aid: barneyscan
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/barneyscan.png
name: Barneyscan
description: Barneyscan was a San Leandro, California color imaging company founded in 1986 that built
  one of the first high-quality 24-bit color film scanners and related graphic-arts software for the
  press and prepress industry. It is best known as the origin of Adobe Photoshop, whose early version
  0.87 shipped bundled with Barneyscan scanners as "Barneyscan XP" before Adobe licensed it. Backed by
  Battery Ventures, Bay Partners, and OSCCO Ventures, the company was acquired by PixelCraft on
  March 1, 1993 and no longer operates. It has no live website, developer portal, or public API surface,
  so there is nothing for the enrichment pipeline to harvest.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/barneyscan/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
x-status: defunct
x-status-note: Acquired by PixelCraft 1993-03-01; no live domain, API, or developer surface as of 2026-07-18.
tags:
- Company
- Scanners
- Color Imaging
- Graphic Arts
- Prepress
- Imaging Software
- Defunct
- Historical
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence