A partial survey of digital painting apps for MacOS (1983–90). I’m working through an obsession with black-and-white UIs at the moment [as evidenced by new site] and these paint applications are great specimens. Aside from the obvious (MacPaint and, later, Photoshop/Illustrator 1.0) there were many others including Mac 3D and MacroMind VideoWorks [later renamed Macromedia Director].
Screenshots sourced from the very comprehensive Vintage Mac Museum which includes several screenshots per application, photos of disks/manuals, and covers all categories. Recommended.
Source: d4.dion.ne.jp
Infinite Trench Run by Takashi Aoki and Alexander Peverett (2011). Small world. I came across some friends’ work while looking for unseen Larry Cuba films to visualize. Truly minimal and endless—worth leaving up on a spare CRT for a few days.
(via prostheticknowledge)
Source: infinitetrenchrun.com
ofxDither
ofxDither by Julapy (2011). “An addon for openframeworks to create monochrome dithered output. Created with the intention of making ‘1-bit gif loops.’’ (via the highly recommended prostheticknowledge)
Source: julapy.com
New art • Hyper(inter)activity • Media archaeology • Design constraints • Data visualization • Microcomputers • Visual music • Digital curation • Research
