Photon Paint

Photon Paint
Original author(s)MicroIllusions
Developer(s)Oren Peli, Eyal Ofek, Amir Zbeda (BazboSoft)
Initial release1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Stable release
2.0 / 1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Operating systemAmiga OS, Mac OS
PlatformAmiga, Macintosh
TypeBitmap graphics editor

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 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

The 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

References

  1. ^ Candy, Robin (July 1988). "Engage Photon Drive". The Games Machine. No. 8. pp. 116–117.
  2. ^ a b c MicroIllusions (1987), Photon Paint, retrieved 2023-02-18
  3. ^ Gailes; Shapley (July 1988). "Over the Rainbow" (PDF). ST Amiga Format. No. 1. p. 39.
  4. ^ a b Goode, Roger (August 1988). "Photon Paint: HAM it up". Amiga World. pp. 20, 22, 64.
  5. ^ a b Brawn, Gene (January 1991). "A case in Paint". Amiga World. pp. 26–38.
  6. ^ Maher, Jimmy (2018-01-26). The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-53569-4.
  7. ^ Löwenstein, Richard (May 1992). "Marktübersicht: malprogramme". Amiga Joker. pp. 116–117.
  8. ^ InkBlot (2023). "Photon Paint - Macintosh Repository". Macintosh Repository. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  9. ^ "Macintosh Garden - Visual Arts & Graphics". macintosh681.rssing.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  10. ^ Arnett, Nick (June 27, 1988). "Mediagenic to Release Paint Program for Mac II". InfoWorld. p. 29.
  11. ^ "Photon Paint 2.0 - Software - Computing History". The Centre for Computing History.
  12. ^ "Photon Paint 2.0 (Amiga, 3 1/2" Disk) MicroIllusions - 1988 USA, Canada Release". Eli's Software Encyclopedia.
  13. ^ Software Reviews on File. Vol. 8. Facts on File, Incorporated. 1992. p. 51.
  14. ^ Goode, Roger (September 1989). "Photon Paint 2.0 A tempting touch-up". Amiga World. pp. 78–80.

Other sources

  • Macworld. 1988. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  • Verbum. 1987. Retrieved 2013-08-23.


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