<s>
PCPaint	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
IBM	O
PC-based	O
mouse-driven	O
GUI	B-Application
paint	B-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
developed	O
into	O
Pictor	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hardware	O
manufacturer	O
Mouse	O
Systems	O
bundled	O
PCPaint	B-Application
with	O
millions	O
of	O
computer	B-Device
mice	I-Device
that	O
they	O
sold	O
,	O
making	O
PCPaint	B-Application
also	O
the	O
best-selling	O
DOS-based	O
paint	B-Application
program	I-Application
of	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
dawn	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
age	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
Doug	O
Wolfgram	O
purchased	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
and	O
decided	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
drawing	O
program	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
was	O
by	O
this	O
time	O
hard	O
at	O
work	O
on	O
their	O
new	O
computer	O
,	O
Macintosh	O
,	O
and	O
Mouse	O
Systems	O
wanted	O
the	O
new	O
paint	B-Application
program	I-Application
to	O
capture	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
MacPaint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfgram	O
contacted	O
Bridges	O
and	O
the	O
two	O
agreed	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
PCPaint	B-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
called	O
by	O
Mouse	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Bridges	O
and	O
Doug	O
Wolfgram	O
started	O
reworking	O
Mouse	O
Draw	O
into	O
what	O
became	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
commercial	O
GUI	B-Application
painting	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bridges	O
developed	O
the	O
core	O
graphics	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
PCPaint	B-Application
while	O
Wolfgram	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
top-level	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mouse	O
Systems	O
signed	O
an	O
exclusive	O
agreement	O
with	O
Wolfgram	O
's	O
company	O
,	O
Microtex	O
Industries	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
to	O
bundle	O
PCPaint	B-Application
with	O
every	O
mouse	O
they	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1987	O
,	O
Mouse	O
Systems	O
decided	O
that	O
Paint	B-Application
Programs	I-Application
were	O
n't	O
helping	O
to	O
sell	O
mice	O
any	O
longer	O
so	O
they	O
discontinued	O
the	O
bundle	O
deal	O
and	O
returned	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
code	O
to	O
MicroTex	O
Industries	O
,	O
but	O
retained	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
PCPaint	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfgram	O
then	O
combined	O
the	O
paint	B-Application
program	I-Application
with	O
a	O
new	O
animation	O
system	O
he	O
was	O
developing	O
(	O
called	O
GRASP	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Paul	O
Mace	O
Software	O
bought	O
publishing	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
animation	O
system	O
and	O
PCPaint	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
renamed	O
Pictor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bridges	O
again	O
got	O
involved	O
and	O
took	O
over	O
programming	O
responsibilities	O
for	O
GRASP	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
PCPaint	B-Application
while	O
Wolfgram	O
focused	O
on	O
more	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
creating	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
PCPaint	B-Application
,	O
Doug	O
had	O
a	O
dual	O
floppy	O
machine	O
with	O
a	O
Computer	O
Innovations	O
compiler	O
on	O
one	O
disk	O
and	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Bridges	O
and	O
Wolfgram	O
continued	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
PCPaint	B-Application
and	O
GRASP	B-Application
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
Paul	O
Mace	O
Software	O
until	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Doug	O
Wolfgram	O
sold	O
his	O
remaining	O
rights	O
to	O
PCPaint	B-Application
(	O
and	O
its	O
animation	O
system	O
,	O
GRASP	B-Application
)	O
to	O
John	O
Bridges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
GRASP	B-Application
development	O
stopped	O
and	O
so	O
did	O
development	O
of	O
Pictor	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Bridges	O
terminated	O
his	O
GRASP	B-Application
publishing	O
contract	O
with	O
Paul	O
Mace	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
went	O
off	O
to	O
create	O
GLPro	O
(	O
the	O
next	O
generation	O
of	O
GRASP	B-Application
)	O
with	O
GMEDIA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
GLPro	O
,	O
came	O
GLPaint	O
,	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
PCPaint	B-Application
and	O
Pictor	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1984	O
,	O
Mouse	O
Systems	O
shipped	O
PCPaint	B-Application
1.0	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
GUI	B-Application
based	O
Paint	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
family	O
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Bridges	O
and	O
Doug	O
Wolfgram	O
,	O
were	O
the	O
co-authors	O
of	O
PCPaint	B-Application
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCPaint	B-Application
1.0	O
saved	O
its	O
graphics	O
in	O
a	O
modified	O
BSaved	B-Protocol
image	I-Protocol
format	I-Protocol
with	O
the	O
extension	O
of	O
"	O
.PIC	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
PCPaint	B-Application
Version	O
1.5	O
followed	O
in	O
late	O
1984	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
additions	O
of	O
graphics	O
image	O
compression	O
for	O
the	O
.PIC	O
format	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
"	O
larger-than-screen	O
"	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCjr	B-Device
support	O
was	O
also	O
added	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
after	O
overcoming	O
severe	O
memory	O
shortage	O
problems	O
getting	O
PCPaint	B-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
128k	O
PCjr	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
1985	O
saw	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
PCPaint	B-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGA	B-Device
support	O
and	O
publishing	O
features	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
this	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCPaint	B-Application
3.1	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCPaint	B-Application
3.1	O
offered	O
improved	O
text	O
and	O
image	O
handling	O
,	O
provided	O
36	O
types	O
of	O
flood	O
and	O
fill	O
,	O
worked	O
with	O
VGA	B-Protocol
adapters	I-Protocol
in	O
hi-res	O
16-color	O
and	O
256-color	O
modes	O
,	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
save	O
and	O
retrieve	O
files	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
intercompatible	O
formats	O
(	O
.PIC	O
,	O
.GIF	O
,	O
.PCX	O
,	O
.IMG	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
and	O
printed	O
selected	O
portions	O
of	O
images	O
on	O
color	O
or	O
black	O
and	O
white	O
dot	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
,	O
ink	O
jet	O
,	O
and	O
laser	O
printers	O
such	O
as	O
PostScript	B-Language
and	O
HP	O
Laser	O
Jet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCPaint	B-Application
3.1	O
is	O
still	O
in	O
use	O
today	O
by	O
some	O
users	O
of	O
DOS	B-Device
emulation	O
programs	O
like	O
DOSBox	B-Application
and	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pictor	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
was	O
an	O
improved	O
version	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
John	O
Bridges	O
,	O
and	O
bundled	O
with	O
GRASP	B-Application
GRaphical	I-Application
System	I-Application
for	I-Application
Presentation	I-Application
also	O
written	O
by	O
John	O
Bridges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GLPaint	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
in	O
this	O
series	O
of	O
paint	B-Application
programs	I-Application
written	O
by	O
John	O
Bridges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCPaint	B-Application
1.0	O
saved	O
its	O
graphics	O
in	O
a	O
modified	O
BSAVE	B-Protocol
image	O
format	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
popular	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
file	O
type	O
(	O
extension	O
)	O
of	O
"	O
.PIC	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
PCPaint	B-Application
1.5	O
this	O
format	O
was	O
extended	O
further	O
to	O
accommodate	O
image	O
compression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
2.0	O
the	O
PICtor	O
PIC	O
image	O
format	O
was	O
developed	O
almost	O
to	O
its	O
present	O
state	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
similarity	O
to	O
the	O
BSAVE	B-Protocol
format	O
used	O
by	O
earlier	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pictor	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
saved	O
its	O
files	O
in	O
a	O
compressed	O
format	O
with	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
PIC	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
same	O
format	O
used	O
by	O
PCPaint	B-Application
.	O
</s>
