<s>
Brilliance	B-Application
is	O
a	O
bitmap	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
published	O
by	O
Digital	O
Creations	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
package	O
,	O
Brilliance	B-Application
in	O
reality	O
consisted	O
of	O
two	O
separate	O
(	O
but	O
near	O
identical-looking	O
)	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
was	O
a	O
palette-based	O
package	O
also	O
named	O
Brilliance	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Brilliance	B-Application
package	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
rivals	O
to	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
the	O
established	O
"	O
killer	O
app	O
"	O
in	O
Amiga	B-Device
bitmap	O
graphics	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
Brilliance	B-Application
attracted	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
commonly	O
noted	O
point	O
was	O
TrueBrilliance	O
's	O
performance	O
on	O
Hold-and-Modify	O
and	O
true-color	O
images	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
significantly	O
faster	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
IV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
despite	O
being	O
faster	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
than	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
Brilliance	B-Application
never	O
achieved	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
of	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
be	O
significant	O
that	O
(	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
)	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Brilliance	B-Application
's	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
market	O
was	O
already	O
in	O
serious	O
decline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueBrilliance	O
was	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
edit	O
true	O
15	O
and	O
24-bit	O
color	O
images	O
,	O
even	O
on	O
older	O
Amigas	B-Device
which	O
could	O
only	O
display	O
HAM-6	O
(	O
pseudo-12-bit	O
color	O
)	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brilliance/TrueBrilliance	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
dongle	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brilliance/TrueBrilliance	O
2	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
)	O
dropped	O
this	O
requirement	O
,	O
although	O
some	O
reviewers	O
considered	O
the	O
changes	O
in	O
functionality	O
overall	O
to	O
be	O
minor	O
,	O
given	O
the	O
new	O
major	O
release	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
