OCP Art Studio or Art Studio was a popular
bitmap graphics editor
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for
home computers
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released in 1985, created by ''Oxford Computer Publishing'' and written by James Hutchby (original ZX Spectrum version).
It featured a
GUI
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with
windows, icons, tools and pull-down menus that and could be controlled using an
AMX Mouse.
Some of the distinctive features include:
*Different pens, sprays and user-definable brushes
*An undo function
*Textured fills (with user-definable patterns including stipples, hatches, bricks, roof tiles, etc.)
*A font editor
*The drawing of geometrical shapes
Releases
The OCP Art Studio, also known simply as Art Studio, was released in 1985 for the
ZX Spectrum
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and in 1986 for the
Amstrad CPC
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and
Commodore 64
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.
The Advanced OCP Art Studio, also known as Advanced Art Studio, was released in 1986 for the
ZX Spectrum 128K/+2 (developed by Dimitri Koveos), supporting the 128k memory models.
In 1987 ports for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and
Atari ST
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(developed by Chris Hinsley) were released.
Reception
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'' in 1987 described OCP as "a versatile productivity tool ... a stunning and useful gift".
Legacy
OCP Art Studio was frequently used for making graphics for home computer games in the early 1990s, and was used for games such as ''
Gauntlet III: The Final Quest'' and ''
CarVup''.
See also
*
Deluxe Paint
Deluxe Paint, often referred to as ''DPaint'', is a bitmap graphics editor created by Dan Silva for Electronic Arts and published for the then-new Amiga 1000 in November 1985. A series of updated versions followed, some of which were ported ...
References
ZX Spectrum software
Raster graphics editors
1985 software
Proprietary software
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