Deluxe Paint Animation Explained

DeluxePaint Animation is a 1990 graphics editor and animation creation package for MS-DOS, based on Deluxe Paint for the Amiga. It was adapted by Brent Iverson with additional animation features by Steve Shaw and released by Electronic Arts.^[1]

The program requires VGA graphics, MS-DOS 2.1 or higher, and a mouse.^[2] ^[3]

Features

Listed from the back of the box.

Complete selection of painting tools — Draw any shape you want, any way you want.
Turn any image into a brush. You can rotate, flip, shear, resize, smear, and shade it.
7 levels of magnification — Paint in magnified mode if you want. Use variable zoom for detailed editing at the pixel level.
3-D perspective — Move and rotate images in full 3-D, automatically.
Use color cycling and gradient fills to create great special effects.
Stencils — Protect your designs from the slip of the hand or a bad idea. A stencil masks your image so you can paint "behind" and "in front of" it.
Use the handy Move Dialog to animate brushes in full 3-D — automatically! Ideal for creating spinning titles for low-cost videos.
37 multi-sized fonts^[3]