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[[File:Graphicraft07.png|thumb|right|Graphicraft V27, included with Workbench 0.7 (beta)]]
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Graphicraft is an early paint program from 1985, written by [[RJ Mical]] in only a few weeks. It was made as a replacement for the original paint program which was scrapped once they realized it wouldn't be ready for the [[World Premiere of Amiga|launch]].
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GraphiCraft is an early Amiga paint program which was announced in early 1985. It was originally developed by Island Graphics but was scrapped and a new program under the same name was written by [[RJ Mical]] in about 3 weeks.
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"A third party vendor was doing this painting program they were going to call GraphiCraft. It was coming out pretty bad and the only reasonable solution was to get someone who was going to be able to do it right. But you couldn't go find another company... and all kinds of things got in the way of getting the job done, so RJ just did it. He went into his room and he did it."
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-Dave Needle, from the 'History of the Amiga' documentary (1992)

Revision as of 02:40, 6 June 2024

GraphiCraft V27, included with Workbench 0.7 (beta)

GraphiCraft is an early Amiga paint program which was announced in early 1985. It was originally developed by Island Graphics but was scrapped and a new program under the same name was written by RJ Mical in about 3 weeks.

"A third party vendor was doing this painting program they were going to call GraphiCraft. It was coming out pretty bad and the only reasonable solution was to get someone who was going to be able to do it right. But you couldn't go find another company... and all kinds of things got in the way of getting the job done, so RJ just did it. He went into his room and he did it." -Dave Needle, from the 'History of the Amiga' documentary (1992)