Title
Early digital paint systems demonstration - narration by Alvy Ray Smith
Catalog Number
102737979
Type
Moving image
Description
Designed between 1972 and 1974 by Xerox PARC engineer Richard Shoup, SuperPaint was an early graphics paint system. The system used a Data General Nova computer, and an early form of frame buffer created using 16 shift registers. Alvy Ray Smith, who had worked with Shoup on creating SuperPaint, narrates this video that demonstrates the capabilities of the system, starting with Shoup using the paint system to create images using the toolkit. Shoup’s images include some of the earliest color computer animation, created by Shoup using a graphics pad. SuperPaint was used to create graphics for KQED television, and the Pioneer Venus project. Shoup was awarded an Emmy for his work in the 1980s, and shared a technical Academy Award with Smith and Tommy Porter.
Date
1977-07-18; 2015-09-21
Participants
Smith, Alvy Ray, Narration
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Duration
00:18:00
Format
MOV
Credit
Computer History Museum