Pixel Joint Forum: Pixel art on Amiga / Deluxe Paint

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   Dear all,

I am creating all my art using Deluxe Paint 4.5 on my real Amiga 1200...

First, am I the only one?

Then, "why o why" I hear you ask... well, mostly because why not? It's great fun, and Deluxe Paint was designed with pixel art in mind, so it's a perfect fit. You can choose screen resolutions and colour counts that are perfect for this stuff.

It was THE tool in the 90s, on which many Atari, Amiga, Megadrive, SNES, and even PC games were designed...

Just wondering if anyone else is on the same boat?

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AlixPix Midshipman Joined: 28 November 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Topic: Pixel art on Amiga / Deluxe Paint Posted: 27 November 2017 at 6:15am
	Dear all, I am creating all my art using Deluxe Paint 4.5 on my real Amiga 1200... First, am I the only one? Then, "why o why" I hear you ask... well, mostly because why not? It's great fun, and Deluxe Paint was designed with pixel art in mind, so it's a perfect fit. You can choose screen resolutions and colour counts that are perfect for this stuff. It was THE tool in the 90s, on which many Atari, Amiga, Megadrive, SNES, and even PC games were designed... Just wondering if anyone else is on the same boat?
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 27 November 2017 at 10:25am
	I like to use Grafx2, which I'm told is very similar to DPaint. I know many people here use it. So no, you're not completely alone in that sense, at least!
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 27 November 2017 at 10:52am
	Hardcore! :) I have you ever tried Brilliance? It was my favourite editor on the Amiga, I used DPaint before that. Have also used PPaint in WinUAE for gif-anims. Nowdays it's mostly GrafX2 on the PC. What's your Amiga setup?
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AlixPix Midshipman Joined: 28 November 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 28 November 2017 at 5:29am
	*Originally posted by DawnBringer* Hardcore! :) I have you ever tried Brilliance? It was my favourite editor on the Amiga, I used DPaint before that. Have also used PPaint in WinUAE for gif-anims. Nowdays it's mostly GrafX2 on the PC. What's your Amiga setup? I have heard of Brilliance and Paint7+ yes... I just love using Deluxe Paint, as it was THE tool of choice in the 90s for many years... I will need to check Brilliance out though, as I keep hearing about it! I use an Amiga 1200 with 4Gb Compact Flash storage, ACA1220 accelerator card, DVI output via indivision. And a Wifi PCMCIA card to transfer my art :)
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Irenaart Rear Admiral Joined: 13 May 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 457	Posted: 29 November 2017 at 6:11am
	I made the whole game in DPaint there at the beginning of the century (but not on the Amiga than on a PC). And it's a great tool with some unique even today, abilities (I simply adored that every selection in a sec could be a brush). Yet, I hated that only 1 undo, and Clear button right next to it. In a hurry you want to make an undo but instead you hit CLR. Then you press undo button just to undo the clear. Aghh... And no layers... On second thought, I wish you luck.
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AlixPix Midshipman Joined: 28 November 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 05 December 2017 at 5:04am
	*Originally posted by Irenaart* I made the whole game in DPaint there at the beginning of the century (but not on the Amiga than on a PC). And it's a great tool with some unique even today, abilities (I simply adored that every selection in a sec could be a brush). Yet, I hated that only 1 undo, and Clear button right next to it. In a hurry you want to make an undo but instead you hit CLR. Then you press undo button just to undo the clear. Aghh... And no layers... On second thought, I wish you luck. Lol, yeah I know, it can be annoying :) I save often...
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 05 December 2017 at 6:05am
	It seems to me also like such a huge waste of your screen space! What benefits do you get by limiting yourself so much, compared to using modern software or Grafx2?
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yrizoud Commander Joined: 03 May 2021 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 343	Posted: 05 December 2017 at 6:46am
	I'd guess it's a 320x256 mode displayed at 400%, occupying 1280x1024 over a 1920x1080 screen. The vertical waste is limited, but the program really doesn't benefit from the 16:9 area. If the scaling is not pixel-perfect, I think it's distracting how the resampling causes the crosshair changes lightness depending on the actual coordinates. I kinda remember Deluxe Paint lets you draw in two overscan modes, in order to scavenge a few more pixels, but that's it.
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AlixPix Midshipman Joined: 28 November 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 07 December 2017 at 5:58am
	*Originally posted by Hapiel* It seems to me also like such a huge waste of your screen space! What benefits do you get by limiting yourself so much, compared to using modern software or Grafx2? Well first I limit myself on purpose, I have an Amiga 1200, so an AGA chip, so I could easily go up to 256 colours (or even 65K) and much higher resolutions... I CHOOSE to use low res and colour count, because that is what I fancy doing right now, I like the constraint. I don't think I am the only one, many pixel art artists say they thrive under such constraints. As for using an Amiga instead of Grafx2 on PC... well, I like have this "working relationship" with my good old Amiga... I like using it for something useful, for creating art that I can then share on the web... I find it quite magical. I have installed Grafx2 on my Windows PC... it's very cool, obviously. But I will stick to Deluxe Paint, for no rational reason at all :) In fact sometimes I get frustrated at the mouse, or the 1-step undo!
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hseiken Midshipman Joined: 18 March 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18	Posted: 26 March 2018 at 4:27pm
	*Originally posted by AlixPix* I love gear-porn of all kinds and this photo gives me grins! :)
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