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OCP Art Studio

OCP Art Studio

OCP Art Studio or Art Studio was a popular for home computers released in 1985, created by Oxford Computer Publishing and written by James Hutchby (original ZX Spectrum version).

It featured a GUI with windows, icons, tools and pull-down menus that and could be controlled using an AMX Mouse.

Some of the distinctive features include:

  • Different pens, sprays and user-definable brushes
  • An undo function
  • Textured fills (with user-definable patterns including stipples, hatches, bricks, roof tiles, etc.)
  • A font editor
  • The drawing of geometrical shapes