Photon Paint
Encyclopedia
Photon Paint is a Hold-And-Modify
(HAM) based bitmap graphics editor for the Commodore Amiga, first released in 1987. It was programmed by Oren Peli
, Eyal Ofek & Amir Zbeda at Bazbo Soft and published by MicroIllusions
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In 1988, MicroIllusions released a Macintosh
version of Photon Paint.
Hold-and-Modify
Hold-And-Modify, usually abbreviated as HAM, is a display mode of the Commodore Amiga computer. It uses a highly unusual technique to express the color of pixels, allowing many more colors to appear on screen than would otherwise be possible....
(HAM) based bitmap graphics editor for the Commodore Amiga, first released in 1987. It was programmed by Oren Peli
Oren Peli
Oren Peli is an Israeli-born American film director, producer and screenwriter, best known as the director/creator of Paranormal Activity. He is also a video game programmer.-Biography:...
, Eyal Ofek & Amir Zbeda at Bazbo Soft and published by MicroIllusions
MicroIllusions
MicroIllusions, based in Granada Hills, California was a computer game developer and publisher of the home computer era . MicroIllusions, as a company, was a strong supporter of the Commodore Amiga and would typically release a title on that platform before porting it to others...
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In 1988, MicroIllusions released a Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
version of Photon Paint.
See also
- Deluxe PaintDeluxe PaintDeluxe Paint is a bitmap graphics editor series originally created by Dan Silva for Electronic Arts .The original version was created for the Commodore Amiga and was released in November 1985...
, the most popular paint program for the Amiga - BrillianceBrilliance (graphics editor)Brilliance is a bitmap graphics editor for the Amiga computer, published by Digital Creations in 1993. Although marketed as a single package, Brilliance in reality consisted of two separate applications. One was a register-based package also named Brilliance...
, a well-regarded rival to Deluxe Paint IV and V - List of raster graphics editors
- Comparison of raster graphics editorsComparison of raster graphics editors- List :- General information :Basic general information about the editors: creator/company, license etc.- Operating system support :The operating systems on which the editors can run natively , meaning which operating systems have which editors specifically coded for them - List :- General...