Deluxe Paint IV

[Amiduffer]

Recently, I got a copy of DP4 for next to nothing, after a long time of never using it, have re-discovered the joys of Move and having a fun time with all the great animation features. I've even made some interesting optical illusion animations. I might even use it to make the intros for my YouTube videos after I convert the Anim5 to GIF. Gotta say, Dan Silva was a programing genius.

Is there anything equivalent on the PC side as far as ease of use?

[B00tDisk]

Paint Shop Pro is what you're looking for on the PC side.

[amigadave]

If you like DPaintIV so much (and who doesn't), check out Brilliance 2.0 as its worthy successor.

I saw Jim Sachs at an Amiga User Group meeting in Riverside, CA before the Commodore bankruptcy demonstrating it just before the official release and in his hands it was truly something amazing!  In my hands, not so much amazing, but still a great piece of work.

Also, if you can get your hands on a DCTV and/or OpalVision card, the paint programs that came with those two hardware devices were top notch as well.

[Amiduffer]

I do have PSP. I'm still trying to get the hang of it though. Its certainly got nice features which I use, but not having an integrated animation feature is a pain. Most of what I've used on YouTube has been from PSP's animation program, but mostly for the slide show aspect for titles. Might as well go for the retro-look, since my videos are of the odd-ball quality.

[Amiduffer]

amigadave wrote:
If you like DPaintIV so much (and who doesn't), check out Brilliance 2.0 as its worthy successor.

Also, if you can get your hands on a DCTV and/or OpalVision card, the paint programs that came with those two hardware devices were top notch as well.

amigadave wrote:
If you like DPaintIV so much (and who doesn't), check out Brilliance 2.0 as its worthy successor.

Also, if you can get your hands on a DCTV and/or OpalVision card, the paint programs that came with those two hardware devices were top notch as well.

Hi AD. I have Brilliance, although I lost the little dongle that came with it, so I can't use it. Personal Paint would be cool if it only had the perspective feature.

I've been mulling over getting a DCTV. I've got some animation ideas that will probably require one in the future. Think "Low Res Theatre!", classic movie scenes done in 32 color low res!

[Atheist]

amigadave wrote:

I saw Jim Sachs at an Amiga User Group meeting in Riverside, CA before the Commodore bankruptcy demonstrating it just before the official release and in his hands it was truly something amazing!  In my hands, not so much amazing, but still a great piece of work.

:laughing:  :laughing:
Hey amigadave!

Looky here!

I just happened to post that URL in this other thread before I saw this post of yours.

[Ami_GFX]

Deluxe Paint Rocks! The only thing even compares to it on the PC side is the PC version of Deluxe Paint which isn't as fully devleloped as the Amiga version and only works reliably in MS-DOS. This is the one Amiga application I just keep coming back to, it has really unique geometric drawing functions and I use it to design Mandalas these days. Brillance is good but Deluxe Paint is just the definitive Amiga graphics application: It was there from the beginning and evolved with the Amiga. It shows the the graphics and animation capabilities of the Amiga in one package better than any other Amiga graphics program whether it is an OCS A1000 or  an AGA A4000/A1200. And Deluxe PaintV is even better than Deluxe PaintIV and with Cybergrafix, will work in VGA, SVGA, and XGA modes and will even load 24 bit images--very slow, yes, and not documented, but it will do it.

[Amiduffer]

Mandalas?

[Ami_GFX]

Yeah, Mandalas, with the Symmetry tool. This one I did a few years ago. I drew it with Deluxe Paint in WinUae and then processed it with a couple of Photoshop filters. I didn't think of it as a mandala at the time but these days, designing mandalas is the conscious intent.

[amigadave]

@Ami_GFX,

I do have DPaintV but have not used it yet.  Good to know about its undocumented capabilities.  Thanks.

[yakumo9275]

the closest thing is cosmigo's ProMotion. PSP does not really compare. ProMotion is the bomb.

[Skyraker]

Just a shame the source code for DP was lost.

Maybe someone has a contact for Dan Silva.

[amigadave]

Atheist wrote:

amigadave wrote:

I saw Jim Sachs at an Amiga User Group meeting in Riverside, CA before the Commodore bankruptcy demonstrating it just before the official release and in his hands it was truly something amazing!  In my hands, not so much amazing, but still a great piece of work.

:laughing:  :laughing:
Hey amigadave!

Looky here!

I just happened to post that URL in this other thread before I saw this post of yours.

I don't see the connection to Jim Sachs showing off the features of Brilliance to a small user group in Riverside, CA right before it's release, or my lack of skill with any paint program, but thanks anyway for that link to the DPaint demo clip.   :-D

[pVC]

Amiduffer wrote:

Is there anything equivalent on the PC side as far as ease of use?

Deluxe Paint with WinUAE? Emulation is pretty good nowadays, so why not utilize it for real too I know people who do their Windows filemanagement with DOpus Magellan and WinUAE

[yorgle]

I should really pick up "UberPaint" (Deluxe Paint clone) again and finish it up.

http://umlautllama.com/projects/4p/

http://umlautllama.com/project.php?ShortName=4P


I never finished the Menus and the file saving aspects.  I got stuck in this repeating loop, getting stuck between making it extremely portable (everything in one window, driven by libSDL) or having a better user experience (set up with OS-driven menus, windows, etc, but not as portable)

Every few months I pick it back up and poke at it with a pointy stick for a few days or so.