OCP Art Studio or Art Studio was a popular
bitmap graphics editor
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released in 1985, created by Oxford Computer Publishing and written by
James Hutchby
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(original ZX Spectrum version).
It featured a
GUI
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with windows, icons, pull-down menus, pointing devices menus, tool windows and could be controlled using an
AMX Mouse
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.
Some of the distinctive features include:
*Different pens, sprays and user-definable brushes
*Undo function
*Textured fills (with user-definable patterns including stipples, hatches, bricks, roof tiles, etc.)
*Font editor
*Drawing of geometrical shapes.
Releases
The OCP Art Studio
Released in 1985 for the
ZX Spectrum
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home computer and in 1986 for the
Amstrad CPC
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and
Commodore 64
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.
The Advanced OCP Art Studio
Released in 1986 and developed by
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for the ZX Spectrum 128K as "Art Studio Version 2.0", supporting the 128k memory models.
In 1987 the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC versions were released.
An
Atari ST
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port was developed by
Chris Hinsley
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and released in 1987.
Legacy
''OCP Art Studio'' was frequently used for making graphics for home computer games in the early 1990's, and was used for games such as ''
Gauntlet III: The Final Quest'' and ''
CarVup
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Gameplay
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''.
See also
*
Deluxe Paint
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References
ZX Spectrum software
Raster graphics editors
1985 software
Proprietary software
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