Deluxe Paint Animation
{{Short description|Graphics editor}}
{{Infobox Software
| name = DeluxePaint Animation
| screenshot = center
| caption =
| developer = Electronic Arts
|released = {{Start date and age|1990}}
| latest_release_version = 1.0
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|1990}}
| operating_system = MS-DOS
| genre = Bitmap graphics editor
| license = Proprietary
| website =
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.phatcode.net/downloads.php?id=201&image=dpa_01.png|title=phatcode.net / downloads / utilities / graphics / deluxepaint ii / screenshot}}{{Google books |id=hqQJaNzN9IcC |page=463 |title=PC Mag Aug 1992 }}
The program requires VGA graphics, MS-DOS 2.1 or higher, and a mouse.{{cite web|url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue125/50_DeluxePaint_Animatio.php|title=DeluxePaint Animation}}{{cite web|url=http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-deluxepaint-animation-10.html|title=DANIELSAYS.COM - Daniel's Legacy Computer Collections - Screen Shot Gallery - DOS - DeluxePaint Animation 1.0|access-date=2014-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182228/http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-deluxepaint-animation-10.html|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}
Features
Listed from the back of the box.
- Complete selection of painting tools — Draw any shape you want, any way you want.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
- 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|date=February 2023}}
- 3-D perspective — Move and rotate images in full 3-D, automatically.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
- Use color cycling and gradient fills to create great special effects.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
- 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|date=February 2023}}
- 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
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