Talk:MacPaint
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Does anybody know whether MacPaint will run under Classic in OSX? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.201.220.227 (talk • contribs) 06:52, 4 June 2006 (UTC-8)
- No, it doesn't. But version 2.0 does. — Wackymacs 19:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.213.115.247 (talk • contribs) 12:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC-8)
According to Andy Hertzfeld on nerdtv, the Mac Paint sourcecode was released to the Computer History Museum —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.172.97.63 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 8 September 2005 (UTC-8)
I don't care to edit the opening paragraphs, but some notes:
1) Fullpaint (Ann Arbor Softworks?) was a major improvement over MacPaint. SuperPaint (Silicon Beach) was a step ... sideways. 1a) Comicworks is probably worth mentioning. 1b) Thunderscan (which allowed you to scan in images using a modified ImageWriter) was an early tool for many Mac artists. Although only 1-bit image editing tools existed at the time, Thunderscan actually captured 5-bit grayscale data and allowed you to perform simple brighten/darken/contrast operations before rendering out to 1-bit for further editing in a program like MacPaint. 1c) MacPaint 2.0 eventually replicated MacPaint's good points, but addressed its failings (e.g. fixed window size). 1d) ClarisWorks and AppleWorks eventually incorporated MacPaint's functionality and something of its interface (plus color) 1e) Claris much later released Brushstrokes, a semi-competent clone of Studio/32.
2) Digital Darkroom (Silicon Beach) was the first attempt to do a Photo retouching program on the Mac (that I know of). It was greyscale only. 2a) ImageWorks (Letraset, 1990?) was another greyscale image editor predating Photoshop. 2b) ColorStudio (Letraset, 1993?) gave Photoshop a run for its money in the early days, and had some advanced features that Photoshop still hasn't matched (e.g. you could write your own filters in its internal scripting language, much as you can today with programs like Final Cut Pro). 2c) Fractal Painter (now a Corel product) introduced a lot of concepts that Photoshop eventually imitated, including layers (Painter 2).
3) Studio/8 and Studio/32 (from EA) were probably the finest color paint programs ever released for the Mac (or any other platform; these were done by the same people who did DeluxePaint on other platforms). 3a) Studio/32 remained in use for many years within EA after they stopped selling it (1992?). I still use it, and it works fine under Classic. It remains unsurpassed for detailed bitmap editing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.180.85.192 (talk • contribs) 15:37, 14 September 2005 (UTC-8)
- Very interesting to be sure, but not all that relevant to the article. If you want to start a comparison of bitmap editing software applications then this stuff might find a home there, but this article is about MacPaint. The others that do get mentioned at present are really only in passing to act as an indication of what MacPaint quickly needed to compete against, but didn't. Graham 09:34, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Could the resolution have possibly been 576x720? Shouldn't it be 720x576?? Dan 03:07, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- No, it was 576 (wide) by 720 (tall), which is the size of a US Letter sheet of paper at 72 dots per inch, oriented vertically (portrait). This was the size of the papaer intended to be used by the ImageWiter printer. I think Macwrite 2.0 changed this so that the drawing was made the size and orientation of the current paper choice in the Printer Setup dialog. Graham 23:16, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Short life span
- As of 2004, MacPaint 1.5 and 2.0 were still being sold by Sun Remarketing. Despite a short life span...
In what software universe is 20 years a short life span? -Will Beback 22:25, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Umm, it was released in 1984, with the last version released in 1988. I doubt if it remained on the market any later than 1990. It hasn't been on the market for over a decade. (Sun Remarketing's old stock doesn't count, since it was being sold as discontinued. Besides, Sun Remarketing is now dead.) -- tooki 22:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
