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From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Art/Drawing Program Wanted
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.114241.19472@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 91 16:55:10 GMT
References: <59665@aurs01.UUCP>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu
Organization: Florida State Universiy Computer Science Department
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In article <59665@aurs01.UUCP>, whitcomb@aurs01.uucp (Jonathan Whitcomb) writes:
>I am interested in getting an art program for my ST.  All I
>have now is the Neochrome program that was bundled with my
>ST back in 1986 (V0.5?).

I would highly recommend Degas Elite.  I use it constantly in combination with
PicSwitch to edit clipart for Pagestream.  It has a nice user interface, and 
does not crash.  I do not know if it works on the STE or the TT.  Now, I don't
really do much in color with it.  If you are interested in actually drawing,
you may wish to give Spectrum 512 a try.  Also, I think some really famous 
Amiga paint program is now produced for the ST (Deluxe Paint?).  

>
>Other considerations are whether the picture formats produced
>may be imported into document processors and DTP packages, and
>whether printer drivers are included.

Well, the Degas .PI? and .PC? formats are Atari standards.  Spectrum pics are
also easy to find software for.  


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