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OCP Art Studio

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Type
  
bitmap graphics editor

License
  
Proprietary

Developer(s)
  
Oxford Computer Publishing

Initial release
  
1985; 32 years ago (1985)

Stable release
  
Atari ST / 1988; 29 years ago (1988)

Operating system
  
Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum

OCP Art Studio or Art Studio was a popular bitmap graphics editor released in 1985, created by Oxford Computer Publishing and written by James Hutchby and Dimitri Koveos (latter ZX Spectrum version).

Contents

It featured a GUI with windows, icons, pull-down menus, pointing devices menus, tool windows and could be controlled using a mouse.

Some of the distinctive features include:

  • Different pens, sprays and user-definable brushes
  • 'Undo' function
  • Textured fills (with user-definable patterns including stipples, hatches, bricks, roof tiles, etc.)
  • Font editor
  • Drawing of geometrical shapes.

    • The OCP Art Studio

    Released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum home computer and in 1986 for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.

    The Advanced OCP Art Studio

    Released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum supporting the 128k memory models.

    In 1987 the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC versions were released.

    An Atari ST port was released in 1988.

    References

    OCP Art Studio Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA