DeluxePaint Animation is a 1990
graphics editor and animation creation package for
MS-DOS
MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few ope ...
, based on
Deluxe Paint
Deluxe Paint, often referred to as ''DPaint'', is a bitmap graphics editor created by Dan Silva for Electronic Arts and published for the then-new Amiga 1000 in November 1985. A series of updated versions followed, some of which were ported ...
for the
Amiga. It was adapted by
Brent Iverson with additional animation features by Steve Shaw and released by
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the ...
.
The program requires
VGA
Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a video display controller and accompanying de facto graphics standard, first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, which became ubiquitous in the PC industry within three years. The term can no ...
graphics, MS-DOS 2.1 or higher, and a
mouse.
Features
Listed from the back of the box.
*Complete selection of painting tools — Draw any shape you want, any way you want.
*Turn any image into a brush. You can rotate, flip, shear, resize, smear, and shade it.
*7 levels of magnification — Paint in magnified mode if you want. Use variable zoom for detailed editing at the pixel level.
*3-D perspective — Move and rotate images in full 3-D, automatically.
*Use color cycling and gradient fills to create great special effects.
*Stencils — Protect your designs from the slip of the hand or a bad idea. A stencil masks your image so you can paint "behind" and "in front of" it.
*Use the handy Move Dialog to animate brushes in full 3-D — automatically! Ideal for creating spinning titles for low-cost videos.
*37 multi-sized fonts
References
Raster graphics editors
DOS software
Graphics software
Electronic Arts
1990 software
Proprietary software
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