NEOchrome

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| name = NEOchrome

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| screenshot = ST_Neochrome.gif

| caption = v1.0 showing color cycling waterfall from 1985

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| author = Dave Staugas (programmer),[https://atariage.com/programmer_page.html?ProgrammerID=62 Dave Staugas], AtariAge, Programmer for Atari 2600 Cartridges, Krull (1983) and Millipede (1984)[http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=person&name=Dave+Staugas+%28Atari%29 Dave Staugas (Atari)'s] list of works: Hover Strike, Rampage
Jim Eisenstein (programmer),[https://archive.org/stream/Atari_Explorer_Volume_7_Number_2_1987-03_Atari_Explorer_Publications_US#page/n9/mode/2up An interview with Dave Staugas and Jim Eisenstein creators of NeoChrome. Inside Atari], By Mark Jensen, page 8–10, Atari Explorer - Volume 7 Number 2 (1987-03)(Atari Explorer Publications)(US)
Jerome Domurat (User Interface Designer)[http://greengrizzly.com/JeromeDomurat/Resume_files/JeromeDomuratResume_Jun_Site.pdf User Interface Designer - Jerome Domurat], Atari Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA 11/81 – 07/86, ...Also defined the feature set and interface to the NEOchrome paint program.[http://www.sanityoptional.com/ebay/rbgh/misc/P1015493.JPG Page 4], NEOchrome version 0.5 manual

| developer = Atari Corporation

| released = {{Start date and age|1985}}

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| latest release version = 1.0[http://alive.atari.org/alive10/esneo.php NeoChrome], Alive 10{{Cite web|url=http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-st-atari-2600-7800-development-system_s16658.html|title=Atari ST Atari 2600 / 7800 Development System : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms|website=www.atarimania.com}}

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| programming language = Assembly

| operating system = Atari ST

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| genre = bitmap graphics editor

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NEOchrome is an early color bitmap graphics editor for the Atari ST.[https://archive.org/stream/Atari_Explorer_Volume_7_Number_2_1987-03_Atari_Explorer_Publications_US#page/n19/mode/2up Review:NeoChrome], By John J Anderson, Page 18–20, Atari Explorer - Volume 7 Number 2 (1987-03)(Atari Explorer Publications)(US) It was written by Dave Staugas, a programmer at Atari Corporation and co-author of the ST's operating system.[http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv3n1/threeyearsofst.html ...Dave Staugas, who ported the text blit and later wrote the ST's NEOchrome paint program...], 3 Years With the ST, An exclusive look inside Tramiel's Atari, by Jeffrey Daniels, START VOL. 3 NO. 1 / SUMMER 1988 NEOchrome supports hardware-supported color cycling to give the impression of animation. A color cycling waterfall, created with NEOchrome, was one of the iconic images of the early Atari ST.{{cite web|last1=Randelshofer|first1=Walter|title=Atari ST Animations|url=http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/anims_atari/atari/AAFALL.ilbm.html}}[https://github.com/OpenSourcedGames/Atari-7800/blob/master/super_stunt_cycle/SSC%205-89/TO_JULIE OpenSourcedGames/Atari-7800] GitHub, 5/26/89, Memo: Julie Wade, Atari Corporation, ...I suggested that to Dave Staugas who ..... This was to supersede [sic] the method provided at the outset of the project which uses NeoChrome and "NEO2S". NeoChrome is excellent, but the "NEO2S...

Following in the footsteps of MacPaint and the Apple II version Mouse Paint, both released in 1984, NEOchrome uses the then-novel representation of painting tools by icons (in addition to other GUI elements).{{Cite web |title=What Is Paint For A Mac |url=http://seorccvseo.weebly.com/1/post/2021/11/what-is-paint-for-a-mac.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=seorccvseo |language=en}}

A pre-release version (v0.5){{Cite web|url=https://www.page6.org/archive/issue_28/page_52.htm|title=Page 6 - Issue 28 - Books|website=www.page6.org}} was included with the system disks of the first STs. Version 1.0 arrived later, and was bundled with several versions of the ST. Although not officially public domain, this version was often treated as such, and was never actually sold. NEOchrome enjoyed a relatively high level of popularity within the ST community, even in the face of more advanced packages such as DEGAS and Deluxe Paint.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}