Degas Elite
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- Creator
- Tom Hudson
- Publisher
- Batteries Included
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Paint program
The Atari ST's defining paint program, whose file formats became the de facto standard for images on the machine.
DEGAS (Design and Entertainment Graphics Arts System) was written by Tom Hudson and published by Batteries Included in 1985; the enhanced Degas Elite followed a year later. It painted in all three ST modes — 320×200 in 16 colors, 640×200 in 4 and 640×400 monochrome — with tools lavish for their day: patterns, mirroring and animated color cycling.
Its file formats .PI1/.PI2/.PI3, and the packed .PC* variants, became the obvious way to store pictures on the ST and are still read by viewers and converters today. Its chief rival was NeoChrome. On the Amiga the equivalent was Deluxe Paint.