I downloaded open source bitmap painting app Paintbrush after a memorabilia moment around MacPaint.
MacPaint (1984) was really something else. It helped us see the human (ancient) side of what computing could become. https://t.co/dZZXpJO9a8 pic.twitter.com/fpkb74qBo0
— John Maeda (@johnmaeda) December 31, 2017
But I was unhappy to discover that it didn’t support the FatBits feature — which I think was one of the greatest designs ever in MacPaint. The idea was simple: you could turn bits on and off with just a click. It’s the kind of thing you can only do right in a monochrome, pixel-based editing program. You can learn more about MacPaint over here.
Luckily CloudPaint supports it but it doesn’t support the shortcut of double-clicking on the pencil to activate FatBits. That was a cool thing to see in action.
There was also an integrated “help” screen … let me find it. Ah, here.
It appeared just like that — in the middle of the canvas. I know — radical, huh?
The above video is a lot of fun to watch. Enjoy! —JM
You can’t draw with it, but you can still keep FatBits cool with BitCam by @Iconfactory. 🙂 https://t.co/qdKyxA1u67
— James Huff (@MacManX) December 31, 2017
