Amazon Paint was a UNIX-based digital paint program produced by Interactive Effects, Inc.[1] It featured 2D and 3D paint modes, 16-bit per channel color, layers, scripting, and a number of image processing filters. It was used to produce imagery for feature films, TV shows, and electronic entertainment titles throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.[2] Amazon Paint has been superseded by Piranha.[3]

Amazon Paint
Developer(s)Interactive Effects, Inc.
Stable release
3.5
Operating systemIRIX, Linux
Type2D computer graphics
LicenseProprietary

Release history

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Version Platform Release date Price Notes
Amazon Paint 1.2[4] SGI Oct 1993 $2,250 Features layers, 40 image processing effects, custom brushes
Amazon Paint 2.0 SGI Jul 1995 $3,000 ($2,000 each for 3D Paint and Sweet 16 16-bit color addons) Introduced TCL scripting[5]
Amazon Paint 2.5 SGI Apr 1997 - Resolution-independent layering, optimized for SGI O2 & Octane[6]
Amazon Paint 3.0[7] SGI/Linux Jul 1998 - Redesigned interface, introduced projectile paint[8]
Amazon Paint 3.5 SGI/Linux May 2002 - Final release

Credits

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Films

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ Amazon 3D Paint System for Silicon Graphics Workstations, Interactive Effects, Inc., July 19, 1994.
  2. ^ Amazon Paint Brochure (PDF), Interactive Effects, Inc..
  3. ^ Fresh Paint, Computer Graphics World, April 2000.
  4. ^ New Paint System for Silicon Graphics Workstations, Interactive Effects, Inc., October 13, 1993
  5. ^ Amazon Paint 2.0 Released, Interactive Effects, Inc., July 24, 1995
  6. ^ Interactive Effects Releases Amazon Paint/3D Paint V2.5, Interactive Effects, Inc., April 7, 1997, archived from the original on May 30, 1998
  7. ^ Dan Ochiva (August 1, 1998), A Review of New Products
  8. ^ Interactive Effects Announces New Amazon Technology, May 4, 1998, archived from the original on May 30, 1998
  9. ^ Amazon Paint Brochure (PDF), Interactive Effects, Inc..
  10. ^ Silicon Success Stories, Interactive Effects, Inc., archived from the original on May 30, 1998.