DEGAS (software)
{{Short description|Bitmap graphics editor for the Atari ST}}
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| author = Tom Hudson
| developer = Batteries Included
| released = {{Start date and age|1985}}
| latest_release_version = DEGAS Elite
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|1986}}
| operating_system = Atari ST
| genre = Bitmap graphics editor
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DEGAS (D.E.G.A.S., Design & Entertainment Graphic Arts System) is a bitmap graphics editor created by Tom Hudson for the Atari ST and published by Batteries Included in 1985.{{cite web |title=DEGAS |url=http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-st-degas_24998.html |website=Atari Mania}} Hudson created some of the sample paintings that shipped with DEGAS.{{cite web|last1=Doudoroff|first1=Martin|title=The Antic Cyber Graphics Software and the Pre-History of Autoesk 3d Studio|url=http://doudoroff.com/atari/history3.html}}
Development
The working title of DEGAS was HUDraw, where "HUD" stood for "Hudson."
Gary Yost of Antic Software wanted to publish DEGAS, but Hudson chose Batteries Included because "they were, in my opinion, the best Atari software company at the time." Yost and Antic Software published Hudson's next program, CAD 3D.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
File formats
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!Resolution !Colours !Type | |||
| *.pc1 | 320×200 | 16 colours | compressed |
| *.pc2 | 640×200 | 4 colours | compressed |
| *.pc3 | 640×400 | 2 colours | compressed |
| *.pi1 | 320×200 | 16 colours | uncompressed |
| *.pi2 | 640×200 | 4 colours | uncompressed |
| *.pi3 | 640×400 | 2 colours | uncompressed |
Legacy
Image:degas elite batteries included.png
Antic magazine published winners of an art competition for those using the software in July 1986.{{cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/1986-07-anticmagazine | title=The Winners: $2,000 Degas art contest| magazine=Antic | volume=5 | issue=3| date=July 1986 | access-date=4 February 2014 | pages=58–59}}
DEGAS was followed in 1986 with DEGAS Elite.{{cite web |title=DEGAS Elite |url=http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-st-degas-elite_21175.html |website=Atari Mania}}{{cite magazine |title=News & Products: New Products From Batteries Included |magazine=Compute! |date=July 1986 |issue=74 |page=117 |url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue74/news_and_products.php}} It adds multiple work screens, color-cycling animation, and other features.{{cite magazine |last1=Bass |first1=Patrick |title=DEGAS Elite |magazine=Antic |date=January 1987 |volume=5 |issue=9 |url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/v5n9/DegasElite.html}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari_st_ad_degas_elite_batteries_included.jpg DEGAS Elite advertisement]
Category:Raster graphics editors
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