Photon Paint

Bitmap 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

• Amiga portal

• Deluxe Paint
• Brilliance
• List of raster graphics editors
• Comparison of raster graphics editors

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). ST Amiga Format. No. 1. 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. 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.