Photon Paint

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.[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.[5]

Photon Paint
Original author(s)MicroIllusions
Developer(s)BazboSoft
Initial release1987 (1987)
Stable release
2.0 / 1989 (1989)
PlatformAmiga, Macintosh
TypeBitmap graphics editor

The program sold 250,000 copies and received a best of breed award from Amiga World magazine.

Releases

The original Photon Paint' was released in 1987[2]

Photon Paint v2.0 was released in 1988[6][7][8]

A Macintosh version was also released in 1988[9][10][11]

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. Brawn, Gene (January 1991). "A Case in Paint". Amiga World. p. 29.
  5. Maher, Jimmy (2018-01-26). The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-53569-4.
  6. "Photon Paint 2.0 - Software - Computing History".
  7. "Photon Paint 2.0 (Amiga, 3 1/2" Disk) MicroIllusions - 1988 USA, Canada Release". Eli's Software Encyclopedia.
  8. Software Reviews on File. Facts on File, Incorporated. 1992.
  9. "Photon Paint - Macintosh Repository". www.macintoshrepository.org. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  10. "Macintosh Garden - Visual Arts & Graphics". macintosh681.rssing.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  11. Arnett, Nick (June 27, 1988). "Mediagenic to Release Paint Program for Mac II". InfoWorld. p. 29.

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


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