<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
DPaint	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
bitmap	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Dan	O
Silva	O
for	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
and	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
then-new	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
in	O
November	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
release	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
256	O
color	O
VGA	B-Protocol
standard	O
became	O
popular	O
for	O
creating	O
pixel	O
graphics	O
in	O
video	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Silva	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Cut	B-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Paste	I-General_Concept
word	O
processor	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
from	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
began	O
as	O
an	O
in-house	O
art	O
development	O
tool	O
called	O
Prism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
author	O
Dan	O
Silva	O
added	O
features	O
to	O
Prism	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
showcase	O
product	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
debut	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
quickly	O
embraced	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
community	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
graphics	O
(	O
and	O
later	O
animation	O
)	O
editor	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
manufacturer	O
Commodore	O
International	O
later	O
commissioned	O
EA	O
to	O
create	O
version	O
4.5	O
AGA	B-Device
to	O
bundle	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
Advanced	B-Device
Graphics	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
chipset	O
(	O
A1200	B-Application
,	O
A4000	B-Device
)	O
capable	O
Amigas	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
were	O
available	O
in	O
protected	B-Application
and	O
non	O
copy-protected	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
retailing	O
for	O
a	O
slightly	O
higher	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
scheme	O
was	O
later	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
was	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
products	O
from	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
Tools	O
group	O
—	O
then	O
later	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
ICE	O
(	O
for	O
Interactivity	O
,	O
Creativity	O
,	O
and	O
Education	O
)	O
group	O
—	O
which	O
included	O
such	O
Amiga	B-Device
programs	O
as	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Music	I-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
(	O
preceded	O
by	O
Music	B-Device
Construction	I-Device
Set	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
II	O
)	O
,	O
Deluxe	O
Video	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Studio	O
series	O
of	O
paint	B-Application
programs	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
EA	O
introduced	O
the	O
ILBM	B-Operating_System
and	O
ANIM	B-Device
file	O
format	O
standards	O
for	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
widely	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
these	O
formats	O
never	O
gained	O
widespread	O
end	O
user	O
acceptance	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
heavily	O
used	O
by	O
game	O
development	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
was	O
used	O
by	O
LucasArts	O
to	O
make	O
graphics	O
for	O
their	O
adventure	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Secret	I-Application
of	I-Application
Monkey	I-Application
Island	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
particular	O
filename	O
used	O
to	O
store	O
the	O
main	O
protagonist	O
Guybrush	O
Threepwood	O
was	O
probably	O
at	O
the	O
origin	O
of	O
his	O
peculiar	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
artist	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Mark	O
Ferrari	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
for	O
The	O
Making	O
of	O
Monkey	B-Application
Island	I-Application
30th	O
Anniversary	O
Documentary	O
remembers	O
that	O
«	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
pulldown	O
menu	O
in	O
DPaint	B-Application
called	O
brushes	O
,	O
so	O
character	O
sprites	O
were	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
brushes»	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
male	O
protagonist	O
was	O
simply	O
"	O
the	O
guy.brush	O
"	O
until	O
the	O
artist	O
Steve	O
Purcell	O
suggested	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
very	O
name	O
"	O
Guybrush	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
I	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Amiga	B-Device
graphics	O
editors	O
were	O
oriented	O
towards	O
the	O
bitmapped	O
and	O
bitplaned	O
display	O
modes	O
of	O
the	O
native	O
Amiga	B-Device
chipset	I-Device
,	O
and	O
in	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
this	O
was	O
most	O
prominent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
year	O
(	O
1986	O
)	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
II	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
natively	O
supports	O
indexed	B-Data_Structure
color	I-Data_Structure
,	O
where	O
a	O
pixel	O
's	O
color	O
value	O
does	O
not	O
carry	O
any	O
RGB	O
hue	O
information	O
but	O
instead	O
is	O
an	O
index	O
to	O
a	O
colour	B-Data_Structure
palette	I-Data_Structure
(	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
unique	O
color	O
values	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
adjusting	O
the	O
color	O
value	O
in	O
the	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
,	O
all	O
pixels	O
with	O
that	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
value	O
change	O
simultaneously	O
in	O
the	O
image	O
or	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	O
artists	O
could	O
use	O
this	O
in	O
their	O
animation	O
by	O
using	O
color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
III	O
appeared	O
in	O
1988	O
and	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Extra	O
Halfbrite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
III	O
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
cel-like	O
animation	O
,	O
and	O
animbrushes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
III	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
paint	B-Application
programs	I-Application
to	O
support	O
animbrushes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
copy	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
,	O
except	O
one	O
can	O
pick	O
up	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
IV	O
(	O
introduced	O
in	O
1991	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
Silva	O
as	O
the	O
lead	O
programmer	O
,	O
was	O
significantly	O
less	O
elegant	O
and	O
crashed	O
more	O
often	O
than	O
the	O
predecessors	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
did	O
offer	O
significant	O
new	O
features	O
like	O
non-bitplane-indexed	O
Hold-and-Modify	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
4.5	O
AGA	B-Device
appeared	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
addressing	O
the	O
stability	O
issues	O
and	O
providing	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
A1200	B-Application
and	O
A4000	B-Device
AGA	B-Device
machines	O
and	O
a	O
revamped	O
screen	O
mode	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
release	O
,	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
V	O
,	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
supported	O
true	O
24-bit	O
