Before 2003, Adobe’s flagship products—Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere—lived separate lives. You bought Photoshop 7, Illustrator 10, and InDesign 2.0 as standalone boxes. They worked together, but clunkily.
Your "story" has 20 different layers for characters and backgrounds, and your Layers panel is a mess. The CS 8 Solution: Photoshop CS introduced Layer Groups Adobe Photoshop CS 8
October 2003 Preceded by: Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Succeeded by: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (9.0) Adobe’s flagship products—Photoshop