[HN Gopher] An Ode to Deluxe Paint (2023)
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       An Ode to Deluxe Paint (2023)
        
       Author : arexxbifs
       Score  : 78 points
       Date   : 2024-05-19 12:26 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | smetj wrote:
       | I remember the first moments switching from C64 to a 386AT PC
       | with VGA card/screen and be blown away by Deluxe Paint II's
       | included artwork named pueblo (http://www.randelshofer.ch/animati
       | ons/anims_ibm/electronic_a...), kingtut
       | (https://www.datagubbe.se/dpaint/img/kingtut.png) and of course
       | celtic
       | (https://amiga.lychesis.net/assets/AvrilHarrison/AH_Celtic.pn...)
        
         | Cockbrand wrote:
         | That King Tut image was really sensational back then, at least
         | for early teenage me, and for a computer that was within
         | imaginable reach (the Amiga, of course).
        
           | enriquto wrote:
           | By the great Avril Harrison, one of the artists behind the
           | Monkey Island games, whose likeness is said to have inspired
           | Elaine!
        
       | candiodari wrote:
       | Well, at least one can clearly see where Microsoft got the idea
       | for paint.
       | 
       | https://betawiki.net/wiki/Paint#/media/File:Windows_1.0_alph...
        
         | pdw wrote:
         | MacPaint of course :)
        
         | Findecanor wrote:
         | Microsoft Paint started out as ZSoft Corporation's "PC
         | Paintbrush" for MS-DOS in 1984. The first version of Deluxe
         | Paint was released in Nov 1985.
        
       | pornel wrote:
       | I loved the split-screen zoom.
       | 
       | 1:1 preview was crucial on CRTs where pixels weren't neat little
       | squares.
        
       | wgx wrote:
       | I think it's fair to say that my 25+ year career in design
       | started with DPaint on an Amiga, and I'd be somewhere very
       | different today without it.
        
       | mirekrusin wrote:
       | Ahh good old times, remember doing antialiasing by hand for
       | sprites, my brother coding in amos for cannon fodder like game.
        
       | gardaani wrote:
       | There's a web-based version modeled after the original Deluxe
       | Paint with source code available: https://www.stef.be/dpaint/
        
       | peoplefromibiza wrote:
       | Deluxe Paint is one of the best _" definition of done"_ for
       | software products ever
        
       | EyeballKid wrote:
       | I feel compelled to plug my own DPaint-inspired app:
       | http://evilpixie.scumways.com/
       | 
       | You can tell it's a really professional project because I wrote a
       | press release for the last version:
       | 
       | ---------------------------------------------
       | 
       | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
       | 
       | 2022-12-13 / SCUMWAYS TOP SECRET VOLCANO LAIR
       | 
       | Art World Rocked by Amazing New EvilPixie Release
       | 
       | New version features vibrant, brand new pixels.
       | 
       | Scumways Corp. today announced a new release of it's legendary
       | pixel-editing application EvilPixie.
       | 
       | The new '0.3 "Your in test" TCE Shanghai Gutter' release is a
       | revolutionary new development providing an experience unlike any
       | other pixel art package in the history of pixel art packages[1].
       | 
       | With a huge established audience of dedicated fans[2], this new
       | release promises to take the industry by storm.
       | 
       | Scumways Corp. spokesman Brian Credibility today said "Our
       | studies show that this new release provides 754.1% more synergy
       | than the next leading brand. The clients we've been working rave
       | about increased pixel yields, and love the enterprise-wide
       | approach to the unique value proposition when integrated into
       | quadruple-A next-generation middle-out distributed landscape
       | personal environment cloud-based network-enabled local client
       | ecosystems."
       | 
       | Via seance, notable artists have also given their unanimous
       | endorsement:                   "I'll definitely be using this to
       | demonstrate Commodore's next computer." - Spirit of Andy Warhol
       | "Questa fantastica app sono i fottuti testicoli del cane!" -
       | Spirit of Leonardo Da Vinci         "Se ve un poco raro" - Spirit
       | of Salvador Dali
       | 
       | EvilPixie is hand crafted from organic, fair trade, ethically-
       | sourced local electrons. It's very Eco. The new version can be
       | downloaded at:
       | 
       | https://github.com/bcampbell/evilpixie/releases
       | 
       | [1] Except Deluxe Paint, which it apes shamelessly, down to the
       | keyboard shortcuts. And all the Dpaint clones, of course. And
       | asesprite. And ProMotion. And all the other pixelart apps. But
       | other than that, there's _nothing_ like it out there!
       | 
       | [2] The programmer and his 11-year old daughter, who use it
       | occasionally.
        
         | notachatbot1234 wrote:
         | That looks nice and I love your presentation!
        
         | nar001 wrote:
         | I absolutely loved the press release, I hope you'll do more!
         | I'm not following your project because of it!
        
       | Crosseye_Jack wrote:
       | I'm not really artistic, so while I did doodle in DPaint, my main
       | use for it was to make maps for Worms.
       | 
       | https://worms2d.info/Colour_map_(first_generation)
        
       | surfingdino wrote:
       | It was the first piece of software I paid real money for. It had
       | to be imported from Germany and the guy who sold it to me told me
       | I was a fool as he could have copied it for me for he price of
       | the floppy disks.
        
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