RGB	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
using	O
only	O
the	O
AGA	B-Device
native	O
chipset	O
,	O
the	O
24-bit	O
RGB	O
color	O
was	O
only	O
held	O
in	O
computer	O
memory	O
,	O
the	O
on-screen	O
image	O
still	O
appeared	O
in	O
indexed	B-Data_Structure
color	I-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
DeluxePaint	B-Application
II	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Brent	O
Iverson	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
II	O
for	O
PC	O
came	O
out	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
requiring	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
2.0	O
and	O
640kB	O
of	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
CGA	B-Device
,	O
EGA	B-Device
,	O
MCGA	B-Device
,	O
VGA	B-Protocol
,	O
Hercules	B-Device
and	O
Tandy	O
IBM-compatible	O
PC	O
graphic	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
II	O
Enhanced	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
requiring	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
2.11	O
and	O
640kB	O
of	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
II	O
Enhanced	O
2.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
ZSoft	B-Application
's	O
PC	B-Application
Paintbrush	I-Application
PCX	O
image	O
format	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
conversion	O
was	O
carried	O
out	O
by	O
Brent	O
Iverson	O
and	O
its	O
enhanced	O
features	O
were	O
by	O
Steve	O
Shaw	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
the	O
CGA	B-Device
,	O
EGA	B-Device
,	O
MCGA	B-Device
and	O
VGA	B-Protocol
IBM-compatible	O
PC	O
graphic	O
cards	O
,	O
the	O
Hercules	B-Device
,	O
Tandy	O
and	O
Amstrad	O
proprietary	B-Application
video	O
cards	O
and	O
the	O
main	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Super	O
VGA	B-Protocol
video	O
cards	O
(	O
manufacturer	O
dependent	O
)	O
modes	O
,	O
enabling	O
it	O
to	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
800×600	O
pixel	O
screen	O
resolution	O
with	O
256	O
(	O
from	O
262,144	O
)	O
colors	O
and	O
1024×768	O
pixels	O
with	O
16	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sister	O
product	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
Animation	I-Application
(	O
only	O
for	O
320×200	O
pixels	O
and	O
256	O
colors	O
)	O
was	O
widely	O
used	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
videogame	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
ST	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
ArtisTech	O
Development	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
supporting	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
STE	O
4096-color	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
transparency	O
was	O
obtained	O
as	O
simply	O
as	O
selecting	O
a	O
background	O
colour	O
index	O
(	O
a	O
single	O
right	O
click	O
on	O
the	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
GUI	B-Application
to	O
change	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
simple	O
colour-cycling	B-Device
animations	O
could	O
be	O
created	O
using	O
contiguous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
easy	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
hue	O
and	O
tone	O
of	O
a	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
by	O
altering	O
the	O
corresponding	O
colours	O
in	O
the	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
specific	O
section	O
needed	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
dedicated	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
for	O
this	O
technique	O
to	O
work	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
functionality	O
is	O
simpler	O
to	O
use	O
than	O
the	O
"	O
stamp	O
"	O
tool	O
of	O
Photoshop	O
or	O
Alpha	B-Algorithm
Channels	I-Algorithm
as	O
provided	O
in	O
later	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animations	O
stored	O
in	O
IFF	B-Device
ANIM	I-Device
format	O
were	O
delta	O
compressed	O
(	O
only	O
the	O
differences	O
between	O
current	O
and	O
previous	O
frames	O
are	O
stored	O
)	O
,	O
making	O
animations	O
smaller	O
and	O
faster	O
on	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
criticized	O
the	O
documentation	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
DeluxePaint	B-Application
as	O
inadequate	O
,	O
but	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
DeluxePaint	B-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
arts	O
program	O
of	O
immense	O
scope	O
and	O
flexibility	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
versions	O
the	O
documentation	O
was	O
much	O
improved	O
;	O
for	O
instance	O
DeluxePaint	B-Application
IV	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
300-page	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
was	O
a	O
hit	O
for	O
EA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
line	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
particularly	O
installments	O
one	O
to	O
three	O
,	O
has	O
won	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
nine	O
awards	O
from	O
independent	O
publications	O
and	O
organizations	O
,	O
including	O
three	O
Amiga-specific	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
III	O
also	O
won	O
Commodore	O
International	O
's	O
Enterprise	O
and	O
Vision	O
award	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
first	O
software	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
award	O
,	O
for	O
what	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
judges	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
best	O
utilizing	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
graphical	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
was	O
frequently	O
used	O
for	O
making	O
graphics	O
for	O
home	O
computer	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
late	O
1980	O
's	O
to	O
the	O
mid	O
1990	O
's	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Another	B-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
,	O
Eye	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beholder	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Secret	I-Application
of	I-Application
Monkey	I-Application
Island	I-Application
,	O
Wolfenstein	O
3D.	O
,	O
DOOM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
video	O
for	O
the	O
2003	O
single	O
"	O
Move	O
Your	O
Feet	O
"	O
by	O
Danish	O
alternative	O
dance	O
duo	O
Junior	O
Senior	O
was	O
created	O
entirely	O
using	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
by	O
the	O
art	O
collective	O
Shynola	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
webcomic	O
"	O
Unicorn	O
Jelly	O
"	O
by	O
Jennifer	O
Diane	O
Reitz	O
was	O
completed	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
three	O
years	O
using	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
one	O
panel	O
posted	O
every	O
night	O
at	O
midnight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
British	O
author	O
and	O
artist	O
Molly	O
Cutpurse	O
used	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
to	O
create	O
the	O
video	O
graphics	O
for	O
the	O
1989	O
film	O
Murder	O
on	O
the	O
Moon	O
,	O
starring	O
Brigitte	O
Nielsen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
leaving	O
EA	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
Silva	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
Yost	O
Group	O
,	O
which	O
developed	O
Autodesk	O
's	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
released	O
via	O
the	O
Computer	O
History	O
Museum	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
"	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
I	O
"	O
for	O
historical	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
