Spectrum 512
Spectrum 512 was a commercial image editing program for the Atari ST . Developed by Trio Engineering in 1986 , it was distributed by the US software company Antic from 1987 onwards .
Developer Boris Tsikanovsky manipulated the screen hardware of the Atari ST with software tricks , so that the simultaneous use of all 512 colors of the color palette was possible. A pixel artist could use 48 colors in one line of the screen.
The GUI (Graphical User Interface) was developed in collaboration with the American artist Darrel Anderson . On the Atari ST , Spectrum 512 was unrivaled and remained the only image processing program of its kind. The successor Unispec provided a higher range of functions such as B. Page flipping animation.
Supported image formats:
| Type | resolution | Colours | Ending |
|---|---|---|---|
| uncompressed | 320 × 200 | 512 | .spu |
| compressed | 320 × 200 | 512 | .spc |
| compressed | 320 × 200 | 512 | .sps |
Individual evidence
- ^ The Antic Cyber Graphics Software - Spectrum 512 (and Unispec). In: doudoroff.com. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Spectrum 512 - MultimediaWiki. In: wiki.multimedia.cx. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .