I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 321. Here are my solutions to them.
1: Where to sell an image of the Knolls in a two-year exclusive.
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Photoshop
Where to sell (a shop) an image (a photo) of the Knolls (originally developed by brothers Thomas and John Knoll, and licensed by Adobe) in a two-year exclusive (from February 1990 until its release on Windows in November 1992, it was exclusive to Mac).
2: Rembrandt, Claude Monet, JMW Turner and Corel.
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Painter
Rembrandt, Claude Monet, JMW Turner (all three were painters) and Corel (originally released in 1991 by Fractal Design, Painter was eventually bought by Corel).
3: One of the first two, it could be beige acrylic and written by Bill.
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MacPaint
One of the first two (together with MacWrite, it was one of the two apps bundled with the 128K Mac), it could be beige acrylic (paint the same colour as the 128K Mac) and written by Bill (Atkinson, 1951-2025, who wrote the app).
The common factor
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They have all been major raster graphics editors on the Mac.
I look forward to your putting alternative cases.
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