Photon Paint is a Hold-And-Modify (HAM) based bitmap graphics editor for the Amiga, first released in 1987.[1][2][3][4] Photon Paint was the first bitmap graphics editor to incorporate 3D solid modeling and texture mapping as an integral part of the program.[5][4]
 Photon Paint 2.0 | |
| Original author(s) | MicroIllusions |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Oren Peli, Eyal Ofek, Amir Zbeda (BazboSoft) |
| Initial release | 1987 |
| Stable release | 2.0
/ 1989 |
| Operating system | Amiga OS, Mac OS |
| Platform | Amiga, Macintosh |
| Type | Bitmap graphics editor |
Photon Paint was programmed by Oren Peli, Eyal Ofek, and Amir Zbeda at Bazbosoft, an Israeli software house. It was published by MicroIllusions distributed worldwide.[2][6]
The program sold 250,000 copies and received a best of breed award from Amiga World magazine.[citation needed]
Releases
editThe original Photon Paint v1.0 was released in 1987 for the Commodore Amiga.[2][7] A Macintosh version was released in 1988 by Mediagenic.[8][9][10]
Photon Paint v2.0 for the Amiga was released in 1988.[11][12][13][5][14]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Candy, Robin (July 1988). "Engage Photon Drive". The Games Machine. No. 8. pp. 116–117.
- ^ a b c MicroIllusions (1987), Photon Paint, retrieved 2023-02-18
- ^ Gailes; Shapley (July 1988). "Over the Rainbow" (PDF). ST Amiga Format. No. 1. p. 39.
- ^ a b Goode, Roger (August 1988). "Photon Paint: HAM it up". Amiga World. pp. 20, 22, 64.
- ^ a b Brawn, Gene (January 1991). "A case in Paint". Amiga World. pp. 26–38.
- ^ Maher, Jimmy (2018-01-26). The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-53569-4.
- ^ Löwenstein, Richard (May 1992). "Marktübersicht: malprogramme". Amiga Joker. pp. 116–117.
- ^ InkBlot (2023). "Photon Paint - Macintosh Repository". Macintosh Repository. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Macintosh Garden - Visual Arts & Graphics". macintosh681.rssing.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ Arnett, Nick (June 27, 1988). "Mediagenic to Release Paint Program for Mac II". InfoWorld. p. 29.
- ^ "Photon Paint 2.0 - Software - Computing History". The Centre for Computing History.
- ^ "Photon Paint 2.0 (Amiga, 3 1/2" Disk) MicroIllusions - 1988 USA, Canada Release". Eli's Software Encyclopedia.
- ^ Software Reviews on File. Vol. 8. Facts on File, Incorporated. 1992. p. 51.
- ^ Goode, Roger (September 1989). "Photon Paint 2.0 A tempting touch-up". Amiga World. pp. 78–80.
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