Photon Paint Explained
Photon Paint is a Hold-And-Modify (HAM) based bitmap graphics editor for the Amiga, first released in 1987.[1] [2] [3] Photon Paint was the first bitmap graphics editor to incorporate 3D solid modeling and texture mapping as an integral part of the program.
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.[4]
The program sold 250,000 copies and received a best of breed award from Amiga World magazine.
Releases
The original Photon Paint v1.0 was released in 1987 for the Commodore Amiga.[5] A Macintosh version was released in 1988 by Mediagenic.[6] [7] [8]
Photon Paint v2.0 for the Amiga was released in 1988.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
See also
References
Other sources
Notes and References
- News: Candy . Robin . July 1988 . Engage Photon Drive . . 116–117 . 8.
- News: Gailes . Shapley . July 1988 . Over the Rainbow . . 39 . 1.
- News: Goode . Roger . August 1988 . Photon Paint: HAM it up . . 20, 22, 64.
- Book: Maher, Jimmy . The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga . 2018-01-26 . MIT Press . 978-0-262-53569-4 . en.
- News: Löwenstein . Richard . May 1992 . Marktübersicht: malprogramme . . 116–117.
- Web site: InkBlot . 2023 . Photon Paint - Macintosh Repository . 2023-02-18 . Macintosh Repository . en.
- Web site: Macintosh Garden - Visual Arts & Graphics . 2023-02-18 . macintosh681.rssing.com.
- News: Arnett . Nick . June 27, 1988 . Mediagenic to Release Paint Program for Mac II . . 29.
- Web site: Photon Paint 2.0 - Software - Computing History . The Centre for Computing History.
- Web site: Photon Paint 2.0 (Amiga, 3 1/2" Disk) MicroIllusions - 1988 USA, Canada Release . Eli's Software Encyclopedia.
- Book: Software Reviews on File . 1992 . Facts on File, Incorporated . 8 . 51 . en.
- News: Brawn . Gene . January 1991 . A case in Paint . . 26–38.
- News: Goode . Roger . September 1989 . Photon Paint 2.0 A tempting touch-up. . . 78–80.
