#macpaint — Public Fediverse posts

Excellent video about the #Apple #Macintosh's #MacPaint app. https://youtu.be/TedaOiRo_Qg

Classic MacPaint Art
From July of last year, the blog called decryption posted a bunch of wondrous examples of 1-bit MacPaint art from the early days of the platform. MacPaint had a distinctive aesthetic: tiny dots, each either white or black, favored the use of dithering to create makeshift grayscale. (Note: one image is NSFW.) Here's a few selections, but there's lots more
https://setsideb.com/classic-macpaint-art/
#niche #retro #art #decryption #dithering #mac #MacPaint #niche #retro

#Design #Launches
Classic Mac patterns · The original 8×8-pixel black and white patterns https://ilo.im/166n5k

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#Mac #MacPaint #Patterns #Backgrounds #Images #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Collections

MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today via decryption's blog [Shared]

I really enjoyed browsing the BMUG's CD-ROM and discovering early 80s art made in MacPaint, so I browsed all 18,000+ MacPaint images on Discmaster to see what gems I can unearth. Here is some what I found.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/08/12/macpaint-art-from-the-mid-80s-still-looks-great-today-via-decryptions-blog-shared/

#mac #macintosh #macplus #macse #art #artwork #macpaint #monochrome #shared

New #blog post: My Favorite GUI Programs

https://rldane.space/my-favorite-gui-programs.html

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This is one of those fun cases where one blost begets another one in pretty rapid succession.
Nothing deep, just a fun little jaunt through computing memory lane.
I have Dave's toot to thank for the genesis of this post.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#100DaysToOffload #46

#rlDaneWriting #blost #writing #GUI #Macintosh #Windows #Linux #RetroComputing #Choplifter #MacPaint #HyperCard #MSPaint #Dillo #DilloBrowser

I have plenty of Mac keyboards, but I always love getting #VintageApple themed keycap sets.

They're all fairly similar, but PBTfans '1984' has some unique #MacPaint inspired 'novelties' mods, which are so cool.

https://kbdfans.com/products/pbtfans-1984

#MechanicalKeyboard

💯 agreed that these are beautiful 😍🖼️:

“MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today”, Anthony Agius (https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44540402

#Art #MacPaint #Macintosh #OldSkool #Nostalgia #RetroComputing #Drawing #Dithering #Pointillism

MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today

https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html

#HackerNews #MacPaint #Art #Mid80s #RetroDesign #DigitalArt #VintageComputing

@vl_tone

Color cycling FTW. Lost art!!!

Also, it's a much closer analogy to the moving beer signs that inspired #BillAtkinson to create the "marching ants" effect in #MacPaint.

Kopf hinter #Quickdraw:

#Entwickler Bill #Atkinson mit 74 Jahren verstorben

Durch seine #Arbeit an #Quickdraw und #Macpaint gilt er als wichtiger #Apple- #Entwickler. Nun ist #BillAtkinson an Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs verstorben.

#SteveJobs holte Atkinson als Mitarbeiter Nr. 51 zu #Apple und zum ersten Entwicklungsteam der Firma. Dem #Programmierer ist die #Quickdraw- #Bilschirmtechnologie mit ihren auffälligen abgerundeten Ecken zu verdanken.

https://www.golem.de/news/kopf-hinter-quickdraw-entwickler-bill-atkinson-mit-74-jahren-verstorben-2506-196954.html

RIP Bill Atkinson, creator of #HyperCard, #MacPaint, and much more. His software was way ahead of its time.

Myst and Riven co-creator Robyn Miller reflected on how much they owed to his software: https://bsky.app/profile/tinselman.bsky.social/post/3lr4ephezhc2g

https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/06/07/bill-atkinson-pioneering-early-apple-engineer-dies-at-74

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#MacOS #ClassicMac #AppleLisa #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory

I’m not a fan of self-boosting, but I realised I was remiss in not putting some hashtags on this post after it started gaining the small amount of traction it has.

For those who boosted or liked the original, I’m not asking or expecting a repeat. I just hope with these hashtags it gets a little more traction to acknowledge the genius of #BillAtkinson, who affected so many lives through the genius work he did.

I know he impacted many aspects of my life through the work he did on the Mac, the original System, and MacPaint, and it seems many others were similarly impacted.

It’s been truly inspiring for me to see Mac legends talk how he put the lie to the saying “Never meet your heroes”, as he seemed to have been a hero to many, and never a disappointment in person.

RIP, Bill. :alogo6:

#RIPBillAtkinson #HyperCard #MystGame #Lisa #ClassicMacOS #QuickDraw #Dithering #AtkinsonDithering #ClassicMacs #ClassicMacintosh #Mac128K #MarchingAnts #MacPaint #FatBits
https://social.europlus.zone/@europlus/114645820628589016

Bill Atkinson, le créateur de MacPaint et d'HyperCard est décédé http://dlvr.it/TLDjKX #BillAtkinson #MacPaint

RIP Bill Atkinson - one of the original Macintosh team.

He created both MacPaint & Hypercard which had a big influence on me as a kid.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/06/07/bill-atkinson-pioneering-early-apple-engineer-dies-at-74

#BillAtkinson #RIP #Macintosh #Hypercard #MacPaint

OMG I've never seen this video containing a panel by the team behind the original Macintosh together with Steve Jobs.

Bill Atkinson RIP gives a demo of MacPaint around 29 minutes in. Remember kids this at first was painting software on a greyscale display, not colour.

#BillAtkinson #Apple #MacPaint #SteveJobs

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1tQ5XwvjPmA&si=bmEvnSgLUnRPe-6V

RIP Bill Atkinson

#Apple #Mac #Macintosh #inventor #artist #pirate #vintageApple #MacPaint #HyperCard #QuickDraw #hero #RIP

@morgant

Oh, you're right! I don't think I quite had an eye for it back then, but I noticed it in the classic tiger and the little baby in the #HyperCard stacks, possibly also the Japanese woodcarving of the lady with the comb in #MacPaint.

After you've seen #FloydSteinburg a hundred times, you notice when pictures have different patterns than you're used to ;)

“One of two launch applications for the #Apple #Macintosh in 1984, #MacPaint is emblematic of the Macintosh’s early quirky revolutionary branding, focus on ease of use, and appeal to artistic customers. Using the source code, we examine the design and implementation of the application.” https://ztoz.blog/posts/macpaint-source-code/

#RetroComputing #programming #coding #design #art #Mac