The Kodak Prophecy was a digital graphics workstation available in the early 1990s that was specialized for color correction and related manipulation of scanned images. It used a custom version of UNIX, had a large black-and-white display for its GUI, and could show images on a second color monitor meant to be calibrated daily that could show highly accurate print previews, reducing the risk of approving images for press runs which used the CMYK color model.

The Prophecy's GUI used a custom desktop metaphor designed to simplify operation by users not necessarily familiar with computers. Image files could appear as icons, large thumbnails, or any mix of the two. Switching between different desktops used a "door" icon that took the user to a different "room".

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  1. ^ "Kodak Prophecy System product information - TMU Archives & Special Collections".