# SimPaint: Deluxe Paint-style art package for the CPC - all 3 modes, overscan, 4096 colours on Plus **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** announcement, utilities\ **Created:** [October 3, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670 "2026-10-03T22:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/simulant/32/466_2.png) [@simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/simulant)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/1 "2026-10-03T22:42:47Z")
Simulant CPC Paint ( **SimPaint** ) v1.0 is now available. ![Simulant CPC Paint on a CPC monitor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/ded8fc9c2a14fcd2c46097b5843a60bc6271aff8.jpeg) SimPaint is a complete pixel-art and painting package for the Amstrad CPC, heavily inspired by Deluxe Paint on the Amiga: a menu bar along the top, a tool strip down the side, the palette to hand and a single key for every tool. Pick up any part of your picture as a brush and paint with it using any tool. Priced at £10, it runs on every CPC from a 464 with a disc drive up to the 6128 Plus. ![Simulant CPC Paint paint pot picture](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/e802833fb099ab175dd9e7e74019fbc51e8a12c8.png) Features include: **Drawing tools** – freehand, line, curve, rectangle, circle, ellipse and polygon (hollow or filled), airbrush, fill, and mirror for symmetrical drawing. Left button paints the ink, right button the paper, with every tool. **Brushes** – square and round brushes in a range of sizes, plus custom brushes picked up from your picture that you can flip and resize. Clone copies one part of a picture to another as you paint. **All three screen modes** – MODE 0, MODE 1 and MODE 2, with conversion between them. Every tool works in every mode. **Magnifier and zoom** – a split-screen magnifier showing the whole picture and a close-up side by side, and you can draw in either half. **Colours and palettes** – mix your own inks from the CPC’s 27 colours, or 4096 on a 6128 Plus, pick up any colour from the picture, and load or save palettes in OCP Art Studio format. **Overscan** – open, paint and save full-screen pictures that fill the borders, and turn any picture into one. Saved overscans run on their own from BASIC. **Text, fonts and fill patterns** – type straight onto your picture in the CPC’s font or one loaded from disc, and fill regions with OCP Art Studio pattern sets. Three original fonts and two pattern sets are included. **Files** – opens OCP Art Studio, FreeOCP and ConvImgCpc pictures, and saves in OCP format or packed to save disc space. **Four languages** – English, Spanish, French and German, built-in help pages included. ![Simulant CPC Paint Plus picture](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/a787caf48c225a4924cbe55da8834a7082b4748b.png) On a 6128 Plus, SimPaint mixes inks from the full 4096-colour palette and uses the hardware sprite as a smooth pointer. Any 128K machine adds multi-level undo and redo, curve, clone, filled polygons, fonts, fill patterns, larger brushes and whole-page overscan editing. Everything works from the keyboard or a joystick, and AMX / Genius and SYMBiFACE II mice are supported. The download is two .dsk images: the program disc, and an art disc holding 15 example pictures across all three modes, Plus and overscan, colour-cycling pictures, 36 brushes all drawn in SimPaint itself, extra fonts and fill patterns, and a picture show that runs on any CPC without the program. The full manual is included. Purchase link: [Simulant CPC Paint - DPaint on the Amstrad](https://www.simulant.uk/shop/simulant-cpc-paint) ---
**Author:** ![Devlin](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/devlin/32/19_2.png) [@Devlin](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Devlin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/2 "2026-10-03T23:11:21Z")
Impressive! you must have some real hot CPC coders on board for this. ---
**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/3 "2026-10-04T03:41:07Z")
Oh damn. Can we see some screenshots with modes 1 and 2? ---
**Author:** ![simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/simulant/32/466_2.png) [@simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/simulant)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/4 "2026-10-04T09:00:04Z")
Yes no problem, I’ll post some when I get back at my desk. I’m hoping some CPC pixel artists might be interested in creating some good art to ship with the art disc in the future 🙂 I know there are some very talented artists on our platform who could do better than me (or me just reusing Amiga artwork to show off what the program is capable of)… I remember drooling at the bubbles pic when I’d load that up in Advanced OCP as a kid! ---
**Author:** ![simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/simulant/32/466_2.png) [@simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/simulant)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/5 "2026-10-04T20:32:04Z")
Here’s a few more Mode screenshots. ![Mode0-Raytrace-AOCP](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/1f4a74763b8ff415a26c92be74ed188c341e4355.jpeg) ![Mode1-ChinaBLfromFreeOCP](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/bb091e5ca7dfad99575279f0e7d7c2eec8997e28.png) ![Mode2-OPART](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/18d7762e3627713db195b02e85f1bfd04f8e3ba5.jpeg) ![Mode2-OPARTb](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/44d33a437cd78a67829a4cc9ee6bc9d51a40b11f.jpeg) Above we have some classics including China-BL (Mode 1) loaded from the FreeOCP disc and the Advanced OCP Art Studio raytraced Bubbles image I mentioned (Mode 0). Hopefully these show how well the program can open up images made in other software. Some other examples are also on the CPC Wiki here: [Simulant CPC Paint - CPCWiki](https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Simulant_CPC_Paint) ---
