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== Release and version history == MacPaint was first advertised in an 18-page brochure in December 1983, following the earlier announcement of the [[Macintosh 128K]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digibarn.com/collections/ads/apple-mac/index.htm|title=Apple Macintosh 18 Page Brochure|publisher=DigiBarn Computer Museum|access-date=April 24, 2006}}</ref> The Macintosh was released on January 24, 1984,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> with two applications, MacPaint and [[MacWrite]]. For a special post-election edition of ''[[Newsweek]]'' in November 1984, Apple spent more than US$2.5 million to buy all 39 of the advertising pages in the issue. The Newsweek advertisement included many pages dedicated to explaining how MacWrite and MacPaint worked together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guidebookgallery.org/ads/magazines/macos/macos10-newsweek|title=1984 ''Newsweek'' Macintosh ads|publisher=GUIdebook, [[Newsweek]]|access-date=April 24, 2006}}</ref> After launch, a ''[[New York Times]]'' reviewer noted how MacPaint unfolded numerous graphic possibilities for the personal computer; he went further to say "it is better than anything else of its kind offered on personal computers by a factor of 10."<ref name="nyt"/> [[File:MacPaint 2.0 screenshot.png|thumb|MacPaint 2.0 running on System 7]] MacPaint 2.0 was released on January 11, 1988, by [[Claris]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Apple Computer unit introduces enhanced versions of MacDraw, MacProject, MacWrite and MacPaint | agency = [[Reuters]] | date = January 11, 1988}}</ref> It added many improvements to the software, including the capability to open and use up to nine documents simultaneously.<ref name="claris">{{cite magazine | last = Martinez | first = Carlos Domingo | title = MacPaint (Software Review) | magazine = [[MacUser]] | page = 103 |date=July 1988 | url=https://archive.org/details/MacUser8807July1988/page/n103/mode/2up| volume=4| issue=7}}</ref> The original MacPaint operated as a single-document application with an immovable window. MacPaint 2.0 eliminated this limitation, introducing a fully functioning document window, which could be sized up to 8 x 10".<ref name="claris"/> Several other features were introduced, such as a Zoom tool, MagicEraser tool for undo actions and stationary documents.<ref name="claris"/> MacPaint 2.0 was developed by David Ramsey, a developer at Claris.<ref name="ramsey">{{cite news | title = Apple fires key programmer | work = Newsbytes | date = July 4, 1989}}</ref> MacPaint 2.0 was sold for US$125, with a US$25 upgrade available for existing users of MacPaint.<ref name="claris"/> Claris discontinued technical support for the original MacPaint in 1989.<ref name="claris2">{{cite news | title = Claris restricts tech support | work = [[MacWEEK]] | page = 1 | date = February 7, 1989}}</ref> Claris stopped selling MacPaint in early 1998 because of diminishing sales.<ref name="discontinued"/> There has been an unofficial update called MacPaint X which is 3.0 beta, mainly for people who wished to be able to use the program. Since 2010, MacPaint 1.3's [[source code]] (written in a combination of [[Assembly language|Assembly]] and [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]]) has been available through the [[Computer History Museum]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/macpaint/ | title = MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code | work = [[Computer History Museum]] | date = July 20, 2010}}</ref> along with the [[QuickDraw]] source code, a library to draw bitmapped graphics,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2010/07/apple_donates_macpaint_source_code_to_computer_history_museum.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209010310/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2010/07/apple_donates_macpaint_source_code_to_computer_history_museum.html |archive-date=2012-02-09 |publisher=businessweek.com |date=2010-07-20 |title=Apple Donates MacPaint Source Code To Computer History Museum |first=Erik |last=Hesseldahl}}</ref> due to the support of Steve Jobs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/06/the-quest-to-save-todays-gaming-history-from-being-lost-forever/ |first=Kyle |last=Orland |title=The quest to save today's gaming history from being lost forever |website=[[Ars Technica]] |date=2015-06-01 |access-date=2016-01-17|quote= "[Jobs] sent a one line e-mail saying it was a good idea, and it was done the next day," Spicer recalled. "Having an internal advocate is key."}}</ref> MacPaint inspired other companies to release similar products for other platforms;<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Bartimo | first = J | title = Programs Paint a Rosy Picture | magazine = [[InfoWorld]] | pages = 38β39 | date = October 8, 1984 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ci8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38 | volume=6| issue=41}}</ref> within a year a half-dozen [[clone (computing)|clone]]s existed for the Apple II and IBM PC.<ref name="bartimo19850225">{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6C4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30 | title=Macintosh: Success And Disappointment | magazine=[[InfoWorld]]| volume=7| issue=8| date=1985-02-25 | access-date=27 January 2015 | last=Bartimo| first=Jim | pages=30}}</ref> Some of these included [[Broderbund]]'s [[Dazzle Draw]] for the Apple II, Mouse Systems' [[PCPaint]] for the PC, and [[IBM]]'s Color Paint for the [[IBM PCjr]].<ref name="newbreeds">{{cite magazine | last = Elmer-Dewitt | first = Philip | title = The New Breeds of Software | magazine = Time | date = March 18, 1985 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963402,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080510084626/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963402,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 10, 2008 | access-date=April 26, 2008}}</ref>
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