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Hello from yet another orphan.

Looks like I'm going to be orphaned a bit longer though, as it looks from other posts that upgrading is going to set me back around 700+ USD.... OUCH.

Welcome!

I never owned Mirage, so I don't know what it was like as a software - but I can tell you from the demo of TVPaint 8.5 - it is REALLY powerful and stable software. Buying it was a bit of a financial leap for me too - but I believe it is well worth it.

Welcome on the TVPaint forum Dark Overlord, I just sent you an email about the upgrades prices and conditions.

Dark Overlord wrote:Hello from yet another orphan.

Looks like I'm going to be orphaned a bit longer though, as it looks from other posts that upgrading is going to set me back around 700+ USD.... OUCH.

Welcome, fellow orphan!

I just did the upgrade from Mirage and it was quite a bit less than $700. It's worth it, though. Lots of new goodies.

Fabrice wrote:Welcome on the TVPaint forum Dark Overlord, I just sent you an email about the upgrades prices and conditions.

thanks, got it. A currency converter indicates I'm looking at something to the tune of 587.00 or so, assuming I can manage this before the end of the month......

Just curious, Fabrice, you've been around with TV Paint since the Amiga days am I right?

Yes you are, TVPaint was born during the Amiga days in 1991.

The full history of TVPaint is here

Fabrice wrote:Yes you are, TVPaint was born during the Amiga days in 1991.

The full history of TVPaint is here

Oh trust me... I know ALL too well the TV Paint History.

I purchased TV Paint for Amiga back when it first came out!!! then Aura, then Mirage.......... heh heh.


what I was asking is if YOU personally had been with TV paint since the old days. I thought I recognized your name.

Dark Overlord wrote: I thought I recognized your name.

your name also sounds vaguely familiar

Thanks Peter for the laugh!

Dark Overlord wrote:

Fabrice wrote:Yes you are, TVPaint was born during the Amiga days in 1991.

The full history of TVPaint is here

Oh trust me... I know ALL too well the TV Paint History.

I purchased TV Paint for Amiga back when it first came out!!! then Aura, then Mirage.......... heh heh.


what I was asking is if YOU personally had been with TV paint since the old days. I thought I recognized your name.

In fact, I began to use TVPaint on Amiga with TVPaint 3.6 in an Amiga computer shop near my hometown.
Later, during my studies, I was working with Aura 1.0 demo (the export option was enabled for psd files, which was enough for my needs)
Once freelance, I bought Mirage because it was really cheap (no need to buy separately Photoshop, Premiere, After Effect, etc ... the software was a all-in-one )
A few time later, I wrote all manuals for TVP Animation 8.0 and 8.5
Finally, I have made several demos during some events like the Annecy Festival and then was hired here.

I also took part of other projects like the firsts Japan-Expo in France and the SPS: Software Preservation Society (previously named CAPS)