redpill

The image above shows and “Easter Egg” hidden in CS3 as a tribute to Pixel Genius Bruce Fraser one of the most influential Photoshop contributors of all time. But what’s an easter egg?

A virtual Easter egg is an intentional hidden message, in-joke or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, web page or video game. The term was coined – according to Warren Robinett – by Atari after they were pointed to the secret message left by Robinett in the game Adventure.It draws a parallel with the custom of the Easter egg hunt observed in many Western nations as well as the last Russian imperial family’s tradition of giving elaborately jeweled egg-shaped creations by Carl Fabergé which contained hidden surprises. – wikipedia

I discovered my first Photoshop Easter Egg many years ago and locating them has always been one of the first things I would do when firing up a new version for the first time. To find the Easter Egg above here are the steps you take. (there are actually a few eggs you can find at one time here)

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Red Pill Easter Egg

  1. Load up CS3
  2. Press and hold Ctrl (cmd) and pick Help> About Photoshop CS3
  3. The Red Pill is a reference to “The Matrix”

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Follow the Rabbit Down the Hole

  1. With the Red Pill poppup still open grab a screenshot of it
  2. Copy and paste that screenshot into a new window in Photoshop
  3. Hit Ctrl (cmd) + L to bring up the level adjustment window
  4. Grab the white triangle and slide it to the left until the rabbit appears in the hole
  5. Go even further to see the rabbit tracks appear

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Tribute to Bruce Fraser

  1. Return the white triangle back all the way to the right or revert back if you applied that last step in down the rabbit hole :-)
  2. This time grab the black triangle and slide it to the right

Need a visual here is a little video example of how to find the Bruce Fraser images shown above.

Photoshop Merlin Easter Egg CS3/CS2/?

  1. Press and hold Alt
  2. On the layers/channels/paths palette hit the drop down triangle on the top right
  3. Select palette options
  4. Poof!

Photoshop Goofy Quotes CS3/CS2/CS

  1. Help > About Photoshop
  2. Before the scrolling starts click just above the names (if it disappears you clicked in the wrong place)
  3. Wait for the scrolling
  4. Hit and hold alt if you are impatient to speed the scroll
  5. Goofy quotes begin to appear at end of scroll

The Space Monkey Easter Egg CS2

  1. Open CS2
  2. Press and hold Ctrl(cmd) + Alt
  3. Mouse to Help > About Photoshop
  4. Instant space monkey!

Adobe Stonehenge Extended CS4

  1. Open CS4
  2. Press and hold Ctrl(cmd)
  3. Mouse to Help > About Photoshop
  4. Welcome to stonehenge!

Did we miss one? Let us know and we’ll be happy to add it to the article.

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