Editing MacPaint (section)

{{Short description|Graphics editing software by Apple Computer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox software
| logo                   =
| screenshot             = MacpaintWP.png
| caption                = A picture in MacPaint 1.0
| developer              = [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]], [[Claris]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|1984}}
| latest_release_version = 2.0
| latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|1988|01|24}}
| programming language   = [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]]
| operating_system       = [[Classic Mac OS]]<br />([[Classic Mac OS|System 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]]<br/>[[System 6]]<br/>[[System 7]])
| genre                  = [[Raster graphics editor]]
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| discontinued           = yes
}}
{{Infobox file format
| name          = MacPaint image
| icon          = 
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| type code     = PNTG<ref name="apple-utis"/>
| uniform type  = com.apple.macpaint-image<ref name="apple-utis"/>
| magic         = 
| owner         = [[Apple Computer]]
| genre         = [[Image file]]
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'''MacPaint''' is a [[raster graphics editor]] developed by [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] and released alongside the original [[Macintosh 128K|Macintosh]] [[personal computer]] on January 24, 1984.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2010-07-18 |title=MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code |url=https://computerhistory.org/blog/macpaint-and-quickdraw-source-code/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=CHM |language=en}}</ref> It was sold bundled with its [[word processor|word processing]] counterpart, [[MacWrite]], for [[United States dollar|US$]]195.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Young | first = Jeffrey S. | title = MacPaint: The Electronic Easel | magazine = [[Macworld]] | pages = 50–61 | volume =1 |issue = 1| date = April 1984 | url = https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_8404_April_1984_premier/page/n51/mode/2up}}</ref> MacPaint was notable because it could generate graphics that could be used by other applications. It taught consumers what a graphics-based system could do by using the [[computer mouse|mouse]], the [[Clipboard (computing)|clipboard]], and [[QuickDraw]] picture language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of MacPaint |url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/macpaint |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=PCMAG |language=en}}</ref><ref name="nyt" /> Pictures could be cut from MacPaint and pasted into MacWrite documents.<ref name="nyt">.{{cite news | last = Sandberg-Diment | first = Erik  | title = Software for the Macintosh: Plenty on the way | work = [[New York Times]] | date = January 31, 1984 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=technology&res=9406E1DD173BF932A05752C0A962948260&scp=9&sq=MacPaint&st=nyt | url-access=limited}}</ref>

The original MacPaint was developed by [[Bill Atkinson]], a member of Apple's original Macintosh development team.<ref name="time">{{cite magazine | last = Elmer-DeWitt | first =Philip | title = Let us now praise famous hackers: a new view of some much maligned electronic pioneers | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | page = 76 | date = December 3, 1984}}</ref> Early development versions of MacPaint were called MacSketch, still retaining part of the name of its roots, LisaSketch.<ref>{{cite book | last = Hertzfeld | first = Andy | title = Revolution in the Valley | publisher = [[O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly]] | year = 2005 | pages = 153–155 | isbn = 0-596-00719-1}}</ref> It was later developed by [[Claris]], the software subsidiary of Apple which was formed in 1987. The last version of MacPaint was version 2.0, released in 1988. It was discontinued by Claris in 1998 because of diminishing sales.<ref name="discontinued">{{cite magazine | last = Walsh | first = Jeff | title = Claris puts old Mac applications out to pasture | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zjsEAAAAMBAJ/page/n39/mode/2up | magazine = [[InfoWorld]] | volume=19| issue=47| page = 35 | date = November 24, 1997}}</ref>