Photon Paint

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
Original author(s)MicroIllusions
Developer(s)Oren Peli, Eyal Ofek, Amir Zbeda (BazboSoft)
Initial release1987 (1987)
Stable release
2.0 / 1989 (1989)
Operating systemAmiga OS, Mac OS
PlatformAmiga, Macintosh
TypeBitmap 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.[6]

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.[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][14][15]

See also

References
  1. Candy, Robin (July 1988). "Engage Photon Drive". The Games Machine. No. 8. pp. 116–117.
  2. MicroIllusions (1987), Photon Paint, retrieved 2023-02-18
  3. Gailes; Shapley (July 1988). "Over the Rainbow" (PDF). AT Amiga Format. p. 39.
  4. Goode, Roger (August 1988). "Photon Paint: HAM it up". Amiga World. pp. 20, 22, 64.
  5. Brawn, Gene (January 1991). "A Case in Paint". Amiga World. p. 29.
  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. "Photon Paint - Macintosh Repository". www.macintoshrepository.org. 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".
  12. "Photon Paint 2.0 (Amiga, 3 1/2" Disk) MicroIllusions - 1988 USA, Canada Release". Eli's Software Encyclopedia.
  13. Software Reviews on File. Facts on File, Incorporated. 1992.
  14. Brawn, Gene (January 1991). "A case in Paint". Amiga World. pp. 26–38.
  15. 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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