Dr. Halo
raster graphics editor developed by Media Cybernetics
Dr. Halo is a raster graphics editor developed by Media Cybernetics and released for computers running MS-DOS. It was among the first graphics editors available for MS-DOS with its initial release in 1984. Media Cybernetics boasted about three million users of Dr. Halo between 1984 and 1993.
Features
Contemporary computer journalists compared the initial release of Dr. Halo's interface to that of MacPaint while calling it more feature-packed than either MacPaint or the competing MS-DOS graphic editor PC Paintbrush. Like MacPaint, Dr. Halo allows users to select different drawing tools by way of a toolbox on the left side of the screen. Underneath that toolbox at the bottom left corner are the primary options for the selected tool. A palette showing the available patterns and colors are shown at the bottom of the screen when Dr.
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