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Shoutout to the legendary Deluxe Paint III. I worked with people who, 30 years after the release, still kept an old computer running just to be able to use Dpai
by PeterHolzwarth 1y ago
Shoutout to the legendary Deluxe Paint III. I worked with people who, 30 years after the release, still kept an old computer running just to be able to use Dpaint II and III. They said it was the best pixel editor ever made.
- ekianjo 1y agoNot deluxe paint IV?
- PeterHolzwarth 1y agoHeck, let's be honest: all revs were excellent. But, the artists I am referring to preferred dpaint 2/3.
- 3036e4 1y agoThere is the open source VGA Paint 386 to get something similar: https://www.bttr-software.de/products/vp386/ https://www.bttr-software.de/products/vp386/ Runs in DOSBox (i.e. runs everywhere and can be expected to keep working). And of course also the open sourced A**desk Animator on various platforms (but I run that in DOSBox as well... great for doodling on the phone). https://github.com/AnimatorPro https://github.com/AnimatorPro
- JetSetIlly 1y agoThere's also PyDPainter. A reimplementation in python. https://pydpainter.org/ https://pydpainter.org/
- _mlbt 1y agoFun fact, Deluxe Paint I was open sourced… https://computerhistory.org/blog/electronic-arts-deluxepaint-early-source-code/ https://computerhistory.org/blog/electronic-arts-deluxepaint...
- 3036e4 1y agoUnfortunately only shows the source code "for non-commercial use".
- teddyh 1y agoModern work-alike: GrafX2 <https://pulkomandy.tk/projects/GrafX2 https://pulkomandy.tk/projects/GrafX2>
- roskelld 1y agoDPaint III finally granted me the ability to create animation, which was always one of my early dreams to be able to do. I combined my obsession of Lemmings with Judge Dread to create a series of shorts following the exploits of Judge Lem. Sad that I no longer have the disks for them, but I'm so thankful for how amazing and accessible DPIII was.
- kuhewa 1y agohahahaha Judge Lem. Bring it back
- zem 1y agodeluxepaint and fantavision were both amazing beginner-friendly art and animation (respectively) apps from the dos era, whose equivalents i have yet to see.
- Jzush 1y agoDpaint III was amazing. The ability to do calculated animation was way ahead of it's time. Too bad I couldn't get anything exported from my Amiga 500 :(
- egometry 1y agoDP2e is one of the reasons I still use DOSBox