**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/6 "2026-10-05T08:00:09Z")
Ohhh nice! ---
**Author:** ![salvogendut](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/salvogendut/32/34_2.png) [@salvogendut](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/salvogendut)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/7 "2026-10-07T06:24:33Z")
Looks stunning! Well done! ---
**Author:** ![simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/simulant/32/466_2.png) [@simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/simulant)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/8 "2026-10-16T21:54:50Z")
Good news guys, SimPaint v1.1 is out. **Export as PNG or BMP** - File \> Export as… writes a copy of your picture as a PNG or BMP that any PC opens, in its own colours and shape, a whole overscan page included. The original is untouched. (Save packed… is now Export as…, CMP.) **Multiface II saves open as pictures** - a save’s NAME.BIN and NAME1.BIN are listed under Pictures in File \> Load and open with the right mode and colours on any CPC. A game’s 32K overscan screen opens as a whole overscan page on a 128K machine, panned with the cursor keys and saved whole; on a 464 you get a cropped version minus borders. **Emulator snapshots too** - .SNA files from WinAPE, Caprice32 and the rest open the same way, under All files in File \> Load. Between the two, a screen grabbed from a running game can be painted on and then exported as a PNG in a couple of steps. **Bug fixes and other tweaks** - We’ve also refined AMX mouse movement further and added some other great features and enhancements! Free update for existing customers through your account. > **[Simulant CPC Paint - DPaint on the Amstrad](https://www.simulant.uk/shop/simulant-cpc-paint)** > > Simulant CPC Paint - DPaint on the Amstrad ---
**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/9 "2026-10-18T17:18:03Z")
You should have posted your ad here, I really liked it 🙂 ![FB_IMG_20261018_201738_Simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cbd9e3048ee19a982144177f95a954653d8cff56.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/simulant/32/466_2.png) [@simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/simulant)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/10 "2026-10-29T21:22:54Z")
New 1.2 version, with some very cool features, will be released tonight for those who’ve already bought SimPaint. 🙂 ![SimPaint-boing-ball-demo](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9046e9d5f1de50613e841a1881daf50177f68c59.gif) ---
**Author:** ![simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/simulant/32/466_2.png) [@simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/simulant)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/11 "2026-10-29T23:15:24Z")
OK here it is for all you budding pixel artists: SimPaint v1.2 is out now! **PC pictures open in SimPaint** : a BMP or PNG up to 640 x 400 is listed under Pictures in File \> Load and opens with its colours, in the mode that fits them, keeping its shape. On a 6128 Plus a picture of 16 colours or fewer comes in with its exact colours. PNG needs a 128K machine. With the export added in v1.1, pictures now travel both ways: bring one over from the PC, paint on it, send it back. Or have fun saving classic CPC titlescreens and artwork to PC formats! **Clone** : Pretend you’re using Photoshop on the CPC! Our clone tool works in a similar way, with the brush size changed via [and] while you paint, a dotted ring shows its radius and a small mark follows the spot it copies from. **Brush Sizes with [and]**: For consistency, brushes, Clone and airbrush sizes and the magnifier’s zoom can all be adjusted with [and] keys. **Six brushes on the tool panel for 128K** : a 3x3 and a bigger round brush join the original four panel brushes for CPCs with more than 64K or RAM. **Art disc** : We’ve improved the picture art presentation to now be a slideshow (moves on by itself every 10 seconds) and Esc returns to the menu from every screen. The 6128 Plus pictures show properly and the Boing ball bounces smoothly on every CPC. Plus bug fixes and other tweaks. Free update for existing customers through your account. > **[Simulant CPC Paint - DPaint on the Amstrad](https://www.simulant.uk/shop/simulant-cpc-paint)** > > Simulant CPC Paint - DPaint on the Amstrad Cheers everyone for your support for the CPC’s most powerful art package! ---
**Author:** ![simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/simulant/32/466_2.png) [@simulant](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/simulant)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/simpaint-deluxe-paint-style-art-package-for-the-cpc-all-3-modes-overscan-4096-colours-on-plus/670/12 "2026-11-05T11:03:12Z")
SimPaint v1.3 is out. Initial **Animation** support added - Edit \> Frames… adds, copies and deletes frames, n and Shift + n step through them as you paint, and Play shows them running. Animations aren’t as smooth as they can be yet, we’re working on it for next version. **Colour cycling** - make and play an ink’s cycle in the palette panel. Kept in the .PAL as OCP Art Studio does, and in SimPaint’s own files. (128K RAM only). **SimPaint picture files** - pictures now save as .SPP, SimPaint’s own format and the first choice in Load and Save. Everything else still loads and saves as before: .SCR, .CMP, .WIN and the rest. **Export as… now offers SCR** - this has been moved from the standard load/save area. Plus bug fixes and other tweaks. Free update for existing customers through your account. > **[SimPaint - DPaint for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Spectrum Next](https://www.simulant.uk/shop/simpaint)** > > SimPaint - DPaint for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Spectrum Next