Deluxe Paint Animation

DeluxePaint Animation

Developer(s)	Electronic Arts
Initial release	1990; 33 years ago (1990)
Stable release	1.0 / 1990; 33 years ago (1990)
Operating system	MS-DOS
Type	Bitmap graphics editor
License	Proprietary

DeluxePaint Animation is a 1990 graphics editor and animation creation package for MS-DOS, based on Deluxe Paint for the Amiga. It was adapted by Brent Iverson with additional animation features by Steve Shaw and released by Electronic Arts.^[1][2]

The program requires VGA graphics, MS-DOS 2.1 or higher, and a mouse.^[3][4]

Features

Listed from the back of the box.

• Complete selection of painting tools — Draw any shape you want, any way you want.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 3-D perspective — Move and rotate images in full 3-D, automatically.^{[citation needed]}
• Use color cycling and gradient fills to create great special effects.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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^[4]

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