<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Picture	I-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
photo	B-Application
editing	I-Application
application	B-Application
created	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
acquired	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
rights	O
and	O
full	O
U.S.	O
trade	O
registration	O
from	O
RomTech	O
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
eGames	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
application	B-Application
in	O
September	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Borrowing	O
from	O
the	O
wizard	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
concepts	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Publisher	O
,	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
consumer	O
imaging	O
program	O
to	O
enable	O
sprite	O
creation	O
,	O
leveraging	O
alpha	O
masking	O
(	O
a	O
concept	O
published	O
by	O
Alvy	O
Ray	O
Smith	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
Pixar	O
,	O
in	O
1978	O
)	O
while	O
running	O
on	O
an	O
8	O
MB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
Pentium	B-General_Concept
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
extension	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
PhotoDraw	I-Operating_System
although	O
its	O
format	O
was	O
incompatible	O
with	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
merged	O
its	O
Home	O
Publishing	O
product	O
with	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
to	O
create	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
significantly	O
changed	O
,	O
expanded	O
with	O
more	O
advanced	O
editing	O
features	O
and	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Digital	I-Application
Image	I-Application
with	O
the	O
home	O
publishing	O
features	O
removed	O
and	O
a	O
focus	O
exclusively	O
on	O
photo	B-Application
editing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
Image	O
was	O
also	O
eventually	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2006	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
2.0	O
and	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
2.0	O
Express	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
2001	O
(	O
5.0	O
)	O
-	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
2000	O
)	O
-	O
7	O
disc	O
set	O
for	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Publishing	O
Platinum	O
2001	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Express	O
-	O
Scaled	O
down	O
edition	O
of	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Photo	O
and	O
Photo	O
Premium	O
-	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Publishing	O
(	O
Gold	O
,	O
Silver	O
and	O
Platinum	O
editions	O
)	O
-	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Print	O
Studio	O
and	O
,	O
Photo	O
&	O
Print	O
Studio	O
(	O
UK	O
editions	O
of	O
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Picture	B-Application
It	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
