Paint programs go back to Xerox Parc in the 70's[1], at the very least. In the 80s and 90s there were a bunch of high-end paint programs for Symbolics, SGI work

Paint programs go back to Xerox Parc in the 70's[1], at the very least. In the 80s and 90s there were a bunch of high-end paint programs for Symbolics, SGI workstations, Quantel Paintbox [2] etc. They were more video-graphics oriented than Photoshop, which historically at least, had a strong print emphasis. I love computer graphics history, and loved the mystique of "high-end" computing when I was making crap pixel art on my Amiga:) Another cool thing is, in that video, the artist is basically using the same box modelling techniques I did when I took a Maya course a couple of years ago. In 1991 I was 3d modelling on the Amiga, and although it was awesome to have access to that software at home, modelling was much more cumbersome and limited. Now, to blow your minds even more here [3] is a recent demonstration of that same 3d modelling program. At 19 minutes in, he switches to the Lisp Listener console, and uses Lisp to inspect and modify the data belonging to the 3d model, before switching back to the 3d app to view the changes. Lisp machines were incredibly well-integrated platforms for the expert user. [1] https://creators.vice.com/en_uk/article/wnpqnm/the-1970s-graphics-program-that-spurred-space-exploration-computer-picassos-and-pixar https://creators.vice.com/en_uk/article/wnpqnm/the-1970s-gra... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwO4LP0wLbY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwO4LP0wLbY [3] https://vimeo.com/125771177 https://vimeo.com/125771177