cameras (Canon D30/D60, Nikon D100, etc.). It allowed non-destructive adjustments of white balance, exposure, contrast, saturation, and sharpening before demosaicing. Importantly, adjustments were stored in sidecar .XMP files, leaving the original raw untouched. This was a radical shift: photographers no longer needed to shoot TIFF or JPEG to get predictable color; they could shoot raw and “develop” later. Adobe Photoshop CS 8