Yay - another OS4 application

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a special version of Amiga Forever for AmigaOS 4.0, which aims to provide chipset-level Classic Amiga compatibility integrated with the new generation Amiga operating system and hardware.

I wonder if the "integration" uses the virtualised memory to catch reads/writes to "chip memory" so hardware-hitting apps run?

I hope they add the "smooth" paint-mode of DeluxePaint... that's the only thing I need in PPaint to let DPaint die.

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Amiga Forever for AmigaOS 4.0, which aims to provide chipset-level Classic Amiga compatibility

Excellent...

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...integrated with the new generation Amiga operating system and hardware...

I find this bit interesting

Sounds good to me- of couse I'll still get ImageFX for the true-colour stuff :)

Seriously, I think there's a market for software like this- for instance, GIF anims for web developers. Good PNG support would be great for game developers.

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I hope they add the "smooth" paint-mode of DeluxePaint.

I too hope they sell a few copies, maybe get them to work on it some more. Unfortunately, many of our fondly-remembered apps have been on pause for several years- new sales might fix that.

@jurassiccamper

That do is interesting allright. For me to be able to play Dogs of War on OS4 without fussing about with an emulator would be so sweet that it isn't even funny.

Wonderful news! :)
This is the year! Period.

the year of? ....

pretty sure we where saying THIS IS THE YEAR...in 2002 and 2003 also...

oh well it is a YEAR atleast :D

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Poster: Toaks Date: 6-Jan-2004 18:35:50 the year of? .... pretty sure we where saying THIS IS THE YEAR...in 2002 and 2003 also... oh well it is a YEAR atleast :D

Yeah, but at least now most of us have seen OS4 running live on the new hardware. That brings alot of confidence that it's not "too long now".

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Cloanto and Amiga are also in talks concerning a new version of Amiga Forever, as well as a special version of Amiga Forever for AmigaOS 4.0, which aims to provide chipset-level Classic Amiga compatibility integrated with the new generation Amiga operating system and hardware.

Wicked! Banshee on the OS4 desktop what more do you want .

@Herewegoagain
Cool avatar

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I too hope they sell a few copies, maybe get them to work on it some more.

I don't think they will sell many copies as :

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The created binaries will be owned by Cloanto but will be made available for free download from the Amiga and Cloanto web sites.

But they may work on it some more anyway seeing as they seem interested in the platform again:

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As Cloanto considers a new version of the product for AmigaOS 4.0, it has decided to show its commitment to the Amiga platform and community

Whatever, now we have a free std graphics pkg that may not be the latest but still beats Paint on windoze!


Would be even better if they could bundle it with OS4.

I'm surprised so many people still seem to use it! PPaint is only an 8bit Painting program. Apart from creating GIFs /animated GIFS for the web I can't see any other use for it...
But hey, good news.

@Herewegoagain:

I just LOVE your Avatar

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I'm surprised so many people still seem to use it! PPaint is only an 8bit Painting program. Apart from creating GIFs /animated GIFS for the web I can't see any other use for it...

I think it is still the best thing when you need to do pixel-level stuff - I find this extremely difficult with things like The GIMP.

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Poster: Bodie Date: 6-Jan-2004 19:50:06 @Herewegoagain Cool avatar

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Poster: Rogue Date: 6-Jan-2004 20:39:19 @Herewegoagain: I just LOVE your Avatar

Thanks guys... You can find the original and full size version
in this thread..

See, another reason why we need something like Personal Paint on OS4. So we can continue to create new avatars!

redfox

PPaint is an excellent app. Not only is it good for the web, you can use it to lay out GUI's or make imagery for other excellent apps like Pagestream.

PPaint also has excellent dithering routines for scaling down high colour pics to 256 and all the way down to 2 colours.

I used it when I worked on GUI's for a game and the StarGate e-mail app.

And like someone else mentioned, it beats the heck out of Microsoft Windows' Paint.

What a nice surprise. Thank you very much, both Cloanto and AmigaInc

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Poster: Toaks Date: 7-Jan-2004 0:35:50 the year of? ....

THE year! You know it is, don't be sceptic.